I have made my living as a business writer and coach, in fact I’ve published several non-fiction books, but it’s been absolutely terrifying writing fiction for the first time. I mean utterly terrifying. I don’t have the benefit of being so naive about the writing process (like some new authors are), that I think […]
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Amazon recently rolled out it’s own advertising (pay-per-click-styled) program for KDP members. You set a budget and a target audience for your campaign and you pay only when customers click on your ads. Early adopters are reporting mixed results, but I can’t wait to see how this will work for indie authors enrolled in
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I found a lot of useful stats and information in this presentation made by Smashword’s Mark Coker. 2014 Smashwords Survey – How to Sell More Ebooks from Smashwords, Inc.
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I love this piece written by Maria Murname on two common mistakes made by first time authors. It definitely hit home. Here’s an excerpt: 1) All the characters sound the same. Dialogue is a great tool for character development because it gives your readers a direct line into your characters’ heads. If they all sound the
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I’m so excited to see all the statistics and graphs compiled by the people over at Author Earnings. In their latest earnings report, the data they’ve revealed shows that for the first time self published authors are earning more than authors who are published by the 5 major publishing houses. That’s BIG news for us.
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When I first started reading independent authors, I heard about Kristen Ashley. She is well known in the indie romance community (books like Rock Chick Series and The Dream Man Series), but according to her, it wasn’t always that way. It wasn’t overnight success by a long shot. It was a slow and steady climb
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