You've got thirty minutes, right? Sure you do. We all do. Skip that sitcom and devote thirty minutes this week to your backlist. This is what you'll be doing...
You've got thirty minutes, right? Sure you do. We all do. Skip that sitcom and devote thirty minutes this week to your backlist. This is what you'll be doing...
For years, I put off creating a business plan for the year. I would write it on my to-do list, push it further down the list, then skip it all together. I needed, for me, a different solution.
Hello? Hello? Is anybody out there who leaves reviews anymore???
Finding reviewers for your book can feel a lot like combing the beach for your sunglasses...you may get lucky, but just as likely won't. But don't despair. There's an awesome service, designed just for you--and it's a lot cheaper than you think.
Quitting your job. Writing full time. Turning your writing into a career.
It's a dream for so many. It's a nightmare for others.
This afternoon, I was on Reedsy LIVE and shared three secrets of self-publishing success. Here's some additional references from that mini-workshop:
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it's about to begin! Here's a checklist of everything you should do BEFORE you start writing Chapter 1.
I sat down with New York Times Bestselling Author Douglas E Richards and discussed plotting, research, and the madness of getting stuck in the midst of a novel.
Second only to the cover, your book's blurb (description) is one of the biggest factors in your sales. This video shares WHY your blurb is so important and HOW to easily create an awesome blurb.
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.
