One of the best things we can do to find beta readers for our work (at least among our
network of author friends) is to offer to beta read for others.
In several groups this week, a
lot of my author friends started reporting worst - ever months and a drastic drop in income due to a sudden drop in page reads.
One
of my author friends records her writing time in hour and minute increments so she can quantify just how much time it takes to finish her novels.
One of the best things we can do to find beta readers for our work (at least among our
network of author friends) is to offer to beta....
I have a
number of author friends who have become Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestsellers, but it's important to remember that this is rare.
So thanks to the
power of author friend networking, I contacted said successful self - publisher and he gave me the name of his typographer, Terry Roy.
-- and while I was having a total fan - girl moment, one
of my author friends slapped me upside the head and said, «Ask him for an interview already, you idiot!»
If we could convince every author to spend at least 3 months polishing her work and building up a fanbase before launching, we would eliminate the sales problems 85 %
of our author friends experience.
One
of my author friends pointed out an eBook that was promoted as an «International Best Seller,» even though it appeared to be self published and had only been out for a couple months at best.
Hi everyone, It is always exciting when one
of my author friends launches a new book, and today, Artist Mili Fay is generously giving her children's book, «Animals In My Hair,» away for free.
That's right, less than half of us will actually stick to our resolutions — and that means
half of our author friends will end the year no better where they started, which makes us mega-sad.
A couple years ago in Tucson, I had the pleasure of sitting down to supper with a remarkable
handful of author friends: Jean Kwok, Edan Lepucki, and Scott Turrow.
That besides getting lashed directly by the bitter
wind of author friends turning their backs in silence and family members raising eyebrows, I'd relive adolescent - caliber insecurity due to my lack of «the right» accessories: an editor's approving insignia, a publisher's logo radiating prestige.
One of the highlights of ThrillerFest in Phoenix was the proximity of the Scottsdale Gun Club and the chance to go shooting with a
load of author friends.
If you are a fan of the type of books Denise writes, I would encourage you to look into joining a Facebook group devoted to celebrating her work and the work of one
of her author friends Jana DeLeon.
I'm writing this because one
of my author friends shared some good news today (which I will also share far and wide when the green light is given) and it struck me how genuinely happy I was for him.
But if you plan to be a career author and have lots of books to write and publish, book formatting is a useful skill (it can even be a side - income: I have lots
of author friends who supplement their book sales with formatting services).
Fueling that approach is the fact that since I became published, my
circle of author friends and acquaintances has continued to expand.
With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that I think every single
one of our author friends should have their own mailing list, regardless of whether you write fiction, non-fiction or space kitten sci - fi (that's totally a thing, right?).
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