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You think you know your genre? Think again.
How to identify your book’s true genre and why it matters for agents, sales and readers
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Tracy Buchanan
Guide: How to actually figure out your novel’s genre (before it’s too late)
A step-by-step guide to finding your true genre (before you pitch, publish or promote)
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Tracy Buchanan
Video: How to use a blurb to write a bestseller
A simple trick that helps me shape my books, and keeps my drafts from going off the rails
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Tracy Buchanan
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Guide: How to use a blurb to write a bestseller
A guide to how writing and focusing on your blurb first can be a game-changer for your writing
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Tracy Buchanan
How to deal with the void when publishing goes quiet
Creative limbo and how to live with it (without refreshing your email 87 times an hour)
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Tracy Buchanan

May 2025

What my dog and tired evenings taught me about writing...
... and why I loved chatting to Mark Stay about it all
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Tracy Buchanan
GUIDE: Want to get published? Here’s what most writing advice leaves out
A practical guide for aspiring authors who want to write well, get published and sell books... because craft is only half the story.
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Tracy Buchanan
Why aspiring authors need more than 'just' writing tips
Why understanding your genre, writing your blurb early and trimming the fat matters just as much as nailing your prose.
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Tracy Buchanan

April 2025

When your ‘track’ lets you down
A response to editor and author Phoebe Morgan's brilliant post on the influence of an author's sales 'track'
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Tracy Buchanan
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GUIDE: What to do when your sales track record holds you back
Some practical tips on what do you do when your numbers are low and editors can see that
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Tracy Buchanan
The dos and don’ts of how authors can support each other online
A guide to author-on-author etiquette with dos, don’ts and tips for being supportive without overstepping.
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Tracy Buchanan

March 2025

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