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Backlist Resurrector Pro
Turn an older title into a practical relaunch campaign with sharper positioning, content angles, and a step-by-step plan.
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New: Book Promo Hook Lab
Create and rank book hooks, check tropes, prepare platform copy and diagnose posts using your actual source material. $15.99 one time.
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Review story logic, pacing, character arcs, heat, action, and conflict before drafting. $15 one time.
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Make every scene earn its place. Review purpose, conflict, action, heat, emotion, and pacing with specific revision checks. $15 one time.
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Deliver the story readers came for. Check genre expectations, hybrid genres, emotional payoffs, and marketing alignment. $15 one time.
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Polish the prose. Keep the voice. A chapter-by-chapter degloss, dialogue, naturalness, and regression workflow. $15 one time.
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