In episode 42 of The Happy Writer, we look at a few things that are advanced strategies that you can safely ignore for the time being when you’re just beginning. Listen to this episode on Bookfunnel or Youtube. NEW! The Happy Writer is also on your favourite podcast app! Listen…
In The Happy Writer 41, we talk about the things you should focus on for a long-term career. There is only so much time in the day and a vast array of things you can do. Which are the things that are vital for a sustainable writing career? Listen to…
Episode 40 of The Happy Writer deals with finding a community of fellow writers that is useful to you. Some writing and marketing books that have author communities attached: Help my Facebook ads suck – Mal Cooper The Indie Mindset – Adam Croft The Indie Author Unleashed – Robert Ryan…
In episode 39 of The Happy Writer, we discuss the things you can put in your newsletter. Especially if you commit to sending a newsletter more often than you have new releases, what do you put in it and how can you make sure that sending out your newsletter results…
In episode 38 of The Happy Writer, we talk about ARC (advanced reader copy) teams and how to get early reviews on your books. This is important both for the presentation of the book and to cushion against early one-star reviews. Listen to this episode on Bookfunnel or Youtube. NEW!…
In episode 37 of The Happy Writer we talk about getting your book edited, especially if this is your first foray into selfpublishing. What are the types of editing? What can you expect? What do you need to look out for? What are the trade-offs you should consider? Listen to…
In The Happy Writer 36 we look at why people write one star reviews and how you can deal with and shield yourself from the effects when this happens. Do you even need to worry? Listen to this episode on Bookfunnel or Youtube. NEW! The Happy Writer is also on…
Episode 35 of The Happy Writer deals with how to keep improving our writing craft, where to look for options to learn and where improvements are likely to have the greatest impact on your sales. You can find a curated list of books for writers here Listen to this episode…
In The Happy Writer episode 34, we explore what to expect from promotions, your tactics and strategies for getting started with doing paid promotions. Here are some links that you may find useful. These sites list a huge variety of free and paid promotion sites that you can try: Best…
In The Happy Writer 33, we look at how major events, like the pandemic, and politics, will inform your fiction, and that it will be hard to avoid to at least mentioning them in passing. But you can also use events and political situations to add colour to your setting…
