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SPA 19: The Kevin and Jonny Andrews Show!

Kevin and Jonny steal the airwaves from me (Nick) today, since I was held up with frozen pipes. Kevin and Jonny do an interview-style episode about marketing yourself on Facebook and other things.

I found myself taking notes on things I’d never even considered. Jonny goes in-depth into some of the advanced list-building and marketing techniques that took him and his clients into the sales and success stratosphere.

If you’ve got a book, or just something to say, don’t miss this episode!

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SPA 19: The Kevin and Jonny Show!

Kevin and Jonny steal the airwaves from me (Nick) today, since I was held up with frozen pipes. Kevin and Jonny do an interview-style episode about marketing yourself on Facebook and other things.

I found myself taking notes on things I’d never even considered. Jonny goes in-depth into some of the advanced list-building and marketing techniques that took him and his clients into the sales and success stratosphere.

If you’ve got a book, or just something to say, don’t miss this episode!

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How to Write a Book (And Work a Day Job)

Writing a book is a challenge, even for a full-time writer. Writing takes motivation, discipline, organization, and drive. Especially among first-time novelists self-publishing writers, it’s common to have to squeeze writing time into the margins of the everyday grind. When you find yourself unable to drop everything to write, it’s important to have a strategy so you can work a day job and still flourish as a writer. Here are some ways for you to get the most about of that limited, precious w...

The Wake-Up Call: What it Means to Be A Self-Published Writer

I know what you want. It’s the same thing I want:

Freedom to write without distraction. A full-time income from one book. Enough money in the bank that I can travel to each of the settings in my novels. Some magic marketing bullet that guarantees my books’ success.

#amiright?

How about these:

Books that “flow” from somewhere inside, without really trying. A website that I can set up in 10 minutes that suddenly gets millions of page views per day. A perfectly-edited first draft.

Yeah?

Well here’s a...

SPA 18: Systems for Writers (Part 2)

We’re talking today about the second type of “systems” in an author business: the business side of things, including marketing and growing a mailing list. We started to get into a few things and quickly realized that this topic is WAY bigger than we initially thought. For that reason, we decided to end it by inviting you to call our voicemail line and ask a more specific question: 978-48-ASK-ME.

Scrivener – Mac
Scrivener – Windows
The Lucid – Episode One (now live!)
The Wake-Up Call: What It Mean...

SPA 17: Systems for Writers (Part 1)

In this episode on systems, Kevin and I discuss “systems” we use for writing fiction. We’ll get into systems for thebusiness side of things in a later episode, but in today’s, here’s what we discuss:

NaNoWriMo
Scrivener
Learn Scrivener Fast
Writing 10k Words A Day
Nick’s 3 Hacks for Writing A Whole Bunch-A-Lot:

Plan!
Leave on a cliffhanger
Set a writing schedule

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SPA 16: Routine, Author Earnings, and Book Markets

(I know it’s not Friday, so I’m sorry for getting this posted late!)

Today on the show, Kevin and I briefly talk through our current projects, includingThe Lucid:Season One,Sawyer Jackson: Book 2, and life while trying to write four books a month (me!).

Kevin mentions the Author Earnings website, and why it’s imperative as a self-published author to be reading these updates.

Finally, we jump into an article that took me forever to find (had to remember where it was!) about routine, then finished...

Do Not Despise These Small Beginnings

Note from Nick: This is a special day. Today’s post was written by my first editor, the guy who tookThe Golden Crystal and made it not suck!

I recently got over an obstacle that many would-be authors never manage to conquer: I finished and published my first book.

For my entire life, I had failed to finish this particular race, but suddenly, it was done.

The feeling of accomplishment was amazing, to say the least. A goal that had seemed unreachable was finally behind me, and I was ecstatic. I lo...

Want to Promote Your Book? Link to It!

Note from Nick: This is a guest post from Kathy Golden.

Eliminate the need for readers to search all over cyberspace to find your books. The rapidity with which information is shared on and garnered from the internet has divested practically every searcher of patience. Searchers want information available at the click of a link or the tap of a finger.

So wherever you can post your links without spamming or breaking the rules, be sure to do so.

Readers are more into indie authors now than in the...

42 Awesome Writing Resources You Need to Know About

I am often asked what my favorite “writing tools” are. Sometimes people mean “favorite app” (Scrivener) or just simply “what do I writewith?” (MacBook Pro)

To answer these questions, and possibly provide you with some cool apps, services, and tools you may have never heard of, I present this list of writing tools that I’ve had personal experience with and completely vouch for.

Some of these tools are tools I currently use, while others are tools I’ve grown out of, put aside for a “better” solut...