You know when you're on Goodreads, playing in the forums, checking out recommendations, updating your progress - those sidelined "sponsored" ads - oh, what? You don't notice those? Exactly. Why? Because most of the time those books are self-published, and on a whole, people tend to ignore those ads because of that assumption. (And, let's … Continue reading Why Marketing as an Indie Writer is Hard
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Being a Writer
I've been swimming in this online wasteland of indie writers, aspiring writers, and book nerds for a while now. It seems to me that there are more "writers" who talk about writing than there are writers who actually write - anyone else feel this way? Not that it's a bad thing to talk about writing. … Continue reading Being a Writer
All at Once
There's a lot of waiting involved with publishing. Waiting for beta readers to finish. Waiting for the weekend to get started on those edits. Waiting for agents to respond to your query. Waiting for those few agents who expressed interest in your query to get back to you. There's a lot of waiting. And then, … Continue reading All at Once
