When we started planning the magazine issues for the first two years we decided we wanted to tell the stories of different indie authors each month After meeting so many innovative smart and creative people over the past few years we knew we would never run out of stories to tell Foremost our featured subjects hellip
We ve All Seen The Quote We are what we repeatedly do Excellence therefore is not an act but a habit Will Durant Not Aristotle Habits are funny things aren t they In Atomic Habits James Clear defines them as a routine or practice performed regularly an automatic response to a specific situation There are good hellip
What Is National Novel Writing Month and Why You Should Participate Warning This story starts and ends with a challenge Choices have to be made Read and walk away with insight Read and walk away with the seed of an idea that will flex creativity demand tenacity and forever change the writer story relationship That dear hellip
In over two decades of entrepreneurship there hasn t been a single successful person I ve known followed or interviewed that hasn t admitted to doubting themselves at some point Call it what you will I ve distilled the many names I ve used over the years down to imposter syndrome existential crisis and plain old doubt It s the voice hellip
All Your Favorite Stories 8230 in Space Space Opera is a popular genre among authors and readers who enjoy Sci Fi themed stories with an epic scope splashy tech romantic subplots and a sharp contrast between good and evil Where other genres of Science Fiction speculate on the intersection of technology with society Space Opera shifts its focus hellip
You ve written a rollicking good story set in eighteenth century France and now you want to add some killer details It s time to immerse yourself in research Turn back time All historical novels begin with the promise that the author will subtly connect the Then to the Now so the reader can suspend disbelief throughout To hellip
Meet the Man Behind 20BooksTo50K® and the World 8217 s Biggest Indie Author Conference To an online author group of over 50 000 people a wise man once said The most important gift you can give somebody is your time because you don t get it back when it s gone And while that statement isn t novel it seems apropos hellip
So your book has been edited and your designer has sent you an amazing genre appropriate cover Congratulations Now it s time to upload it to the Amazon store a retailer which accounts for 70 of the US e book market This article will take you through the process step by step and point out any pitfalls nbsp How to Find hellip
In Wide vs Exclusive Which is for You IAM May 2021 we covered the pros and cons of publishing e books as widely as possible The alternative is publishing through programs requiring exclusivity like Amazon s KDP Select program When authors decide to publish their e books wide the next question is go direct or use a distributor hellip
How to get your books into libraries Imagine a kingdom where books are traded like currency The wealthiest are voracious readers who never reach the end of their TBR piles It s protected by wizards who teleport their patrons to distant fantastical worlds In this realm the castle at the center isn t a myth it s a hellip
How to Use Merchandise Sales on your Website to Make Money and Grow Your Brand In today s economy it s a given that relying on a single stream of income is risky business For authors that means looking at your books as content and finding ways to slice and dice your creative work into other methods hellip
Dear Indie Annie I have just released the fourth book in my series and it is doing really well Sales are good and the fans love it and are clamoring for more Doesn 8217 t sound like a problem right There are two more books to wrap up that series but I am tired of writing these hellip
Recognizing Imposter Syndrome This is part one of a three part Mindset mini series focusing on imposter syndrome You may or may not have heard of it you may or may not have experienced it but it s said to affect seven out of ten people Defining It s a term first coined by psychologists in 1978 and hellip
How to successfully network at author conferences Before the Conference Maximize your conference experience by planning ahead A few simple steps can elevate your experience and ensure you get the most out of attending Ideally you want to stay in the same hotel as the conference is being held You will become a familiar face hellip
Backstory is what happened to your characters before page one of your story Not everything the reader doesn t need to know what she had for breakfast on her tenth birthday unless it led to anaphylaxis and that pertains to the story you re writing Backstory adds depth to your characters It helps the reader to connect with hellip
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Being an independent writer can mean a lot of hours behind a desk It also means we can take on a lot of stress while we push for deadlines learn marketing strategies and plan our world domination Exercise can be hard to stick to when we re tied to our chairs Fortunately there are a lot hellip
Wide for the Win Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to Success By Mark Leslie Lefebvre Arguably the gold standard when discussing distribution and platforms Mark Leslie Lefebvre articulately breaks down each concept with skill and his signature humor and gentility Drawing on his experience working for heavy hitters Kobo hellip
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