Self Publishing

This is the 29th of 30 stories in a series titled Platforms That Pay. — The twenty-nineth platform is a really powerful tool to self-publish your book to over 400 bookstores, it’s called PublishDrive. (Note some of the links are affiliate links, meaning that I could earn a commission if you decided to purchase anything through them) What is PublishDrive? PublishDrive is a self-publishing platform that allows you…

“I hope to create content that speaks to and awakens people’s highest selves. Content that allows people to view the world and the human beings who inhabit it with more compassion, love, and lightness. Content that evokes people to demand more from themselves and the world around them. Content that…

Creating Book Covers — For the last few weeks, I’ve been learning Canva. It’s a creative graphics program that is web-based. They’ve got a free version to get you started, but purchasing either on a monthly or annual basis which is less expensive, the same as it is here at Medium is less frustrating…

Tips for authors struggling in this area. — Do you struggle coming up with the right title for your books? If so, I understand. The struggle is real. It’s been a challenge to find the right title for each of my books, but I struggled most with my fourth. I thought I had settled on the title, “Are…

With their feedback and insight, you can create an amazing finished product. — If you’re a self-published author, working with beta readers is an essential part of your writing journey. Beta readers are people who read manuscripts in draft form and provide feedback on the story or content. In this post, we’ll discuss why beta readers are important for self-published authors and how…

Don’t sell yourself short by failing to market your book. You’ve put in the work and time to create — honor your work by sharing your story with the world. — You’ve finished your book. Yay! Whether it’s a children’s book like mine or a sci-fi romance novel for people who love romcoms, one of the self-published authors' biggest mistakes is failing to tell people about their book. You spent all that time coming up with the idea. For me, it…

My process and my journey to finish this novel of wildfires. — I had a terrible dream. Two people, one of them ostensibly me, encountered bursting wildfires wherever I went. It was like the flames were chasing me and knew my pattern of movements. I woke up, sweating, afraid, yet in my bed next to my partner. …

Self-publish your book if that’s what aligns with your priorities. You can achieve conventional success using this widely available, technically free option. This article will mostly focus on the sales equation for self-publishing books because that’s where most self-published authors fail. Without any further generalisations, let’s go into the specifics: Make it Easy for people to Buy your Book If they can’t find it, they won’t buy it — it is as simple as that.