by Sarah Kuiken | Nov 3, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
It’s that time of year again—cooler temperatures, pumpkin spice lattes, and National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. If you’re wondering how to prepare for NaNoWriMo—and whether it’s even possible to prepare for writing an entire novel in a single...
by Sarah Kuiken | Nov 2, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset, Conference
Attending a writers’ conference is one of the best ways to improve your craft, level up your industry knowledge, and meet other authors in a single stroke. And you don’t just learn—you learn directly from authors and other industry pros who have been in the business...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Oct 18, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
When you hear the term “minimalism,” you might think about stories of people living in stark, empty rooms, or simple cottages and cabins in the woods, or maybe those people who live entirely out of a backpack or suitcase, relocating to a new country every six months....
by Sarah Kuiken | Oct 13, 2021 | Author Essentials, Author How-To & Mindset, Books2Read Promotions
BookBub is a discovery platform for readers and a marketing platform for writers. It’s where readers go to discover new writers, and where writers can market their books to readers of their genre. Before we dive into how to use BookBub Featured Deals for marketing...
by Sarah Kuiken | Oct 5, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
If you think library distribution is out of reach for self-published authors, think again. Library distribution is one of the most exciting (and relatively new) avenues for indie authors to get their books into the hands of readers worldwide. As far back as 2016, 92%...
by Sarah Kuiken | Sep 28, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
We know there are a fair few writing purists out there, so we’ll lead with a disclaimer on writing tools. Writers have completed their work by hand for thousands of years—with chisels and stone tablets, quills and parchment, or pens and Moleskine notebooks. (We don’t...
