Often authors, especially new authors, need a helping hand - someone to read their manuscript as they go and give critical feedback. A great solution for this need is to find a critique partner - another author in your genre, someone who you can trade off services with. You read their work-in-progress, and they read yours.
Author ... what? Yes. The elusive author brand, something that often gets forgotten in the confusion of releases, sales, promotions, and marketing. I wanted to be sure and share this important piece of the author puzzle and invited Rebel Farris to ATI, and asked her to breakdown branding for us.
Writer's block can hover over your shoulder, silent and deadly, until the weak moment in your manuscript when BAM! it can hit. But I've been paying attention to when mine decides to strike, and I've found that it is typically caused by a few major villains. Knock out those villains, and you might just avoid a blockage all-together.
I needed to revive an old book, and I chose one of the riskiest ways to do it: giving it away.
I planned a campaign, paid for advertising, and gave away over 40,000 copies of my novel in five days. How did it work out for me? Let's find out.
If you're going to go wide with your book, you want to pub EVERYWHERE, right? Well ... just be aware of what you are getting into. While iBooks and Barnes and Noble are relatively hassle-free, GooglePlay and Kobo do have a few hiccups that are worth mentioning to self-publishers.
Releasing a book isn't an easy task. And if you are a new author, putting all of the pieces in place can be confusing and overwhelming. I borrowed a video from my How to Market Your Book course, one that breaks down your release timeline, and everything you need to do.
It happens. You're celebrating your latest release. Or checking in on your book babies. And there, popping out at you, is the worst thing to happen to your day.
The one-star review.
I've never met one that didn't elicit some sort of emotional response in me.
One of my favorite exercises, while outlining and developing a novel, is the 'What If' game. This video walks you through this exercise and explains how it can make your novel AWESOME.
Twitter is often ignored by authors, but it can be one of the best places to promote your books! Here are a few tips for conquering this massive social network:
Ever heard of the Amazon Adult Filter? It's when Amazon hides your book into the tiniest corner of their site. If someone searches for your book, it won't even show up.
I just discovered digital editors when I was doing research for my How to Publish Your Book course. They comb through your manuscript and catch some of the common grammatical errors, including the pesky ones like repeated words, passive voice, missing commas, etc.
One thing you MUST include in your ebook is a link, at the end of the novel, where readers can sign up to be notified when you release your next book.
Need an overview of the steps involved in marketing your new release? Launching your novel can be a confusing process - here I take ten minutes and give you a quick summary of the different steps you should cover when you release a book.
Should I have an Amazon preorder for my ebook? That can be such a difficult question for an author to answer. One thing you must take into consideration is its impact on your sales rank.
Lauren Blakely is a #1 bestselling, writing and publishing machine. We're five months into 2017, and she's already published three novels, with four more slated for release. Settle in and listen to us chat about writing from the male point of view, how she manages to stay so productive, and what is involved in her writing process.
