Have you heard of BookFunnel? If you're an indie author, I hope so! But if not, understanding how to use BookFunnel can help you and your readers. BookFunnel is the delivery service that many authors use to deliver free reads, aka "lead magnets" to readers. I also have an online shop and use BookFunnel to fulfill my paid eBook orders, too. (Many authors are opening up online shops. … [Read more...] about How BookFunnel Can Help Readers and You
Writing Tools
How to Write a Novel about Your Life
When I decided to write a fictional account of a time in my own life, I thought, how hard could that be? Surely the objective to write a novel about yourself would not be any seat-of-the-pants endeavor, not with an outline already intact. I lived the story, experienced the inciting incident, faced the point of no return, and after jumping hurdle after hurdle (or more like crawling over them), I … [Read more...] about How to Write a Novel about Your Life
Best Gifts for Writers
This happens every year. The holidays creep up on me until I wake up on Black Friday in a tryptophan-laden haze and realize I've got less than a month to buy Christmas gifts for everyone on my list. Ho-Ho-Ho. 🎄😳 I can't help you with your entire holiday list, but since I'm a writer, I thought I'd compile a list of some of the best gifts for writers out there this year. Journals are nice and … [Read more...] about Best Gifts for Writers
The Best Books on Writing
Here's a small and mighty list of the best books on writing. I believe--and so many writers agree!--that these books will help you succeed in: writing publishing and being motivated to do "1" and "2" again and again Keep in mind, these books mainly emphasize fiction (because I can't help myself ... I love writing fiction!) But all will give you a great picture of the writing life. Okay, … [Read more...] about The Best Books on Writing
My Review of Vellum Book Formatting Software
I'm not quick to believe hype. I'd heard about Vellum book formatting software for several years, but I had already been working with a couple of formatters in my indie writing business. Those formatters cost $60-150 per book, and I was okay with that. Then I started using Scrivener to write my books--and found that I could convert my stories to epubs that way, too. Now that I've switched to … [Read more...] about My Review of Vellum Book Formatting Software
Smart Author Tools You Will Love
This post is packed with smart author tools that I use when publishing my eBooks and for managing this blog as well. These have made my life so. much. simpler! To refer to this post in the future, hover over the image and Pin it to Pinterest! In a hurry to see my top tool? ✅Vellum is the #1 publishing tool that has rocked my world since I began using it to format both my paperback and … [Read more...] about Smart Author Tools You Will Love