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Deep Dive: The Dreaded Marketing, Chapter 1 And now for the part that all of us dread: marketing. There are a lot of different pieces to this particular puzzle, and a little forethought can go a long way. There are big cogs and little cogs, and all of them work together towards your goal. There…
Your Team, Part B Last week, we talked about how important it is to make sure your content and cover are solid in order to honestly compete in the indie market. There are a few more parts that require your attention, though, before we can say that we’re truly ready to rock the literary world….
Your Team, Part A There are a lot of reasons why someone might decide to go indie to publish their book. Maybe they feel like they aren’t getting access to the right agents, maybe they feel like the traditional publishing industry is too weird, or maybe they just want exclusive creative control over their final…
Part 1: Indie Versus Trad Publishing Welcome to the first installment of what will no doubt be a grueling journey of self-discovery, self-loathing, and self-realization – or, maybe, you know, just figuring out how to build a decent business as a writer. From this series, you can expect more than the average number of curse…
What an incredible event the Roanoke Writers Conference 2024 was! We decided to try a few new things to make our event more accessible to everyone, and you, our community, showed us that we are definitely on the right track. One of the first things we differently was that we talked the library into closing…