How to Structure Your Emails and Use Your Storytelling Powers to Sell More Books Our brains are wired for stories And as an author you are a natural storyteller with the ability to craft compelling narratives and engage readers in a way that few others can So why not use those same storytelling skills to hellip
Why Authors in Every Genre Need to Consider Their Characters Names Carefully A character s name can often make or break a book How well would Lord of the Rings have gone over if it had followed Legolas Gandalf Aragorn Gimli Boromir and their hobbit companions Bob and Doug McHobbit Tolkien s editor might have had opinions hellip
A quick glance in my crystal ball tells me you re reading this in February but because of the crazy scheduling required to produce a magazine like Indie Author Magazine I m actually writing these words in November having just returned from 20Books Vegas nbsp While I was there I spent some time chatting with Chelle Honiker IAM s illustrious publisher hellip
All writing groups are unique yet they all share the ability to create deep bonds and lasting friendships among their members In February as we celebrate romantic relationships on Valentine s Day we also want to celebrate the close knit creative relationships made in these spaces Indie Author Magazine reached out to four writers to hear about hellip
Back in the olden days of indie publishing when the earth s crust was cooling and it was a wild west of new information for self publishers I was fortunate enough to attend a conference in Austin Texas with this month s featured subject Tammi Labrecque nbsp It s hard to remember back that far So much has changed since hellip
One of this month s features asks a handful of authors that exact question and I always love hearing people s responses I met mine through Camp NaNoWriMo about eight years ago In fact you can read about our group the Treehouse of Writers in the article During the summer sessions of the writing challenge the site hellip
Is It Time to Hire Outside Help to Keep Your Author Business Running If only we really could buy time back when we needed it life as an author would be so much easier Sadly we re still stuck with twenty four hours in a day like everyone else And of course we don t want to spend hellip
Millionaire authors can seem so grandiose It s hard to imagine an author making six figures a year from their work let alone ten times that amount Despite the apparent monstrosity of this task there are many indie authors achieving this monument every year Perhaps they know something the general public doesn t or perhaps they think differently hellip
Tammi Labrecque Shares Lessons on Balance Impostor Syndrome and Making Email Marketing Look Easy Even if you ve never met her before one conversation with Tammi Labrecque is probably enough for the two of you to become friends nbsp The author and course creator is bright bubbly and even on a Friday afternoon ready to talk your ear off hellip
Boy meets girl Boy loses girl Boy gets girl back This simple formula for writing a romance is timeless but Contemporary Romance puts a modern spin on these stories that makes them relevant for today s readers Contemporary Romance reflects the issues themes problems values relationships and lifestyle choices readers deal with in their own lives hellip
If you re healthy and have never had a chronic illness you re in a slim majority According to the National Library of Medicine https www ncbi nlm nih gov 45 percent of all Americans suffer from at least one chronic illness and that doesn t include those with long COVID If you don t suffer from a chronic illness such as cancer heart hellip
Dear Indie Annie I ve started a new social media account to market my book and I love posting photos and videos of the other things I read But I get nervous posting anything about my own writing How do I build up the confidence to market my work to strangers nbsp Sort of Social in Seville hellip
The reader experience is both subjective and objective You can measure it in your reader recidivism What 8217 s your read through rate to the next title Are you getting good numbers of reviews more than each previous release Is your book ranking better than it should based on sales nbsp Those are all signs of a positive reader hellip
When Building a Relationship with Your Fans It s OK to Share About Life Beyond Your Books Authors everywhere want fans to love and purchase their books We spend every day marketing our books to readers and potential readers but sometimes we forget we need to market ourselves to our readers as well Fans want to hellip
When I was a young entrepreneur the phrase mailbox money was thrown around a lot I think in today s world email is the new mailbox money When you do it effectively it can be a source of income either directly or indirectly I think that s pretty cool If you re stuck or reluctant you re not alone that s hellip
SMS Texts and Unlimited Subscribers Help Set the Email Service Provider Apart Amid the crowded marketplace of email providers Sendinblue https sendinblue com is an often overlooked option This French based company has branch offices all over the globe and has services that easily rival some of its biggest competitors Mailchimp MailerLite SendFox and ActiveCampaign But it 8217 s not hellip
Twitter is a unique social media platform built on brevity requiring users to limit posts to only 280 characters at a time But a writer can pack plenty into these tiny tweets For many authors Twitter has become the cornerstone of their author platform their way of getting the word out for a book launch hellip
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