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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A Candid Conversation About Self-Publishing – Sep 20
Hosted by author Amy Rivers, with authors JC Lynne and Sonja Dewing Writing friends! On September 20 (publishing day for Stumble & Fall – by Amy Rivers), Amy is hosting a Zoom conversation on self-publishing with her fellow indie authors Sonja Dewing, Author and JC Lynne. We’ll be sharing our experiences with self-publishing and answering…
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Build Your ARC Readers Challenge – Sep 12-21
This is answer to the age old question =- How to find readers for my book? 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 (after the book is published). If you’ve been wanting to work on…
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Find Ideas For Your Next Story
…I know my friend Katy was at one of my short storyathons where we write a short story in a weekend, we walked around downtown and she saw a fountain. She was inspired to write a story called the Last Fish in the Fountain, all about a fish who witnesses a murder and tries to…
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Three Top Things That Sell a Book
…On the marketing panel with me at Killer Nashville was Kiersten Modglin who writes one-off books and part of her success, besides having great books, is she was very targeted with finding ARC readers. She has a list of 200 and she makes sure that they have some following on social media. That’s a smart…
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How to be an Organized Writer
I create electronic folders for all my book information – and make sure to label everything – In my folder for Toy of the Gods – ebook cover, paperback cover, your blurb, any social media images, version of the book (ebook and or print – amazon and or other locations) Scrivener keeps my research organized.…
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Types of Publishing
…Self publishing is taking your book, doing the work that a traditional publisher would do, like editing, picking out a book cover, formatting, and publishing it to the various platforms. Self publishing is good if you like having control, if you’re comfortable on the computer, and if you don’t want to wait for traditional publishing.…
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Don’t Regret Not Writing That Story
From young author Lorna Cronnon who just had her short story (Nathan Dayspring) with an autistic main character hit best seller on Amazon has this to say “keep writing because somewhere out there there is this little kid wishing they could find a book to spark their love of reading. All it takes is one…
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Tools for Writers
…I use Scrivener for writing my novels. Before I get into why I love it, here’s what Tamsin Silver, author of The Curse of Billy the Kid. had to say about tools that she uses. “I personally prefer using Word for my writing but a lot of authors I know love Scrivener. It really helps…
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6 Smart Ways to Work with Other Authors and Sell Books
Author Jim Tritten had this to share with me about working with other authors “Other writers can be your greatest strength. How many men know how to write a scene that involves what goes on in a ladies room? Partner with someone who can provide insights into what you don’t know. When I re-wrote a…
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Self-publishing – Is it legit?
Now I consider Mark Dawson the rebel leader of self-publishing. He’s not only the CEO of the Self-publishing formula, he also has couple of great series books, my favorite is the John Milton series. And he had this to share with me about self-publishing. “For those with a commercial bent, and not afraid to work…