Critical Reviews As part of the author community you’ve heard people gripe about “bad reviews”. You’ve even taken a day to yourself because of one or two. But here’s the silver lining. That one bad review can help prevent more bad reviews. As a reader, I always look at the bad reviews. Even with … [Read more...] about 5 “Bad” Parts of Publishing That Aren’t Bad at All
Working (and Publishing) From Home with Multiple Children
As a mother of three, listening to this Being Boss podcast episode on how to manage your business with children was… frustrating. It’s not their fault. The transition from no kids to one is a huge change and can be challenging. That wasn't the case for me. My oldest napped at the same time … [Read more...] about Working (and Publishing) From Home with Multiple Children
6 Ways to Stop Making Excuses and Start Writing
We've all been there. Those days when you just can't find the time or the will to write. One day isn't so bad. When a day turns into a week or a month, it's hard to break the cycle. When I don’t write I feel bad about myself. Like I’m a failure and somehow not worth the food it takes to keep me … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Stop Making Excuses and Start Writing
Publishing Contracts: 3 Tips to Keep in Mind Before You Sign
Let me start by saying, I'm not a literary agent and one of the best things you can do to protect yourself and your rights is find a professional who you trust to help you. One of the other nest things, is to know the following information. We have a lot of advice on here for indies, but the … [Read more...] about Publishing Contracts: 3 Tips to Keep in Mind Before You Sign
8 Ways to Combat Season Affective Disorder
Season Affective Disorder, or SAD is a problem for most people in the winter months. But when you work from home for yourself, it can be especially difficult to get through and get your work done. In today's guest post by Emi Sano you'll learn 8 tips to help you cope and get back to what you … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Combat Season Affective Disorder
Service/Product Review: Dabble
Today's article is was written by up and comer Emi Sano. Finding writing software that fits your style and needs can be difficult. We often recommend Scrivner on this blog but we also like choices. So here's Emi's review of the software Dabble. There are a ton of writing … [Read more...] about Service/Product Review: Dabble
How to be a Good Podcast Guest
Outreach is the best way to grow your organic traffic and build your brand. Podcasts are huge right now so it just makes sense for authors to take advantage of this. Here are the things we’ve realized are really important after seven months of podcasting. Use Your Laptop or … [Read more...] about How to be a Good Podcast Guest
Book Marketing 101: Outreach
All these posts have been to help you set up Tim Grahl’s Connection System. So how do we connect with readers? Through outreach to influencers. Outreach is how you drive traffic to your newly optimized site and get new subscribers to your list and new readers to your books. The … [Read more...] about Book Marketing 101: Outreach