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How Dictation Increased My Productivity

Posted on: 11 June 2025 19 May 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By Kit Tunstall When I first started dictating in 2015, I wasn’t chasing efficiency. I just needed pain relief. My hands, worn from years of typing, couldn’t keep up with my brain anymore without a lot of pain, so I…
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How A Writing Community Changed My Life And Fed My Children

Posted on: 14 May 2025 29 April 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By HJ Perry When I joined Dirty Discourse, I was in my 40s and had 3 young children. I needed to earn some money from work that fitted around looking after kids. I was confident I could write fiction. The…
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The Secret To Productivity

Posted on: 16 April 2025 6 April 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By Ruby Dixon Inevitably, the first thing an author who publishes several times a year is asked is how they do it. How do they manage to put out ‘so many books’? How are they so prolific? Are they three…
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Find Your Productivity Zone

Posted on: 26 March 2025 19 March 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By KimBoo York One piece of advice writers hear all the time, especially newer authors, is to “write every day!” I’m here to tell you that is not necessary. Yay! …but what is necessary is understanding your own productivity zone…
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How To Publish Your Book – Without Spending Any Money – Part 3

Posted on: 12 March 2025 11 March 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By Word Ninja Part 3: Publishing​ In this third article in the series, I describe how you can package your completed book for publication without spending money. These tactics may not be ideal, but they’ll serve until you can afford…
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How To Publish Your Book – Without Spending Any Money – Part 2

Posted on: 12 February 2025 10 February 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By Word Ninja Part 2: Craft​ In a previous post, I wrote about how to create seed money for publishing the novel of your heart by first producing a prequel. In this article, I’ll cover how to develop your craft…
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You Can’t Edit A Blank Page

Posted on: 5 February 2025 5 February 2025 Written by: Auntie DD Comments: 0
By M Alice A LIST OF THE THINGS I DON’T NEED TO DO TODAY 1. Procrastination. Writing is a lot of fun. Until you actually start. Then it’s haaard. Looking stuff up on the internet is a lot easier and way…
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Serials vs. Series

By KimBoo York Serial vs. Series: What’s the Difference (and Which Should You Write)? If you’re a new-ish author looking to build a sustainable writing career, you’ve probably heard the terms serial and series tossed around when discussing long-form storytelling.…
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Ask An Author

Dear Author, Why does reading reviews stop me writing? Answered by MISS Spartacus 2U I published my first novel in 2008 and uploaded it to Amazon. It even had a glowing editorial review from an erotica review site, but the…
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Tips For Recording Your Own Audiobook – Part 2 – The Space

By Rowlf Now you’ve done your practice and got your equipment, next thing up is the space you’ll be recording in – which is actually more important than the choice of microphone. Remember, a good microphone in a really bad…
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Dear Auntie DD

Dear Auntie DD, My on again/off again crush is going to spend some time traveling around Europe for work. What is the best way for me to surprise him when he is in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland? I’ve…
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