5-Minute Author Podcast for Writers
As an instructional designer, teacher, and award-winning author I, Sonja Dewing, wanted to share short tidbits in a podcast for writers about being an author to help you on your path to success. Enjoy this award-winning podcast and I hope you learn something new!
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How to Write Better
… if I can be an multi award-winning author, than you can do this too. And I really love what one of my editors had to share about this. Jim of Daddy Wags Editing said, “So what if you don’t know where the commas are supposed to go or if you don’t know the difference…
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The Ten Steps to Self-Publishing
…you want to look for a cover artist. There’s a lot of talk out there about what covers work best for sales. keep this simple I would just say look at the covers that are out there for the best selling books in your genre. Obviously don’t copy them but see if you can find…
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What to look for in a hybrid publisher
…3. Commit to truth and transparency in business practices. In the beginning, I went with a small publisher with first book. They’d send me these emails that said, “Hey, your book has entered our level 4 marketing process.” But they wouldn’t say what that was. And to be honest, I only had about 15 reviews.…
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How to Develop Characters
who says your characters have to be human? The main character in one of my first short stories was a fish in a hotel fountain. Now here’s the other thing; I’m not satisfied if all I do is transcribe the voice of that character. It’s when you push that character against other characters that you…
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Preptober – Get ready to write a novel in November – Oct 22
2PM Mountain Want to get ready for writing your novel in November? We’ll workshop all the things we need to think about for our novel. We’ll look at ~story ideas, ~building character, ~building plot, ~world building, ~organizing information and ~scheduling our writing. Register through Eventbrite and look for more information in your email box 24…
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What if I have too many writing ideas?
… 4. Set aside a day and go through your ideas. Is there anything that can be combined into a single project? Put the top items that you really want to work on and start with one of them. Set a timer for 20 minutes. And start writing. Do that with each project. If you…
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Get more reviews on your book so you get more sales! – Oct 24
Can’t Make the Live Event? I’ll record our Monday sessions and send them out so you’ll have it to refer to! Get my list of reputable newsletters and how many downloads I saw with each option Get the discount to Fussy Librarian that they are offering students! Learn how to put your Amazon ebook for…
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Build Your Author Email List Challenge – Oct 10-19
The Why There are three things that sell a great book – ARC readers (those early reviews), fans on your email list, and reviews on your books. If you’ve been wanting to work on any or all of these things, I’ve got live events to get them done with you. I’ve also kept these challenges…
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Short Storyathon- Become a published author in a weekend! October 7-9
Become a published author in a weekend! This virtual short story event will take you from idea creation (on Friday night) all the way to your published short story on Amazon by Sunday! This is a fast-paced, hard-working weekend, but so rewarding. Many attendees, even first time authors, hit the top rankings in their genre…
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Self Publishing Course Kick Off – Oct 1
Get all the details and link to tickets on the full description page.