Tag: self-publishing
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Why Write Short Stories
…So for example, when readers sign up for my list, they get 2 short stories. One is a back story to my main character in my novels, Leslie Kicklighter and the other is a back story to an explorer mentioned in my novels, Benedict Cecil Spafford. One story is an award-winner and the other is… Read more
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Use ARC Readers to Reach Best Selling Lists
…First, you want a cover and blurb that makes readers want to read your story. You also want to create rules for your reviewers. There are a few ways to do this but generally, you’re giving them your book or story for free, prior to it being published. Then you want to encourage them to… Read more
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How to deal with book critiques
A critique group of writers aren’t interested in hurting your feelings, they’re interested in helping you and each other write the best stories for their readers. And remember that you know your story but your reader doesn’t. So if another writer critiques your book and doesn’t understand something in your story then there is probably… Read more
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How to get Book Reviews
…Goodreads Giveaways. I choose an ebook giveaway because it’s easier. The standard package is $119. I’ve heard that the premium package isn’t really worth the additional cost. The Goodreads Giveaway gives your ebook to 100 people. The pro with Goodreads is that in my case over 500 users put my book on their to read… Read more
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Don’t Advertise Your Book with These Companies
… They’ve told you how brilliant your book is, they have all these followers, and there’s a tight deadline to get into the deal. All great sales talk to tempt you. And maybe $39 is a great price. I’ll tell you right now, don’t do it. That will be $39 down the drain. You’ll see… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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Self Publishing Course Kick Off – Oct 1
Get all the details and link to tickets on the full description page. Read more
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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.… Read more
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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… Read more