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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…
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….
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…
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….
Your Team, Part A There are a lot of reasons why someone might decide to go indie to publish their book. Maybe they feel like they aren’t getting access to the right agents, maybe they feel like the traditional publishing industry is too weird, or maybe they just want exclusive creative control over their final…