By Shelley Sturgeon It might be a bit of a stretch, but don’t you think that writing and self-publishing a book is sort of like training and competing in the Olympics? All that training and hard work leading up to the big moment when your book is launched?...
Yesterday I described some of the steps I’ve taken over the last year in my quest to create what would be the perfect writer’s journal. Difficulties finding, evaluating, and specifying the materials in the journal took many months, largely due to the way...
Last year I happened to attend part of a webinar on creating “blank” books of various kinds. As a former “traditional” publisher, I was immediately attracted by this topic. Books without words? How sweet would that be, to avoid all the...
Although the vast majority of print books published by indie authors are print on demand paperbacks, there are lots of other kinds of books we can publish. Sometimes a different format or a book with more features to it can really help you stand out in the crowd and...
I know readers come here for practical help making and marketing their books, but today I want to give you an update on the things I have lined up in the coming months for indie authors, all of which are now coming to fruition. Over the past few years I’ve spent...