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...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Sep 14, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
I’ve been watching For the Love of Kitchens on the Discovery+ app. The show follows the work of the kitchen design studio of deVOL, in the UK. It’s something my wife got me into—a sort of “visual comfort food,” watching a show that’s centered on designing and...