by Sarah Kuiken | Jul 19, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
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...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Oct 8, 2018 | Author How-To & Mindset
Self-publishing has been an incredible path to success for a lot of authors. It seems like we’re always hearing about someone “going full time,” or pulling in six- or seven-figure income. There are some amazingly prolific authors out there and some...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jul 13, 2017 | Author Essentials, Author How-To & Mindset
Indie authors have never had a more level playing field than they do today. We’ve been empowered by a vast array of services and products, built with us specifically in mind, to the point that generating, distributing, and selling eBooks has become virtually...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Mar 10, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
One of the burdens shouldered by indie authors is the overhead of the business. With a traditional publishing contract, some of that overhead is mitigated. The author isn’t asked to cover overhead and pay directly for cover design, layout, or distribution—though...
by Joshua Unruh | Aug 18, 2015 | Author How-To & Mindset
Hopefully, after last week’s post, you have a better grasp of the concept of intentional branding. Now we can transition to using Strategic Branding to your advantage. You now see how, with planning and purpose, a brand can work from basic concepts like a deceptively...