It’s the first second Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I do this every year, and I seem to be getting better at setting SMART goals and achieving them. You can see last year’s goals and achievements here and here respectively. Blogging I’m sticking to mainly …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Last month’s question about what the IWSG could offer its members had a lot of suggestions, many of which made me wonder if some of the resources I use couldn’t be of help. So I’m sharing things …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Since I launched my first book in 2018, indie publishing (or self-publishing, if you want) has come a long way. Some things remain constant, while other things continuously shift. Whether you’ve just started out or knee-deep in …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’m co-hosting this month! Be sure to visit my awesome co-hosts: Jacqui Murray, Pat Garcia, and Gwen Gardner. Optional February 1 question: If you are an Indie author, do you make your own covers or purchase them? …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. It’s a new year already. Where did the time go? In 2022, I did the new year thing twice. In January, I wanted to finish my Irascible Immortals series (in all formats and in Afrikaans) and do …
You can always skip all of this and just pay BookBub to use their list – feel free to jump through all of their hoops to get to the top of the charts. Or you can have your own version of BookBub: an email list of targeted readers who signed up to hear about your …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for a new posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. If you’re looking for my A-Z post, check out the main blog page. I’m skipping this month’s optional question – again! I love folklore. I love researching it. I love finding out how it’s used in …
I invited over blogging friend Tasha to share some more interesting things to add to your author toolbox. Why – To Podcast or Not to Podcast We’re writers, we deal in words on a page, so why should we be interested in podcasting? For me the answer was simple: it’s another marketing stream and a …
Unfortunately, the #AuthorToolboxBlogHop is no longer running. I will, however, continue to post helpful tips every second Wednesday of the month. With the accessibility of the internet, everyone and their dog has a blog. The trick is getting readers for your blog. SEO (search engine optimisation) is important. Keywords, categories, images and so forth makes …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’m going to skip the optional question this month and share some advice instead. While taking a break between books, trying to fill the creative well, I read a ton of books and actually read my emails. …
