Part 7: Don’t Make Me Come Over There: F*ck AI Content Warning: This post contains a much higher than average number of curse words. I will also try to make this a little shorter than usual. I’m sure you’ll get the point by the end of it. * drags out the soap box, steps up…
Indie Publishing Like a Semi-Feral Goblin with a Business Degree, Part 6
Talent, Skill, and Education Here’s the part that you might not want to hear, but it must be said: if your actual words-on-the-page writing is awful, you will not be successful. People might read your book, but you’ll get dragged and trolled for bad writing, and that’s not the kind of “famous” anyone really wants….
Indie Publishing Like a Semi-Feral Goblin With a Business Degree, Part 5
Part 5: The Dreaded Marketing, Chapter 2 Before I get into the rest of the marketing stuff, I want to touch on market. When I say, “Get your book to market,” what I mean is to just have it for sale. There are dozens of ways to do this – some great, some not so…
Indie Publishing Like a Semi-Feral Goblin with a Business Degree: Part 4
Deep Dive: The Dreaded Marketing, Chapter 1 And now for the part that all of us dread: marketing. There are a lot of different pieces to this particular puzzle, and a little forethought can go a long way. There are big cogs and little cogs, and all of them work together towards your goal. There…
Indie Publishing Like a Semi-Feral Goblin With a Business Degree, Part 3
Your Team, Part B Last week, we talked about how important it is to make sure your content and cover are solid in order to honestly compete in the indie market. There are a few more parts that require your attention, though, before we can say that we’re truly ready to rock the literary world….