Tag: advice for indie authors
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Learn From Those Negative Reviews
I’ve had a couple less than stellar book reviews lately, so I wrote them back nasty responses and told them how awesome my books are! No, I didn’t. Haha. Actually, I’m not really bothered with negative reviews. No, I don’t go searching for them, but I get it. Heck, it’s tough to get a good…
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Indie Authors: Take Control and Benefit More
I have a dear friend who a couple years back published her fascinating story about her family living as missionaries in South Vietnam during the war years. The book was published through one of the independent presses which require fees up front. They made a nice e-book for her and produced a very professional book…
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I’m Building My Platform – Not Yours
I have this habit of picking on literary agents. It is probably not a great habit for a writer to have, but the target on their backs is sometimes so darn irresistible. Perhaps I don’t understand literary agents, and perhaps I never will. But sometimes they seem to say the most ridiculous things. A while…
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My First 15 Months as an Indie Author
Honestly, it feels like I’ve been “out there” as an author for 15 years. Has it really been only 15 months? A simple check of the math will attest to the fact that, yes, indeed I released my first novel 15 months ago in December 2012. So much has happened since then that I have…
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5 Things Indie Authors Should Remember
This list should probably be the top 100 things indie authors should remember. Must expand later. But here are five things I always try to keep in mind. 1) Scrivener is awesome. Learn Scrivener. Learn it well. Sit back and acknowledge how freeing writing is by using it. 2) Never trust your own eyesight. (I…
Author Mark W Sasse 