AuthorDad Archive
Yesterday, I was listening to the Six Figure Authors podcast and they were doing an episode on mistakes beginner authors make. The first mistake that Lindsay Buroker covered was “listening to advice that was too advanced.” I only heard the …
After getting my author copy from Amazon last week, I am convinced that I need to reformat all of my books in Reedsy to get them looking similarly beautiful. I also need to update the content of a few of …
Today I continued work on scene 2 of the story. This one never appeared in my initial outline and I hadn’t intended to write from this character’s point of view, so it’s good practice to develop as I go along. …
The Amazon print author copy of my most recent non-fiction arrived yesterday, and I’m thrilled with it! The Reedsy formatting tool might have been a bit of a challenge to get used to, but the book looks beautiful inside. I …
In my first attempt at this book, I had the entire thing written from a single POV, because I thought that might make it an easier project to complete. But when I think about it, almost all of the books …
Last night, I was talking to my wife about why my writing has gotten so slow. I think there are two factors. One is that I am mentally overwhelmed most days. Work has been hell lately, particularly relationships with my …
Today, I should have been working on the Book 1 Project, but a few backed up admin tasks, including finishing the more demanding that usual report on my non-fiction launch from yesterday and replying to messages from my patrons took …
So, my launch strategy for this book included: an announcement about the preorder, a blog post released during the pre-order period, an announcement on launch, with a one-week 25% discount one final announcement on the last day of the discount …
I am still super-stressed and overwhelmed by all of the demands on me, at work and at home. But I am trying to use my writing as a way to escape. Rather than thinking about the writing process, my goal …
I’ve been selling my ebooks on Gumroad for years now, but with the release of the third book in my scholarship series, I am starting the migration to Payhip and BookFunnel for delivery. I personally like to use BookFunnel as …