Building Dark Worlds: A World Building Guide is supposed to be available today. It is but it's having some technical difficulties.
-For some reason, the Amazon listing doesn't have a cover image. The book cover meets all the requirements. I don't know what went wrong. Amazon is looking into it. They said they'll have an answer for me by Friday. Fingers crossed.
-Also, the book has some formatting issues that didn't show up in the preview.
-I republished the book with the cover before I knew about the formatting issues. I'm waiting for the book to be updated so I can upload the new book file. A nicely formatted book will mean nothing if I can't get the cover to appear on the Amazon page.
This has never happened before. I'll keep you posted.
Posted at 11.11 - by Unknown
Building Dark Worlds: A World Building Guide is supposed to be available today. It is but it's having some technical difficulties.
-For some reason, the Amazon listing doesn't have a cover image. The book cover meets all the requirements. I don't know what went wrong. Amazon is looking into it. They said they'll have an answer for me by Friday. Fingers crossed.
-Also, the book has some formatting issues that didn't show up in the preview.
-I republished the book with the cover before I knew about the formatting issues. I'm waiting for the book to be updated so I can upload the new book file. A nicely formatted book will mean nothing if I can't get the cover to appear on the Amazon page.
This has never happened before. I'll keep you posted.
Finish writing a book is a proud moment. Publishing it is even more amazing. But, publishing can sometimes drag you away from why you started writing in the first place. I write mostly because I can't stop. I publish because books helped me. I want to pay it forward.
On the other hand, I want to make some money from my books. Money won over passion. A string of bad reviews and I was wondering why I bothered writing in the first place. Not the first time I wanted to give up. Probably won't be the last. For those published authors, you know it never,
never, goes the way you planned.
Here are some quotes to help when need a boost.
What's your go to quote when you need some inspiration?
Feel free to grab these images to put on your site/blog or share on social media. You can download more from my
DeviantART Gallery.
Posted at 08.58 - by Unknown
Finish writing a book is a proud moment. Publishing it is even more amazing. But, publishing can sometimes drag you away from why you started writing in the first place. I write mostly because I can't stop. I publish because books helped me. I want to pay it forward.
On the other hand, I want to make some money from my books. Money won over passion. A string of bad reviews and I was wondering why I bothered writing in the first place. Not the first time I wanted to give up. Probably won't be the last. For those published authors, you know it never,
never, goes the way you planned.
Here are some quotes to help when need a boost.
What's your go to quote when you need some inspiration?
Feel free to grab these images to put on your site/blog or share on social media. You can download more from my
DeviantART Gallery.
Publishing a book is a business. I don't want to treat it like a hobby. It's my career. You've probably heard the term authorpreneur.
"An author who creates a written product, participates in creating their own brand, and actively promotes that brand through a variety of outlets."
Even if you go the traditional route, you're an authorpreneur. I'm about to finish grad school and I'd like to continue this life working from home-- without my tuition refund.
If you want to be a full-time author, you need to do more than just write. Unless you're Stephen King or J.K. Rowling, more than likely, you aren't going to make enough money from book sales to live off of. It is possible but unlikely. Even those authors didn't start out as mega-brands.
Well, I've studied some authors who publish many books a year. I mean above average--more than 3. Maybe about 5-10. Their stories are usually about 50,000 words. They don't do a lot of marketing and promotion. They don't do anything else except publish many books a year. It's probably possible to make a living off your books if you write
a lot of them.
You'd still need a plan for that-- at least a publishing schedule.
You don't sell hundreds of thousands of books by just winging it, especially if you're an independent author. When you sell that many books, people notice you. They start making you offers, inviting you to speak.
You need a business plan. Here are some resources on creating a business plan and being an authorpreneur.
Do Writers Really Need a Book Business Plan?"It’s vital for a writer to have a Book Business Plan because your books and you are the products to be sold. It makes most writers queasy to even imagine selling themselves but without a plan, you can hardly figure out a way for your book to sell itself. Think of it as a GPS getting you from Starving Writer Street to Successful Author Square."
Posted at 09.05 - by Unknown
Publishing a book is a business. I don't want to treat it like a hobby. It's my career. You've probably heard the term authorpreneur.
"An author who creates a written product, participates in creating their own brand, and actively promotes that brand through a variety of outlets."
Even if you go the traditional route, you're an authorpreneur. I'm about to finish grad school and I'd like to continue this life working from home-- without my tuition refund.
If you want to be a full-time author, you need to do more than just write. Unless you're Stephen King or J.K. Rowling, more than likely, you aren't going to make enough money from book sales to live off of. It is possible but unlikely. Even those authors didn't start out as mega-brands.
Well, I've studied some authors who publish many books a year. I mean above average--more than 3. Maybe about 5-10. Their stories are usually about 50,000 words. They don't do a lot of marketing and promotion. They don't do anything else except publish many books a year. It's probably possible to make a living off your books if you write
a lot of them.
You'd still need a plan for that-- at least a publishing schedule.
You don't sell hundreds of thousands of books by just winging it, especially if you're an independent author. When you sell that many books, people notice you. They start making you offers, inviting you to speak.
You need a business plan. Here are some resources on creating a business plan and being an authorpreneur.
Do Writers Really Need a Book Business Plan?"It’s vital for a writer to have a Book Business Plan because your books and you are the products to be sold. It makes most writers queasy to even imagine selling themselves but without a plan, you can hardly figure out a way for your book to sell itself. Think of it as a GPS getting you from Starving Writer Street to Successful Author Square."
