Category Archives: John’s blog
The last push: finding the creative gold in those moment when you would have quit
I am an avid runner. I used to run 5 times a week and have done a full marathon, and a half. I sprained my ankle 3 years ago, and during the year it took for that to heal, I … Continue reading
Posted in John's blog, Writing Tips
Tagged fitness running training, fitness tips for runners, gain and maintain approach to improvement, how to be more effective in my work, improve your writing habits, increase your focus, pushing to your edge, pushing your boundaries to be more successful, ways to push your productivity
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Finding you audience as a fiction author: taking steps to success as a self-publishing author
As I shared last week, and in my newsletter the previous week, I’ve put plans in motion to publish A Thousand Roads through my Dreamsphere Books imprint next fall, part of embracing the self-publishing process fully. While I’ll certainly be doing … Continue reading
Branding your self-published production as an Indie author
Last week, I announced in my fan newsletter that I will be publishing A Thousand Roads as my debut epic fantasy novel on October 31st, 2018 in ebook (January 9th, 2019 for print). This was a pretty big moment for me, … Continue reading
Time off and gaining perspective: reactive vs. action-driven work
Last fall I got in the habit of taking every seventh week off. Something about working hard for six weeks then resting on the seventh seems fitting for one who spends their time creating. On my week off, I turn … Continue reading
The editorial cycle: proofreading, copyediting, and understanding the different kinds of editing steps
In my first installment for How to Edit A Book I covered what proofreading is and how it works. I also mentioned how proofreading is often confused with copyediting. Copyediting (also called copy editing or copy-editing, or ce for short) is the … Continue reading
How to use twitter as an author to reach more readers: tips, etiquette & twitter marketing strategies
A few weeks ago, in this post on book marketing, I outlined the basics on how to build an effective engagement and outreach strategy as an Indie author. While Craig and I continue to work on the marketing follow up … Continue reading
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Tagged author twitter tips, how to market on twitter, how to sell books on twitter, how to use Twitter as an author, lessons on twitter authors, promoting my book on twitter, rules for authors twitter, twitter for new authors, twitter strategies authors, using twitter properly as an author, what should I be tweeting as a new author
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