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From my laptop here in the USA, to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!

No matter where you are, I hope today is filled with family, great friends, and good food!

Relax, eat, drink and be merry.

Hubby and I are heading over to our daughters for dinner. Food, football, and an afternoon playing with grandsons will make our day complete.

What are you doing today?

Whether you’re having a quiet day with friends or wild day with kids, I wish you the best!

Happy Thanksgiving from Texas!

 

 

 

The History of Thanksgiving

The truth about Thanksgiving: What they never taught you in school.

 

What do you think are the most popular genres?

Is your genre one of the top percenters?

I hadn’t given this much thought, until reading a great article on Medium by Erica Verrillo from the Writing Cooperative. And boy howdy, the stats were eye-opening. Erica gives stats on most popular genres with readers, agents and includes which genres make the most money.

What surprised me most?

Most books sold by genre…

  • #1Children’s Fiction sells more than three times the number of adult books.

    #1 in sales – Children’s fiction
  • #2Adult General Fiction came is second in sales.

Agents most requested genre…

  • First Choice of Agents is NOT Children’s books, although these books are number one in sales.#1 – Request by agents is YA Fiction.

    YA Fiction #1 requested
  • #10Last on the lists for Agent request is Women’s Fiction. I’d expected this to be higher.
  • Agents work on commission of 15%.

The genre that makes the most money…

Romance #1 money-maker
  • #2Crime and Mystery novels
  • #3 – Inspirational and Religious books, (go figure.) This includes self-help books.
  • #4 – Fantasy and Science Fiction
 Click and read Erica’s article to discover all the nitty-gritty details.

What are the most popular literary genres? By Erica Verrillo

Where did your genre fall?
Any surprises?
Will any of these stats change your approach to writing?

 

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Do you know how to make a book trailer?

Book trailers can help market your book!

Want to learn how to wow buyers?

wow

Then check out this post by LIZZIE CHANTREE

Making a book trailer by LIZZIE CHANTREE

Have you made a trailer for your book yet?

Have any good tips to share?

Did Lizzie’s instructions help?

Will you make a trailer?

Talk to me in the comments.

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Writers, look at the apps I found

Wow! I’ve found another list of apps to help us.

Last week I wrote a post with a lot of helpful apps for writers. Then today I read a terrific article with ten more. Of the ten, I’m familiar with just two!

That’s right eight new apps! 

 

I don’t know about you, but I get excited when I learn about new tools that make my life easier. Whether it’s a light-weight vacuum, a new grill, a beautiful pen, or a new app for writers. Anything that helps my writing, keeps me organized, and on track, is alright with me. 

The two I’ve used before…

The apps from this list I’ve added to my writing aides file are…

  • Piktochart. This looks terrific for PowerPoint presentations, newsletters and graphs.
  • BibMe. I don’t do a lot of bibliographies, but you never know when I might.

Click on the link below and read Derek’s complete list!

Now tell me, which ones are new to you?

Did any of his app list look interesting?

Leave me a comment and share your picks. 

Ten Must-Have Online Writing Tools For Writers By Derek Haines 

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