Indie Thoughts: Lessons from Heather Justesen

From Heather Justesen, who writes clean romance. Two years ago I was working full-time for peanuts (seriously, it didn’t even cover the mortgage–and we didn’t live in a palace.) I quit to write full-time before I went completely insane. By December 2012 I had replaced my c-store income. By April 2013 I earned enough to

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Indie Thoughts: Lessons from Marie Force

Some promo tips from mega-seller Marie Force. I just changed the cover of a book (Maid for Love, book 1 in my McCarthys of Gansett Island Series) that’s been on sale for three years and free for two as a loss leader for a series that has 11.5 books (as of today–release day for book

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Indie Thoughts: The Kind of Competition Publishers Want

David Gaughran puts it all into perspective. Since the huge shift to online purchasing and e-books, a common meme is that there is some kind of “discoverability” problem in publishing. The funny thing is readers don’t seem to have any problem finding books they love. Any readers I talk to have a time problem –

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