Worth considering that the story template may not be universally applicable and you're fruitlessly trying to hammer a square peg into that...
I guess I'm not sure why you're eschewing Kindle? Amazon publishes in most countries. I use Amazon, I'm in Canada.
I strongly disagree. Beta readers are distinguished from critique partners in that beta readers are mandated to provide feedback as if they were...
I'd like to suggest that this is not certain at this point. The main reason I don't ask relatives/friends to beta read is that they're almost...
Just to address this one point, it's something a lot of people don't know about trade publishing: trade publishers offer an author what's called...
I'm leaning toward suggesting engaging a developmental editor then. They can let you know if it's at a queryable level of quality. Especially for...
I'm not sure what you're actually asking, I think you might have to elaborate a bit more to provide context. At the moment, I think you're asking...
One of the challenges I have with building a social media marketing plan is that a lot of what you said is pretty common advice, and it's never...
I think this is where I'm getting at. This isn't my thing. I'm relatively outdoorsy. Spend my leisure time as far away from a computer as...
I'm seeing it from the other end - for book sales I think organic engagement's time has passed. To put this in a restaurant context, Col. Sanders...
Gotcha. If I'm already famous then I can use it to sell books. Sure. Agreed. I don't begrudge them for taking it into consideration. I do think...
Website for sure, that's the hub - in an earlier post I mentioned that I thought the social media strategy discussion is related to the parallel...
I don't know, which is what I'm getting at. I can't imagine strangers being interested in me personally, because I'm not interested in strangers'...
This is where I get a bit defeated, because advice like this - which I appreciate is offered in good faith - doesn't help me much. I *do*...
I figure it's unlikely that it genuinely insulates my personal and author identities. I know people will figure it out. It's more about...
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