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Issue #11 – March 2022

As writers we can t avoid spending time sitting in a chair and this can lead to both bad posture and pain This pain is often although not exclusively in the back neck and shoulders When it s time to think about a new work chair you need to find one that meets all your needs Budget hellip

There s nothing like a native speaker to help translate a text But what if there were advanced AI technology that could help bring translated books into the world more quickly and with less of a dent to the author s budget Would you be interested in that option Honestly who wouldn t be nbsp The question Is translation hellip

In 1984 the first Terminator film thrilled audiences and we were introduced to SKYNET the network of supercomputers powering the world described by one character as hooked into everything trusted to run it all a new order of intelligence Back then the concept of email was still somewhat fantastical and the idea that homes hellip

Military SF infuses speculative technologies and interplanetary conflicts into the Military genre The result is better guns bigger battles higher stakes and a platform for social commentary Science in Military SF tends toward the more realistic side applying the same universal laws that govern tossed stones cannonballs and BFG projectiles alike This genre allows authors hellip

Considerations for the Translation Question As indie authors expand their businesses they are pushing the boundaries into new languages While this is a great path forward full of exciting possibilities some issues arise when you don t speak the language you want your books to be published in We re covering finding your translation team and marketing hellip

Every author throughout history could likely recall a time they stared hopelessly at a blinking cursor or a pen hovering just above the page And just as you know the importance of choosing the right words you probably also know the struggle of finding them Yet many times only you the author seem to be hellip

Introducing your translated book to readers can be an excellent form of virtual travel Just think of all those new friends you can visit when the world opens back up nbsp Travelers especially writers often collect surprising experiences and specific colorful and possibly useless details nbsp When your book travels you may learn that Malaysia s currency is called a hellip

Hosted by Orna Ross and Joanna Penn Podcast first Friday 1pm London time Livestream first Tuesday 7pm London time Top tips and tools for running a successful author business plus analysis of the latest self publishing news and trends This show is for those who know how to self publish and want to expand their income and hellip

Author Media presents Novel Marketing the longest running book marketing podcast in the world This is the show for writers who want to build their platform sell more books and change the world with writing worth talking about nbsp Whether you self publish or are with a traditional house this podcast will make book promotion fun and hellip

Make no mistake if you re an author you re an entrepreneur You re selling the world on your book aren t you Of course it s not as easy as launching a business and then tossing any old book up on Amazon That s why Entrepreneur Publishing Academy teaches entrepreneurs to publish books on the specific topic and in the hellip

Dear Indie Annie My family thinks I 8217 m wasting my time writing They interrupt me frequently and expect me to drop what I m doing since they don t think I m doing anything important How can I convince them I want this to be a career not a hobby Frustrated with Family in Flagstaff Dear Frustrated Oh my hellip

Practice Gratitude nbsp Instead of comparing yourself with others try comparing yourself with where you were a year ago Focus on how far you ve come not how far you have to go and you ll realize how successful you already are We ve all been there We ve all done it We ve all compared ourselves with others We look hellip

Like Michael Scott from The Office I m not superstitious but I am a little stitious I don t open umbrellas inside I throw spilled salt over my left shoulder I don t walk under ladders And I never say It s going to be a calm week Because that s when you know it will most definitely not be hellip

Ghostwriters are a key part of the process for many authors They provide a valuable service to help their clients produce books for various reasons An older person who has lived an interesting life may hire a ghostwriter to interview them and compile their memoir for their friends and family to enjoy long after they re hellip

Steve Higgs is a man of contradictions a tough ex army man who writes about a bad tempered crime solving police dog and a bored housewife turned sleuth He s also known as the British author who wrote over sixty books in three years He is funny a family man and yet hyper focused He puts some of his success down to having hellip

As authors we put our characters through a variety of dangerous situations and often end up with some injured or ill When we do this in a modern world that character may encounter Emergency Medical Services EMS teams in their community These highly trained medical professionals are seldom noticed by anyone until they re needed Then hellip

No doubt you re reading this hoping we ll divulge the ultimate secret to getting accepted for a BookBub Featured Deal And of course we re going to talk about it But there s far more to BookBub than just that 1 Snag a BookBub Featured Deal Well we have to start with this one Sadly we can t guarantee hellip

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