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Today's article was written by our online friend Lyn Horner, who resides in Fort Worth (Texas, USA) with her husband and several beloved cats. A former visual artist, Lyn began writing while working as a stay-at-home mom. She loves crafting action-packed historical and contemporary romances featuring psychic characters and sizzling romance. She has won several awards for her engaging novels. She invites our readers to visit via her  Website , or her FaceBook page... and don't forget to check out her Amazon Author Page . :) Research Methods For Authors (& writers of all sorts) If you’re an author, whether fiction or non-fiction, you may love researching time periods, settings, fashion styles, speech patterns, etc., as I do. Or you may hate it. Either way, you must do it if you want your book, short story or blog article to read like you know what you’re talking about. I’m an author of historical, paranormal suspense, and time travel romances. As such I’ve done hundreds of ho...

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A Look At the Book Industry Let's start by taking a realistic look at the current environment: Studies show us that book sales have grown exponentially since 2020, especially the e-book and audio sectors which grew by 30%. So that is really good news. Writers, too, are publishing more frequently - stats show that between 1,000 and 6,000 new books are released in the English language every single day. Sadly, for every 10 booklovers - only 2 of them are actually reading a book right now - due to: • Budget constraints  • Limited schedules • Competition via free audio, streaming video, podcasts and online TV/movie alternatives (i.e. Prime & Netflix) • Free e-books: Previously, authors giving away books as a "promotion" created a sector of readers who now do not want to pay for books. At one time this "free" promotion was seen as the thing to do, now experts don't recommend it.  The best advice I could give others when it comes to struggling with all ...