FOSO: Fear of Selling Out
Back in April, I wrote an article about authors experiencing a fear of success. Here’s another common fear that can hold you back...
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- May 8
- 2 min
Take Advantage of Your Book Description
Amazon gives you 4,000 characters for your book description. That’s a lot of space to craft a compelling blurb, but a longer blurb...
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- Apr 24
- 3 min
Cliffhanger Book Endings: Pros and Cons
Cliffhangers are staples of many successful self-published books. Love them or hate them, it can be hard to find a selling series...
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- Apr 3
- 2 min
Self-Publishing Secrets: Fear of Success
The biggest barrier to your publishing success is you.
The above statement is true in many different ways, but at the end of the day...
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- Mar 27
- 4 min
Writing to Market: How to Target The Right Audience for Your Book
If you want your book to sell, you’ll need an audience to sell it to. That means that you’ll go much further if you know how to...
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- Jan 9
- 3 min
Top 3 Places to Share Your Reader Magnet
For the purpose of this article, let’s define a reader magnet as a short story, novella, or novel...
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- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
Will Your Book Idea Sell? Ideation and Vetting Tips and Tricks
If you want to get serious about publishing your book, this is one of the most important questions you will need to ask...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Author Blog: Nonfiction for Fiction Writers
The golden age of blogging is over, but nonfiction itself continues to be popular. Whether you want to help others, turn your writing...
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- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Launch Day, Launch Week, Launch Month
As a reader, it’s easiest to look forward to a launch day when a new book by a favorite author will be released. As an author...
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- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
Top 5 Tips for A Minimal Author Newsletter
Your newsletter might be (and likely is) one of the most critical elements to your ability to sell books, but you shouldn’t have to...
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- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
5 Secrets about Writing Series
If you’re self-publishing for income, you’ve probably heard that you want to write in series. More books gives readers...
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- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Changing Genres: Powerful Strategy or Reckless Move?
You started writing in your first genre without a lot of thought. Maybe you figured that vampire romance would sell well...
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- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
Meet The Authors: 3 Types of Writing Groups
Is it truly possible to lone-wolf your way to success?
Writing might be a largely solo activity, but many writers credit their success...
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- Jan 18, 2022
- 1 min
15 Social Media Posts Your Readers Will Love
Social media is fun and a great time-waster, but when you’re running an official author account, it can be easy to run out of ideas.
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- Nov 23, 2021
- 4 min
Writing Professionally: Top 10 Tips to Make It Happen
Writing fiction for a living. That’s the dream of many writers, but if you’ve put any books on the market, you might be wondering whether...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 4 min
7 Little Things Wasting Your Wallet: Self-Publishing 101
For many writers, the scariest part of self-publishing isn’t the fact that you take on the publishing job yourself, or even the hassle of...
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- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
Pros and Cons of Writing Full Time
Writing full-time is a dream for many, but quitting the day job at the wrong time can be a lethal mistake.
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- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Set up Your Own Author Book Signing
Book signings aren’t necessary for success. If you make your profit online and have fans thousands of miles away—and if you live...
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- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
20 Book Covers to Spark Your Creativity
A good cover design is a work of art, and great designs can easily sell themselves.
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- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Publishing Wide: Smashwords Overview
If you’ve decided to publish your books wide, you’ve probably already considered publishing through popular venues like Barnes and Noble...
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