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The 30-day series: Engage with your Readers on TikTok and GoodReads

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More about letting readers know about your book. Start learning how to do this early on in your career. While it is not imperative at the beginning, being aware of all the options helps you after you publish that book!

Get a TikTok Account and Start Creating Videos for BookTok Today

Do readers want to see Authors dancing on TikTok? Maybe not – but they do want to engage with you...

The 30-day series: Think about Ads to find Readers Quickly

You need to let readers know about your book. Start learning how to do this early on in your career.

Think about Ads with Facebook

Another form of paid ads that you need to understand are Facebook ads. These are done based on your budget, even if you have a very limited amount to spend. But you don’t want to start running ads here until you know all of the rules. The last thing ...

The 30-day series: Build your Network

Sign Up to Groups with Authors on the Same Journey

One thing that’s very helpful for you as an indie author is to have some sort of camaraderie where you can ask questions and get support whenever you need it. The guidance of other indie authors can be invaluable. It’s also a great way to have someone celebrate with you who knows what you’ve gone through to self-publish. There a...

The 30-day series: Quick Covers and Easy Blurbs

Quick Covers and Easy Blurbs

Outsource the Cover for Your Book to a Pro

Yes, People DO judge a book by its cover. Whenever someone is on Amazon and enters a genre, like cozy mystery book, they’ll see a search results page filled with your competition. If your book like a do it yourself project, while the others look professional, they’re not even going to click through on the im...

The 30-day series: Polish your Work and Prep

Day 9: Edit Your Work or Hire an Editor

Get your writing done and then edit! Do not start editing before you finish, as your creative mind is different from your editing mind! Even though you may be getting it edited by a professional, you must edit before you send it out.

Use editing tools (free and paid ones) to help you catch some of the more common mistakes like typos or gra...

The 30-day series: Outlining and Writing Quickly

An Idea and Outline for Your Book Today

Spend some time brainstorming. You can try just drawing out a mind-map but first you need a main idea for your book, and an outline that shows each chapter, and a bulleted list for each chapter.

The more detailed your outline is, the easier it can be to achieve your word count each day. With fiction, some people prefer not to outline at a...

The 30-day series: Establishing your Author Brand

Establishing your Author Brand

It is never too early to establish your author brand.

Get professional covers and graphics

One thing that can destroy your brand is amateurish covers and graphics. While you can use Some tools, like Canva, for other graphics like your posts in social media or your emails always use a book cover professional for your book covers, and maybe even your key website graphics. Hire a professio...

The 30-day series: Your identity as an Author

Set up your identity as an Author

There are two things you must do to set up your author identity without delay, buy the domain name, and decide on a pen name.

Purchase the domain for your author brand first

Try your best to get your name itself, or something like johndoeauthor.com or johndoebooks.com, too. Make sure you get the dot com and i...

The 30-day series: The Right Genre for your Book

The Right Genre for your Book

Genre refers to the type of book that you are writing. There are many genres out there, but some of the most basic ones include: fiction and non-fiction. A genre is a category or class of things that have something in common. Genres are often used in literature to classify books by their general content or topic.

The right genre for your publishing ...

at the 30-day series: The Right Genre for your Book

The Right Genre for your Book

Genre refers to the type of book that you are writing. There are many genres out there, but some of the most basic ones include: fiction and non-fiction. A genre is a category or class of things that have something in common. Genres are often used in literature to classify books by their general content or topic.

The right genre for your publishing journey can make it easier to reach you...