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The year may be winding down but plenty of authors likely still have a lot of tasks on their indie author to do list and that s in addition to holiday shopping The more information in your head the harder it is to know where to focus Add enough to your plate and you may just end up hellip
From writing and editing to marketing and administration independent authors juggle an array of responsibilities With so many balls in the air automating repetitive tasks can be a game changer This is where a tool like Zapier comes in nbsp Zapier allows users to connect various web applications and services and set up automatic actions and hellip
Professional Editors Underline the Vital Art of Line Editing Ernest Hemingway famously said write drunk edit sober 8221 But what if you were still a little hungover when you learned about each of the different styles of editing nbsp Each type of revision may play a unique but no less important role in the editing process but hellip
Master the Tool that Changes the Ads Game for Authors Imagine creating a captivating Facebook Ad for your latest novel It garners attention driving traffic to your book s Amazon page Then comes the million dollar question how do you calculate the impact of this ad How many clickers turn into customers Advertising is a key part hellip
Are you someone looking to master the fundamentals of writing Or are you struggling to learn the ins and outs of book marketing preferring to sit on the sidelines while you remain hidden behind your desk As indie authors we wear a lot of hats and there are an incredible amount of things to learn hellip
How Writers Can Make the Most of Google Docs and Microsoft Word Indie authors are in a unique position in the publishing world We get to make all the decisions when writing and publishing our stories It s liberating thrilling and sometimes a little overwhelming Software like Scrivener and Dabble and programs like Reedsy Book Editor 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
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
SMART Goals Aren 8217 t Always The Smartest Before I was a writer in the days when I earned a living training public and private sector workers how to manage their time their teams or themselves more effectively I would advise everyone I met that the secret to goal setting was to write SMART objectives If you hellip
Not everything needs to be measured in terms of money Jac Harmon When you think about success what s the first thing that comes to mind Is it money fame and being able to quit the day job Or is it something else Maybe it s your novel for sale in a bookshop or even the knowledge hellip
Using Micro Goals to Achieve Your Macro Dreams Robyn Sarty We often become overwhelmed when we focus on our big picture goals But if we only consider what we accomplish each day we ll never know if we re inching closer to our dream Knowing both your micro and macro goals can help you focus and achieve more Life hellip
You have committed to writing a book worked out the characters what s going to happen to them The world is verdant and fleshed out in your head and you re ready to write But fifty thousand words feels like too much You have a fulltime job kids to feed and nurture so they don t go feral hellip
We ve all read that publishing fast can be one of the drivers for a successful indie publishing career In fact there are writers who consistently produce a book a month But how do they do that What single factor enables these people to write 80 000 words in four weeks Apart from an outline the consensus hellip
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