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Issue #17 – September 2022

Your Best Book Is Always Yet to Come Craig Martelle What is the best story you ever wrote nbsp My answer will always be the next one I have those that are good and those I consider the best so far but better lies ahead nbsp Otherwise this would be a tough business It would be soul hellip

I ve been a bit of a process improvement nerd since my days with a company that was chasing the illustrious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The award is the nation 8217 s highest presidential honor for performance excellence Our strategy for winning included looking at every department of a large travel management company with a fine tooth hellip

A few weeks ago I spent an afternoon shopping for school supplies with my younger sister She ll be a freshman in college this year attending the same university I did and while I m helping her prepare showing her around campus explaining how the bus system works and where to buy textbooks I can t help but feel nostalgic hellip

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Chelle Honiker In 2019 actor Henry Cavill brought monster slayer Geralt of Rivia to life in the series adaptation of The Witcher on Netflix Thus a new segment of fans was introduced to the elements of Andrzej Sapkowski s world from the novels the Continent its fantastical monsters and its beloved characters nbsp Originally begun as short hellip

I have a great idea or at least I think it is for a series of books that would be a mash up of a couple of other famous series I wouldn t use the same characters or world but the plots would be somewhat similar But then I wonder if I shouldn t bother because it s been hellip

Angela Archer According to Zippia https zippia com a job recruiting site 83 percent of US workers experience work related stress But what is stress and what s the difference between normal stress burnout and depression nbsp Stress is about feeling overwhelmed as though you have too much on your plate and according to Psych Central https psychcentral com it can lead hellip

Angie Martin With one in five Americans dealing with mental health problems mental well being is becoming a bigger and more important topic than ever before Mental illness has been suggested to share a link with creativity with famed cases such as Edgar Allen Poe Sylvia Plath Mark Twain and Stephen King and a plethora of hellip

Angie Martin When it comes to choosing a location for a novel short story or script many authors stick with what they know Stephen King s novels typically stay in Maine Hailing from Kansas City Missouri Gillian Flynn s three novels take place in the rural Midwest Anne Rice is well known for her exotic paranormal tales hellip

Jenn Mitchell From the golden age of comics to modern day Marvel movies countless caped crusaders and super villains have kept our pulses pounding with their daring and dastardly deeds leaving us breathless and clamoring for more Traditionally Superhero fiction has been a visual medium so unsurprisingly fans often gravitate toward comics movies cartoons or games hellip

Chelle Honiker As a USA Today best selling author and with over fifty books to her credit Monica Leonelle has earned her reputation as a productive novelist She shares the title with one of her two nonfiction series for authors She writes quickly and publishes often nbsp She s also one of the most marketing savvy authors in the hellip

Nicole Schroeder Nestled in her New England home independent bookseller Kaitee Yaeko Tredway spends time each week arranging stacks of books and displaying them against a variety of backgrounds She snaps several photos and writes out creative captions to pair with each then decides when they ll publish Sometimes she makes an appearance in front of hellip

Megan Linski Fox You ve committed what is considered the grave sin of indie publishing you ve written a book that doesn t cleanly fit into any specific genre or category Hosts of fellow writers would tell you to immediately abandon the project because attempting to market or heaven forbid sell a novel with no easily identifiable audience is doomed hellip

Gill Fernley It s back to school time for the kids but they aren t the only ones who ll be in class This month we re reviewing a few marketing basics and giving you some homework of your own Lesson One Make it the best book possible Hopefully your book is written edited and polished to a high hellip

Susan Odev When Mark Dawson made his clarion call for volunteers to help backstage and front of house for the Self Publishing Show Live event held June 28 and 29 in London s South Bank I hesitated to raise my hand nbsp The inaugural event back in 2020 heralded the start of lockdown and there was an excellent chance hellip

Natalie Hobbs Authors can publish their stories in many different ways beyond an entire novel released on a one certain date Serial platforms websites where authors can release stories by episode or chapter instead of as a complete collection are a great way for authors to gain exposure from readers and get feedback from their hellip

Alice Briggs Since early 2021 indie authors have had the ability to create Amazon A+ Content to help promote their books This bonus content on a book s product page had already been available for traditional publishing houses for some time and had proven its merit in 2015 during a ninety day study of 134 000 products Amazon found hellip

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