You are SO right about chilling out, taking time to research what's been successful
for other authors in similar genres, and I love your special limited edition idea.
They no longer permit authors to
review for other authors, even when we're honest, legit reviewers who have been reviewing far longer than we've been writing.
We're going to find out about her authors, and what are some of the things that she
does for other authors under her publishing house.
In addition, doing newsletter swaps with other indie authors has done
well for those other authors, but I haven't seen any increased sales or reader interactions from them.
It's clearly been a very successful path for you, do you have any
advice for other authors who might be thinking about going down the self - publishing route?
I can't
speak for other authors, but the three editors I've worked with at two publishing hours have all been excellent and I've learned a lot from working with them.
During this practice round they were given advice about improving their pitch, and benefited from hearing the advice and
pitches for the other authors in their group.
Also, I was blogging about writing romance fiction... which is
great for other authors but my readers told me that they really would prefer me to blog about something else.
Finally, there are groups where it's acceptable to outright promote your work, seek reviews (and offer up
reviews for other authors), and even announce free ebook promotions.
The effect didn't hold
true for other author combinations, such as first and third; in fact, the middle authors normally don't interact much on a project, Lee notes.
At a recent workshop, award - winning author Jessica Handler (Invisible Sistersand Braving the Fire) offered
pointers for other authors writing about trauma through sharing her own powerful story of grief and loss.
Since a lot of Diantha's followers are authors, this was particularly useful for my platform (though may not be
so for other authors).
It was included in the Writer's Digest Books Guide to Literary Agents as a sample query
letter for other authors to learn from.
Currently only offering a curated selection of both fiction and nonfiction projects, Unbound hopes eventually to open its
platform for other authors looking to self - publish.