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How Do You Know When Your Novel is Finished? Best Selling Authors Share Their Tips.
Originally posted on fabricating fiction: Writing The Sister took me 18 months. During that period I rewrote multiple times, changing the point of view, the tense, and even the genre. When I couldn’t write any more I paid for a professional critique, got feedback from beta readers, and still I wasn’t happy enough to… Continue reading
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How to Use the Holidays to Sell More Books
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Written word media recently published a great post with ideas on how to take advantage of holiday marketing trends to sell your books. With Christmas fast approaching, I figured this is a great time to have a look at the main points: 1. Between mid-November and early January, everyone… Continue reading
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The Process of Release – Planning Book Releases in Advance
Consider this a commercial break into Laying Bricks. I’m still working on the next episode so you’ll have to wait another week. To make up for it, I decided to speak on another aspect of Self-Pub you may find useful. What I love about book publishing, self-publishing specifically is the many new experiences I go… Continue reading
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Self-Publishing – Laying Bricks Ep 2: Mortar
“You cannot build your hopes upon unstable foundations and expect a product of longevity.” – Audrey Prim, Quote From heyygurrlheyy.wordpress.com Sure, there are other things we’ll need to do: paint the walls, add furniture, and hire professionals but not now, not while laying bricks. Execution is vital in going from an idea to something that… Continue reading
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Indie Book Convention in Tampa? Yes, please!
Originally posted on Author Lila Vale: I’d love to attend something close to home. Plus, Florida is awesome. If you think you might be interested, please fill out this form. This will help the organizers get a tentative head count so they know what venues to look at to host us and what kinds of accommodations we… Continue reading
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Before The Week Ends: Book Review Registry
Before the week ends, I’d like to inform my Authors reading that I have set up an online Book Review Registry to make it easier for you to sign your books up for a review. Book reviews are free. The readers fee doesn’t kick in until October 3rd so if $20 is not something you… Continue reading
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Self-Publishing: Pricing Your E-Books
Price. Money. Mulah. Paper. Dollar Bills. Dough. You get the point. The financial aspect of Indie Publishing is not something I speak much about or that I hear much about in the blogging world. Maybe its because money has always been that personal thing that belonged to just us. In many ways, this is true.… Continue reading
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