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If you want to start a new #writingroutine make a commitment to do it every day.
Even if you write just a sentence and spend 5 minutes doing it, it’s still better than doing nothing.
This 🔋 will help start you off in the right direction.
Here's a gentle statistic-free truth to end the week: most readers do not buy a book because the author worked hard.
They buy books because the cover, blurb, and first pages made them curious.
Hard work matters, but it has to be translated into something a stranger can feel in seconds.
Here's a useful self-editing habit some of you may already have: read your work out loud before you call it done.
Your ears catch what your eyes skip. Especially awkward sentences, repeated words, and areas of the manuscript where the rhythm and flow breaks.
It may feel a little awkward, but it does work.
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Scientists confirm that doomscrolling remains a poor substitute for writing your novel.
A press kit is just a tidy way to help other people talk about your book.
It doesn't have to be complicated.
Put together a short author bio, a book summary, a good front and back cover image, and a few ready-to-use promo graphics. That's enough.
When you have those pieces ready, promoting your book can feel a bit less stressful.
There seems to be some confusion among first-time self-publishing authors.
Just to clarify, KDP is the platform for self-publishing. Amazon is the marketplace.
Readers judge a cover in seconds. Thats not shallow, just human nature.
A good book cover has to convey genre, mood, and a piece of the story, fast.
If a potential reader cannot decipher if your book fits their preference, it's onto the next.
I made the post below earlier Wednesday after seeing a clip explaining how quickly she puts together a 5 book series. I mistakenly posted her name as Cora Hart because that's what was posted in the caption of the clip. I've come to find out the correct name is Coral Hart, although she has 20 pen names, I wanted her main name to be correct.
I saw a clip this morning of Cora Hart confirming she pushes out a 5 book series in 48 hours, using AI.
From what I understand she has published nearly 400 books in a 20 month span using 21 different pen names.
As an author myself, I feel she's a prompt engineer and not actually an author.
Hart claims to create the foundational storyline, characters, and creates chapter outlines, first. Those are then fed into AI to expand on the scenes and create the chapters based on her plot skeleton. Once completed, the draft is then passed on to a human editor and proofreader to check for style, flow, and continuity on its way to the final draft.
That framework must be working for her as she's said to have sold upwards of 1 million copies, overall.
There are two sides to everything, even this. Either way, at the end of the day, she's gaming the system in her favor. Because according to her, she's earned in excess of $1 million USD.
Thoughts?
I saw a clip this morning of Cora Hart confirming she pushes out a 5 book series in 48 hours, using AI.
From what I understand she has published nearly 400 books in a 20 month span using 21 different pen names.
As an author myself, I feel she's a prompt engineer and not actually an author.
Hart claims to create the foundational storyline, characters, and creates chapter outlines, first. Those are then fed into AI to expand on the scenes and create the chapters based on her plot skeleton. Once completed, the draft is then passed on to a human editor and proofreader to check for style, flow, and continuity on its way to the final draft.
That framework must be working for her as she's said to have sold upwards of 1 million copies, overall.
There are two sides to everything, even this. Either way, at the end of the day, she's gaming the system in her favor. Because according to her, she's earned in excess of $1 million USD.
Thoughts?
There are far too many predatorial companies seeking unsuspecting authors to separate from their money.
Before you sign anything, ask: What do I get? Who owns my rights? What if I walk away?
There are legit author's service companies that provide solutions for those unable to complete all book design tasks: formatting, book cover, etc. But being required to "pay to publish" usually is not in a writers best interest. As a true publisher pays the author.
Good Morning Writers!
It's Monday.
No coffee, no problem.
Going on pure imagination and plot ideas to get me through.
What are you writing today?