Producing hundreds of pages of text requires a feat from the brain akin to an athlete’s performance. And so, like athletes, writers need to do all they can to up their edge. You probably know self-care helps. But did you know music helps too? Self-care...
Or: three lessons in overconfidence and impairment LESSON ONE: Manuscript feedback. After working with many advanced readers and professionals, I believed my book was ready. So I published it on KDP and ordered 100 author copies. Then the real-world critiques crashed...
Newsletters are a great way to connect with people, if done the right way. 1. Start with your inner circle and keep it short. I began with my gracious friends and family. But still, in my anxiety, I sent very short, apologetic newsletters of about 300 words. Then...
Or rather, how not to do it.The person I hired loaded my files into KDP. Then I held my breath and hit “Publish.” Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! First, I changed my mind about the subtitle. I unpublished the novel, removed the subtitle, and republished it. KDP...
On the verge of my first publication, I was preoccupied with many questions. Was my content up to snuff? Was the cover right? How do I market? And so on. If this might be you, sit down and take a deep breath before hitting “Publish,” or you might be...
Ah, Kindle Direct Press. It doesn’t discern quality—hence the billions of poorly crafted books filling cyberspace—but its bots do discern plagiarized material. I chose King James Bible verses for my novels because the language was so beautiful. And it was...
