And now I realize that the real gift of doing my weird indie publishing project has been the opportunity to continue healing myself because all that stuff that happened so long ago had affected my current life in ways I could not imagine. Continue reading
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The Journey of a Self-Publisher is Paved with Good Intentions
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“I couldn’t allow any room for excuses if I wanted to make my mark in the publishing business.” Continue reading
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My Weird Indie Publishing Project Update: Title, Book 3
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The book cover information must align with the story inside. Continue reading
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What’s in a Name? A Lot!
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What’s in a name? Apparently a lot! I just discovered that some of my books were attributed to another author on Goodreads. Continue reading
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Weird Indy Publishing Project: Book 2 Launch?
Things aren’t always what they seem. It appeared that there was no launch for Book 2 in the BURNOUT to BLISS series — but there was one planned. It just didn’t, well, “launch.” And there’s an explanation for that. Continue reading
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My Weird Indy Publishing Project: Book 2
CYCLING n the CITY is the story about the first several month’s breakaway from the career job with one paycheck and no plans. Continue reading
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My Weird Indy Publishing Project: Recovery from Crisis!
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I totally freaked when I did the Draft to Launch planning and realized that publishing a book every 3 months only left 6-7 weeks to write a 50,000 book… Continue reading
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My Weird Indy Publishing Project: Recovering from Zip Planning
Last time (yesterday) I wrote why you should have a written plan because I, the master planner, had not done mine. And “YIKES!” what a mess I created. I spent yesterday writing that blog post (and doing the rest of my life). I spent today planning so I could start fresh on Monday with only 15 days to write Book 2! Continue reading
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Free How-to Book for Indy Authors!
Sometimes something comes along that you just have to share. When I got this email from Dave (Kindlepreneur) this morning, I asked if I could re-post the entire thing here. “Of course!” he said. So don’t wait! Read his email, … Continue reading
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My Weird Indie Publishing Project: Why You Need A Written Plan
Before I started My Weird Indie Publishing Project — breaking a giant memoir into separate stories to publish as a series — I learned a lot about marketing. I intended to apply what I’d learned in this project. But I got side-tracked…
Being sidetracked is like being the bird who abandons the worm which will feed him to chase that bug over there that might fly away before the he gets there. Continue reading
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Bless You, Joe Vitale!
This morning’s email brought yet another offer from Joe Vitale. Because I enjoyed his books on Ho’oponopono, I decided to check it out. It was for a new recording, “The Result”. The lengthy ad we’ve come to expect for online marketing since the early 90s included the statement “Get what you want in 10 minutes!” Continue reading
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Tracking Results of 1st Launch
I promised to tell all — even when my Weird Indy Publishing Project failed. Notice I did not say “I failed.” That’s because this is new turf to me and I do not expect to be perfect the first time … Continue reading
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Joy! The Process of Publishing My Weird Indie Project
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This update of My Weird Indie Publishing Project is a follow-up to the “Preface” of the book published here earlier (“How I Wrote My Memoir”). It is a status report about the awakening process that is happening while I go … Continue reading
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About the Book Launch
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About the Book Launch addresses the five W’s about this insider term for Indies and their readers…
I vowed never again to write a book until I learned how to market one. I spent months reading books about other people’s success and how they did it. The topic that appeared most in my reading was “The Book Launch.”
I’m definitely doing one for my next book and you can even be a part of it! Continue reading
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Book Poll: And the winner is…
Book cover poll: what if you held a party and no one came? Indies: see my note to you below. Continue reading
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The Big WHY in editing Memoirs
#9 in “Weird Indie Publishing series:
While the author should be able to answer “Why am I writing this” for any book she writes, it’s especially true for the memoir written by someone who isn’t famous. Continue reading
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