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Issue #15 – July 2022

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When I moved to Texas from California what feels like a million years ago it sometimes felt as if I d moved to a far more exotic locale than just a new state in the same country nbsp The food was different nbsp The BBQ meat looked burnt and inedible but tasted delicious and everything was always covered hellip

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The Thriller Writer Says Traditional Publishing Is Broken He s Got Plans to Fix It When someone called Nick Thacker s novels airplane books early on in his career he took the term and ran with it nbsp The description was meant to be an insult as in his books were the kind you buy at an airport to hellip

Patreon an online platform allows people to financially support creatives including authors through a monthly tiered membership It offers an excellent option for any indie author looking to diversify their income and create a new revenue stream But how do you optimize your profile on the platform for maximum returns on your time investment so hellip

Increasing your publishing profits through your backlist If you have published multiple books then you may be working with two lists Your frontlist is made up of newly published fresh exciting titles Your backlist is books that have been out for a while that might be neglected by you and by readers But gold is hellip

You ve no doubt heard the truism Don t put all your eggs in one basket But if you re a nonfiction author still selling on only one platform your income eggs are tightly packed into one container You can make money in a myriad of ways from your nonfiction backlist Create multiple streams of income for yourself hellip

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Author Mariel Pomeroy left a cautionary message for readers of her debut novel that is hard to miss It s printed on its own page in the front of the book just after the copyright She also included it in the book s product description and in her social media posts advertising the novel A general statement hellip

Writing about topics that do not belong to your culture can be tricky In today s society writers venturing into those areas are sometimes worried about being accused of cultural appropriation or the use of topics from other cultures for gain or profit or in a way that reinforces stereotypes Even more so we re taught as hellip

I m working on a series of nonfiction books that I hope will help people with issues they may struggle with I m not a professional in my field I ve just learned a lot through life experience Can I write from my own experience Or do I need a degree or certification to help people School of hellip

The moment you ve been dreading is finally here your first bad review You stare at it wondering if you ve misread it then read it several more times Each negative word feels like a tiny dagger to the heart For some of us there are tears For others there s cursing hand wringing or an inner critic that hellip

Studies Show You Don t Need Fancy Eyewear to Protect Your Sight from Extended Screen Use Blue light filtering glasses sound like the perfect solution to computer eye strain Unfortunately there s no evidence to support their effectiveness Systematic reviews of multiple studies in 2017 and 2021 found no benefits to the lenses Double blind clinical trials found no hellip

Texas It Really Is Like a Whole Other Country When you think of Texas a few images might come to mind cowboys hot prairies with dusty tumbleweeds herds of cattle chuck wagons horses everywhere and maybe the Alamo As with every American state these are typical stereotypes with roots in reality And sure you ll find hellip

Remember those first stories we heard as children The Three Little Pigs Little Red Riding Hood Three Billy Goats Gruff Snow White Cinderella and so many more We could listen to them over and over again Each time we were delighted with the end The main character defeated the villain found true love and my favorite lived hellip

Backlist Riches Every single one of your old books is new to someone nbsp We struggle and fight endlessly to add readers to our newsletter lists Beyond current and future titles there is substantial opportunity in delivering your old titles to new fans Introduce them to your backlist incrementally I use sales and promotions of the hellip

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