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10 Strategies for Indie Book Promotion
You’ve put blood, sweat, and tears into your book. You may have even submitted it to hundreds of publishers and received all of those rejections that are so common to authors. Even J.K Rowling received over 200 rejections before a publisher took a chance. You have...
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A Simple Beginners Guide to Writing a Novel
There are many people that have the talent for writing but they never really get to write a novel or short story. People are often afraid to commit to writing a novel because it seems like a lot of responsibility. They also do not realize their dream of becoming an...
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5 Clever Things Content Marketers Can Learn From Fiction Writers
It seems that content writing has nothing to do with fiction writing. Though both of these niches require strong writing skills, their goals and, therefore, tools and focuses are very different. However, it is writing in both cases after all. And this is the reason...
read more3 Helpful Tool Types For Writers
The modern writing world is very much a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, writers have more responsibility than ever before. Research, marketing, finance - there are a lot of tasks to perform, skills to learn, and plates to keep spinning. On the other, there are...
read moreHow to Write a Book Description that Makes People Want to Read Your Book
As the creator of Publisher Rocket and someone who understands AMS ads, I receive a lot of questions about selling books on Amazon. And one of the more common ones is this: I’m getting so many clicks, but no sales...What’s wrong? Why aren’t my sales converting? When...
read moreScared To Write Your Life Story? You Should Anyway
Have you heard that quote from Ernest Hemingway? To paraphrase, Hemingway said that there’s nothing to writing, other than sitting at a keyboard to bleed. Good writing, the kind that connects with the reader, requires brutal, painful honesty. The type that isn’t easy....
read moreBecome a More Productive Writer with These 3 Tips
When was the last time you had a super productive day of writing? Now tell me, how often does that happen? If you’re like me, the answer is “Not as often as I’d like.” I totally get that. But the good news is… we don’t have to suffer from unproductivity. We can rise...
read more3 Essential Branding Moves For Shy Authors
I think one of the hardest things for a lot of authors to accept is that they have a brand. I used to feel the same way. After all, I see myself as a creative soul, not a product to be packaged and profited from. However, whether we like it or not, we all have a...
read moreInvestigating The Duality Of Online Learning For Writers
Good vs Evil. Light vs Dark. Soup vs Salad. Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal yet opposite reaction. That same principle tends to hold true not just in physics, but life as well. Online and distance learning is no...
read moreSEO for Authors: Why Content Marketing Matters
The problem with authors is we do a lot of research and we know a lot of things. We can even give others great advice about what to do with their writing and website. We have a harder time doing it for ourselves. This is often because we freeze out of fear. How do we...
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SPA 63: Compromise!
Today the dudes chat about "compromise," or how to spend less to get a "minimum viable product," or MVP. They talk a lot about cover design, and how to make a book cover that works well enough to at least get some attention.
SPA 62: Live from the NETWO Conference!
Today is a special day - the guys are live at the North East Texas Writer's Organization conference, doing a live podcast. That's right - they've got a table set up in the front of the meeting hall, and they discuss some of the reasons for podcasting as a marketing...
SPA 61: Short Stories and How to Use Them
The guys discuss the deceptively difficult genre for writers: the elusive short story. From Arthur C. Clarke to Philip K. Dick, and a few other notable short story penners in-between, they discuss how they're using them to build their platforms, how to approach them...
SPA 60: Genre Targeting for Authors
Today the goodly gents discuss genres with C.S. Lakin. She's a hugely successful author in different genres, both fiction and nonfiction, and she has some amazing insights into the all-too-important task of choosing a great genre for your books. She has two courses up...
SPA 59: How to Plan A Book Launch (Listener Voicemails)
The dudes answer a couple listener questions about launching two books at the same time, building a "funnel" and setting up book giveaways, and other on-topic (really!) stuff. Tune in to see how the guys respond to some great - and tough - questions! How to launch...
SPA 58: Relaxing with Indiana Jones
Subtitle: Being Awesome, Successes, and Celebration Rituals. Today the dudes talk about how they maintain positivity and celebrate their wins. There are plenty of ways to "celebrate" little victories (and big ones), and the guys chat about their weird and not-so-weird...
SPA 57: The Most Inspirational, Awesome Books of All Time
...Or at least according to the guys. In this episode, the dudes chat about the most inspiring presentations, talks, books, movies, podcasts, etc. they've ever encountered and had the pleasure to consume. Also Nick got a van. Mentions: Tony Robbins - Unlimited Power...
SPA 56: Trilogies, Theft & Plagiarism, and Ebook Images
Today the goodly gents discuss trilogy and serial promotion and marketing, reviews for trilogies, and what defines a "trilogy." Also, the boys discuss Kevin's recent experience with theft and plagiarism - he had his book stolen and reposted under a different Amazon...
SPA 55: Improvisation and Revising for Writers
Today the guys discuss the rules of improve, as they apply to writers. Comedy improvisation rules are things like, "never say 'no,'" "yes/and," etc. But while these "rules" are helpful and can lead to really funny improvised comedy, it can also be a detriment to your...
SPA 54: Writing Christian Fiction with Rachel Starr Thomson
Rachel Starr Thomson doesn't just have a cool name. She's a veritable writing rockstar (a "wrockstar"). She's been on the show before, but we caught up with her today to discuss a HUGE topic we've been pondering for quite some time: writing Christian fiction....