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3 Things You Need For A Successful Book

By: Rachelle Gardner @RachelleGardner

I was going to title this post, “3 Things Publishers Look for in a Book,” or maybe “3 Things Agents Look For.” But then I realized that the three keys of a successful book apply across the board. It doesn’t matter you’re using an agent, if you’re going through a publisher, or even if you’re self-publishing. There are some essentials that every writer needs to consider if they intend for their work to attract readers.

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. 3 Things You Need for a Successful Book http://ow.ly/koD9P via @RachelleGardner
2. 7 Cases for Inserting or Omitting Commas http://ow.ly/knnkw via Daily Writing Tips
3. Self-Publishing Is For Control Freaks http://ow.ly/knOYu
4. Explore Your Characters: Be Surprised http://ow.ly/knPcf via @FictionNotes
5. 10 great Twitter resources http://ow.ly/knRrW via @teamMegaphone
6. 9 Essential Things Most Author Websites Need And Don't Have: http://t.co/zwJuTKlFuE @jeanoram RT @elizabethscraig
7. Book Trailers Don’t Increase Book Sales (but done right, they may boost Book Discoverability) http://ow.ly/knY0q
8. Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Exposure and Engagement: 11 Tips http://ow.ly/knYh2
9. Urban Inspiration: Discovering the Muse in Your City http://ow.ly/koEhH via Writing Forward
10. Notes from Tabor Lane: Today's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/kpsVi
11. lot Control http://ow.ly/koa3m via @amberabardan
12. Is Your Novel A Romance? #ASMSG via @DianneDHarman http://ow.ly/kozDM
13. Branding: Too Match-y? http://t.co/j1X9zrfXQJ via @Dreambeast7 RT @authorjmmadden
14. Is it Alpha Behavior or Abuse? by Vonnie Davis http://t.co/uF3ucXh8ax via @VonnieWrites RT @disorderlywords
15. Book Launch Tip: Name Refreshments After Characters in Your Novel http://ow.ly/koDFb via The BookBaby Blog
16. Why Aren’t You Published – Part 1 http://ow.ly/koDRY via Lynnette Labelle
17. 6 Tips On How To Read Critically http://ow.ly/koDX8 via @woodwardkaren
18. Making Your Story Believable with a Real Setting http://ow.ly/koEcN via Writers in the Storm Blog 

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Happy writing & running, Kathy

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