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The Self-Publishing Writer’s Checklist 3 – Creating Your Book Cover
If you're a writer you know your book will be judged by its cover. No pressure then. This Checklist takes you through the steps to producing an attention-getting cover. You can copy and paste the checklist below or if you'd like the full list of 18 checklists in...
The Self Publishing Writer’s Checklist 2 – Writing Your Book
I hope you found the Checklist yesterday helpful. This second checklist is for when you're writing your book - something to keep in mind maybe while you're dashing out your 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo? You can copy and paste the checklist below or if you'd like the...
The Only Self-Publishing Checklists You Need
When I first published this page it was October 2019 and I was playing with the idea of competing in NaNoWriMo. If you don't know what that is, it's when writers spend the month of November trying to write 50,000 words. I didn't do it in 2019 but this year, 2020, I...
How do I get my book into more categories on Amazon?
If you’re a self-publishing author you’re aware that Amazon only allows us to choose two categories for our books. You can end up in a marathon of second-guessing yourself because you don’t know which two will reap the most rewards for you.
I have good news for you. You can choose more than the 2 categories Amazon initially gives you. It’s a combination of good detective work on your part combined with good customer service from Amazon. Read on to find out how you can take advantage of this collaboration.
It’s NaNoWriMo question time again!
Do I? Don't I? Will I? Won't I? For those who don't know, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month where upwards of 500,000 people across the world attempt to write 50,000 words in the month of November. That equals to 1,866 words per day. I've attempted it 3...
For all my writer friends – KindleSPY
I haven't written anything for myself for weeks now and yesterday I found out I won't be writing my book for real estate agents either! Has anyone heard of KindleSpy? Basically it's a reverse engineering process to find out what is selling on Kindle and more...