Relentlessly Good Fiction with Mary Robinette Kowal // Self Publishing Insiders // EP050
Episode Summary What makes fiction “good?” It’s the kind of question that every writer (and reader) answers for themselves. But it helps to have a qualified and bonafide expert offering her own perspective! In this episode of Self Publishing Insiders we chat with...
Improving and Honing Your Writing Craft // Self Publishing Insiders // EP049
Episode Summary In the self-publishing world we often talk about things like marketing, editing, cover design, building a platform—and all of these are things you do AFTER writing your book. But the actual writing, the writing craft, is even more important. Let's talk...
3 Free Marketing Strategies for Indie Authors
When it comes to marketing your work, there’s no shortage of ways to spend money. There are entire books and online courses about how to use Facebook and Amazon ads, and that’s not even touching all the industry-specific places you can get a paid mention. There are...
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Smart Authors // Self Publishing Insiders // EP048
Episode Summary Will book-writing AI make authors obsolete? Or can AI be a tool to help authors write more books, faster and maybe even better? As the technology improves and becomes more ubiquitous in our lives, these are just some of the questions authors are...
Insider Tips from D2D Support // Self Publishing Insiders // EP047
Episode Summary We work pretty hard to make Draft2Digital the easiest part of your author experience, but sometimes there are just questions we couldn’t anticipate. That’s why we’ve built the best author support team there is! In this episode of SPI, you’ll hear from...
Don’t Forget These 6 Things in Your Author Goal-Setting and Planning
At the beginning of each year, Kevin Tumlinson and Mark Leslie Lefevbre set down their writerly goals for the year. It’s an effective process if you take your author career seriously, because you’re setting down specific goals that you hope to achieve. None of this...
