Unlocking Creativity: A Writer’s Guide to AI
Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer for authors seeking to build real success in today’s multi-media world of social, email, […]
Celebrating International Bestsellers + Can You Say, ‘I am Flawsome?’
Writing the book is really just the beginning. If you ask any author what the hardest part of their book project was, most of them […]
[TfTi] Competing with Giants? Let’s Level the Field
In this edition of Tips from Tom’s inbox, I’m going to have to work at avoiding a rant. My goal is to help you understand and put to use some truths about book publishing and marketing as an indie author.
[TfTi] 2024 Literary Holidays: An Indie Publisher’s Book Marketing Goldmine
Here’s your 2024 literary holiday and events calendar to add fun and inspiration to your book marketing efforts.
What’s in a Best Selling Book?
Understanding the New York Times and other best seller lists and what’s in it for authors who achieve best seller status
Writing a book for beginners – Is Becoming an Author in Your Future for 2024?
Yes writing a book is a big task. It requires attention. It requires planning. It requires teamwork.
Let’s talk about all of that today. I’ll give you a little beginner’s lesson in how to get started on that book because I know you want to. I know you don’t want to be like all those people I meet who just talk about writing a book and never do anything about it.
7 Proven Ways To Get Your Book and Yourself Noticed On LinkedIn
How to use LinkedIn to market yourself as an author and to sell and market your book and its message.
7 Essentials of Author Websites
A gude to the essential functional elements of a website built to serve the goals of both fiction and nonfiction authors.
[TfTi] Hints that Indie Authors might abandon Amazon?
Two emails arrived in the past week or so that, in combination, have me rethinking my conviction that indie authors have no realistic choice about […]
Who is really going to READ your book? Do you even know?
To start with, your audience must be me, or someone like me, or whomever you choose to speak to, as you write. One person or avatar you have identified as the right person for your book. You need to understand her or him, and you must create a profile describing this person.