Best Advertisement for Your Writing Is Your Writing
23rd June 2016 | for Creatives | J.A. Konrath, writing, reaching your audience, KEEP CREATING |
"The best advertisement for your writing is your writing. Write a book that people want to read. Then another. Then another. Keep at it until the world can't ignore you anymore."
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