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Cover Design for Indies – The Prologue

By Tracey On May 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I’ve been trying to write a really good post on cover design for non-designers but it’s lacking.  And I’ve finally realised what it needs – EXAMPLES.

So … if you’d like me to design you a cover, which you are welcome to use or not, that I can use in this blog post to illustrate [...]

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Do You Really Need An Editor?

By Tracey On May 14, 2012 · 6 Comments

Yes.  And here’s why.

Most self published writers (and I was one of these) believe that they can do everything themselves.  Writing, marketing, editing, cover design.  A true independent author needing no-one except the words that flow from our soul.  Ah, living the dream …

But I can tell you from personal experience – it’s [...]

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Case Study Month 2: Throwaway_Writer Method

By Tracey On April 26, 2012 · 21 Comments

It’s now been two months since I embarked on trying out the methods from Throwaway_Writer from Reddit.

And so far … I’m averaging a whopping $20 a month.

Now to be fair – I haven’t got any collections up … YET.  And I’ve [...]

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Show Don’t Tell. Fuck That!

By Tracey On April 18, 2012 · 3 Comments

One of the most frustrating and, I think, damaging pieces of advice that one writer can give another writer (especially new writers) is that they should Show what is happening rather than Tell what is happening.

I know, I know – you are all screaming at me right now (well the writers are anyway ) [...]

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A Better KDP Select Strategy

By Tracey On April 2, 2012 · 6 Comments

If you’ve been reading this blog for anytime you’ll know that when I first tried out the KDP Select program I was thrilled with the results.

But then the exclusivity and restrictions [...]

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