Feeling doubtful? Read this! Post Quote: “…the impostor syndrome is actually associated with high-achieving people! If you have those feelings, you may actually be more successful than you perceive yourself to be.”
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Well said. I enjoyed reading this. Post quote:
“Building a career as an author is a marathon not a sprint and anyone who expects instant results is likely to wind up disillusioned and disappointed.”
When you launch yourself off on a career as an indie author you need to have expectations of what you would like to achieve.
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It’s good to have dreams but a dash of reality wouldn’t go amiss.
Writing a book takes a long time. Marketing a book takes a long time. Building a career as an author is a marathon not a sprint and anyone who expects instant results is likely to wind up disillusioned and disappointed.
Houses that are built to last have strong foundations. Create your brand with the future in mind. I was given some sage advice when I started out. I was told to assume it would take three years and/or five books to reach a point where things were ticking over career wise. The smart money…
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Most valuable tutorial on numbering your print books.
When numbering the pages of your paperback manuscript, the thing quite a lot of Indies have trouble with is that they use Page Breaks rather than Section Breaks. A Page Break is just that—starting a new page within the same section of a book. With a Section Break you can have totally different numbers and Headers and Footers for each section. The way to ensure that your numbering doesn’t bounce back from the first chapter of your book to the front matter is to get rid of all the Page Breaks in first pages and replace them with Section Breaks.
Section Break after title page, and again after the table of contents, and every other page you have in your front matter.
Then double click into your Headers and Footers up to and including the first page of your first chapter, and unlick Link to Previous. This will ensure that…
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My guest post on building platforms. (I am off today. Will share across social media tonight).
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Note: This article can apply to ANYONE just starting a business, not just writers, who would like to understand more about platform building. Just replace writer / author with your profession.
Platform building is not something we writers want to hear about AGAIN. Honestly, we all really just want to write books, publish them, and then crack open bottles of wine to celebrate. Next, we wait. And wait. And wait. What are we waiting for? We’re waiting for the readers to come of course, isn’t everyone? No. Some people have readers before they even come out with a book flocking to their Amazon pages or Author websites to buy. Some people do not have to build a fan base after they’ve published a book, tweet until their fingers ache, or spam their family and friends on Facebook. Some people seem to just have thousands of readers already lined up at…
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I love it. Very inspiring. Live events are definitely winners. Post Quote: “Selling lots of books is awesome, but so is meeting people who know what you’re going through and who can help you get to the next step.”
Very interesting.
Sorry re-posting this had an error posting it, sorry if you saw that error 😮
Today Amazon.com has banned all reviews for free and discounted products unless they are done via Amazon’s Vine program. The reasons for this are clear and understandable but what implications will this have for future selling on amazon and while books are currently exempt from this, will they always be?
I’ve been reviewing on amazon UK for nearly two years now. I started out reviewing video games and colouring books. For those who have read more of my blog you’ll know that reviewing items on amazon gave me a way to cope with a traumatic event I suffered. A way to keep my mind off of everything that had happened and to focus on something else. I began by reviewing items I’d bought but once my ranking had reached a certain level I was approached…
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Though I don’t have lots of followers, I happen to love Twitter. Probably too much lol. (@ahouseofpoetry) *Comments disabled here. Please respond to the original post*
If you follow me on Twitter, then you know that I have more than 5,000 followers and frequently post throughout the day.
How frequently? Every two hours. But I do take a break between 10 pm and 8 am Eastern Time.
A typical tweet has a two-hour shelf-life. That’s not much. If you want to get your content noticed—whether you’ve written it yourself or you’re retweeting someone else—you need to tweet throughout the day.
But why Twitter?
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