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Hi, I'm Crystal Clary. Welcome to the crazy world of authors. First the book Writer's Market for finding an agent and or publisher. Now these are safe. Be careful because a lot of authors are being scammed from text messages and e-mail. If you self publish tell authorhouse.com I sent you. They will give you a break on price and myself. Writer's Digest is also helpful. Reviews seem to work well with fellow authors. Authorhouse.com creates awesome author page design but you still have to check everything. www.crystalclary.com POETIC JUSTICE: Olivia Miller Homicide Detective
Check out David Gaughran's website. He has free courses about everything that indie authors need to know. Highly recommended. He also has a few books out on various topics and a weekly newsletter. I've learned so much from him.
Hi Ian,A single book wouldn't fit all the information, and the publishing world change so fast I believe it's best to stick to online resources. I suggest you subscribe to a forum like Absolute Writer (AW).
Also, start thinking about what you prefer :
* Find an agent, who will hopefully manage to get you published with one of the big houses. This is the long road.
* Submit directly to publishers. This might be dangerous, because very few of the big names accept unagented (and new) authors so you are at the mercy of smaller, less scrupulous people.
* Self-publish. You have complete control of your books, but it's really a lot of work.
Again AW, can help you with that.
Pieces of advice :
- Don't pay for reviews. Blog Tours are not what they used to be anymore either.
- Don't pay for followers on Social Media. Most are fake and will disappear or get block.
- Find a good editor. It is worth the investment.
- Be patient!
Hi IanDavid Gaughran's website is a great idea.
I listen to writing and self-publishing podcasts. They've been a great help to me. If you listen to enough of them and often enough, themes start to come through. Here's my favorite 3. All with long backlists...
* The writers routine with dan simpson
* The creative penn with Joanna penn
* The self publishing show with mark dawson and james blatch (this has gone a bit downhill in recent times - I think they've been a bit distracted with other parts of their business). Their annual conference is coming up in London. It's a really worthwhile conference. They also sell affordable online tickets.
Hope this helps
Ian Allan
A very sincere thank you to each of you.
thanks everyone, much appreciated advice and will let you know how I get on, this is when this site works best.
I just finished reading your book. The Christmas Hedgehog is adorable. The book is a perfect Christmas gift for children.
Thanks Crystal, always wanted to write a Christmas book and I am rather fond of Hedgehogs so it was a no brainer for me!
I wrote a little pamphlet about Hormone Cream and the Gallbladder. It is now #18 in fitness, health and #21 in menopause kindle. Wow
The book about hormone cream and the gallbladder was number #1 in book sales for three days.
can anyone recommend a book or books that details the complex pathway new author might tread on their journey to getting books published and marketed efficiently. I came into authorship extremely naively (probably not alone in this) and of course still learning everyday but so wish I had a text that signposted me to things about agents, eBooks versus paper, marketing and author page design, genuine review sites as opposed to paid for review and where to find useful and generally unbiased help ideally from people in the publishing business. Does this mythical white whale exist or is anyone planning/working on such a tome?