Character-Centered Book Covers: Why So Few?

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First off, I’d just like to say that I was ridiculously excited to write this post. From the moment we conceived Character Cavalcade Week, I decided I was going to write a post on the 10 best book covers featuring characters. Right up my alley! Finding good design gives me a thrill, and I knew [...]

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Easily Create New Characters with Our Character Generators!

Fireworks in celebration of our first character generator!

Just want to use the character generator? Click here to go to the YA (Young Adult) Character Generator or click here to go to the Mystery/Thriller Character Generator! As Shannon mentioned in her previous Character Cavalcade Week posts, we have a very special announcement to make in honor of this week’s celebration of characters. She couldn’t [...]

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Show Some Character: A Super-Simple Character Glossary

This morning, you woke up thinking this was just another Monday. You. Were. Wrong. Today is not only Monday, March 1, 2010, official birthday of one of TV’s all-time greatest sitcom characters, Zack Morris (a.k.a. Mark Paul-Gosselaar), it is the first official day of Duolit’s very special Character Cavalcade Week! We are so crazy about [...]

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Branding: Not just for Nike and McDonalds

How to stand on over shelves of books

Branding will help you sell more books. I’m usually not the kind of blogger who makes a big statement like that, but there it is. Why do I feel like I can make it? It’s simple: If people know your name, they’re more likely to buy your books. Think about it – it sounds like [...]

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Character Name Creation: What’s Your Process?

We’re all familiar with the Romeo & Juliet line: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” While it may be true that roses would still be beautiful in sight and smell no matter what we called them, I’m not sure how many would get [...]

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