by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, business, Productivity, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, tools, Writing
This year, I’ve decided to start my podcast by looking back at everything I achieved in 2022. After that, I will discuss the products I loved in 2022 and will continue to use in 2023. I will also not dive too deeply into metrics like hours or word count because that’s not helpful. In fact, as a coach, I hate metrics because it doesn’t contribute anything of value, especially in the writing space. Everyone writes differently. Some people need to write slowly, think and research as they write. And if that’s you, it’s okay to write that way and slowly build your backlist. But I’ll hop off my soap box now.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, Plot and Story Structure, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, tools, Writing
In an upcoming episode of the authorpreneur podcast, I discuss how I stopped supplying my three-act structure Scrivener template to my email list and the reasons that led to the decision. As I was editing that episode, I had an idea.
by Amelia D. Hay | A Writer Writes, Author Platform, Authorpreneur Podcast, Behind the Scenes, BTS Podcast Diary, business, Marketing, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing
In this show, I’m going to come clean about why I’ve trademarking my podcast name. Honestly, this isn’t the first time I considered discussing it. The last time I chickened out. Also, I will discuss the books I published this year and my mixed feelings about using Advanced Reader Services. And I’m going to come out of the closet as a book cover designer.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self-Publishing, Writing
In this episode, I discuss a series of frustrating issues with Apple Books. While I was struggling with Apple Books I decided to redesign the cover of the ebook, and I went on to design the paperback based upon this new design. Also, I started paying attention to the results of using advanced reader services like BookSirens and BookSprout.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Writing
In this episode, I discuss my newfound distrust of Etsy and no longer recommend them to creative businesses. Also in November, I finish preparing for my book release, and I get some snarky reviews.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Writing
Coming up in this episode, I discuss the highs and lows of working with a professional editor and preparing to self publish my second novella.
