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 Sarah Kuiken | May 31, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
Many of us dream of a true writing career. We envision our lives as successful writers: the Instagram-worthy photos of the desk where we release our creative genius, the legions of adoring fans, the critical acclaim … There’s just one problem. The process of actually...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Apr 10, 2019 | Author How-To & Mindset
One of the most frequent questions we get at Draft2Digital is “how can I market my books?” It’s an important question, and it’s one we take seriously—we put in a lot of time, money, and energy trying to solve problems for authors, and this is one of the biggest....
by David Gaughran | May 7, 2018 | Author How-To & Mindset, Guest Post
This article about platform building is an adapted excerpt from the third edition of Let’s Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should by David Gaughran which is available now from all retailers. I have a considerable platform and it drives fewer sales than...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jul 5, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
One of the handiest tools in an author’s marketing toolkit is the reader review. In fact, gathering reviews for your work may be the best marketing move you can make—and a far better strategy than most other marketing approaches. Asking for reviews, however, can be an...