If you can't find a particular Thats What She Said Publishing Inc product on desertcart, we pay you! Someone said this recently, it's one of these expressions that's suddenly doing the rounds. There's never been a better time to be a writer. But that also doesn't mean that I'm going to not explore new options and not continue to grow. So I really enjoy that part, I really like trying to put together these little snapshots that, of course I'm a reader, but if I were a reader who hadn't written the book, what would make me want to click on this? There you are laughing again, shaking your head at my naivete. Don't wait until the end of the year. " David Frank, very lovely man, we met him at NINC and had several drinks and fun with him in the evening. Claire was on the show a year and a half ago, something like that, with Lucy and two other romance authors. On TikTok, the hashtag #ThingsWeNeverGotOver has garnered 10. I think I mentioned to you, I've been reading this biography of Stalin, it's going to go on for the rest of my life because I had no idea on the Kindle that it's actually on the bookshelf like that. But I think the and I made an NFT that nobody bid on, hey, it's still available... Author Lab is where we make these book mockups where you can take the cover and make it three dimensional, you can make Spiderman holding the cover, you can do anything you want, a couple of kissing, holding your book cover.
James Blatch: So those early sales. So if there isn't anyone else, I suppose we could find someone else to do the Facebook one, but I'm fairly good at that. So on a Monday I went in and I told one of my bosses that I was writing romance on the side and she said, "Good for you. " Lucy Score: Yes, I'm very excited for mine to arrive. I think the barrier to entry with crypto and NFTs is still very high. While you're going "Wah, wah, wah" about writing, and I don't mean that rudely, whilst you are talking about writing I'm going to sit down with Tim and have a look at your Facebook campaigns. Why the best marketing strategy is writing the next book.
He might not be very excited about the possibility of that, but... Lucy Score: No, he loves talking about this stuff and he would love to talk to somebody who is not me about it. As always, great to catch up with her and Tim and we'll do so hopefully in person later this year. And so this left authors with a lot of questions. MERCH: Are you a ligneous beetle or a yawning hippopotamus? 9 million views and #LucyScore has amassed 11. Well, I do Facebook Live. Lucy Score has found enormous success as a romance author and she shares with James how her writing business has enabled her to do what she loves and live without following anyone else's rules. After joining ITW, I again volunteered for as many projects and programs as they'd give me. James Blatch: And that's in six years, you started in 2015? Mark Dawson: I don't need a cold shower, you need a cold shower. For most of my adulthood I was very unsuccessful.
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I released two episodes about it because I wanted to learn more about it, episodes with Lee Richter and Elle Griffin, and those episodes did very well. And so she thinks that's only going to get more important. And I realized that my audience that's you guys just wasn't into the web three enough for it to be worth my energy and all of those things. Information ("Personal Data"). I think I said to you with my one book, I've got one book, obviously writing a second, hope to have a third, fourth in the future. James Blatch: Welcome to my life. So we could easily and accurately be labelled workaholics, absolutely, no problem there. Her reviews and articles appear at, and you can find her on Twitter and Instagram. The FIne Art of Faking It. I'm very encouraged by being able to turn a profit on one book. She thinks straight to audio books are gonna be a thing. But we really immersed ourselves in the self-publishing side of things. So we talked about romance, but the Riley one's not a straight romance, is it? Speaker 1: On this addition of the Self-publishing Show.
But you don't go out specifically to play pinball, do you? Lucy Score: Yeah, here we go. Mark Dawson: And if people are interested, the Amazon ads course that I did, the legacy course, which, I do things a little bit differently from Janet, but that is still available as well. ISBN: 9781416294702, 1416294708. The first priority is always me writing more books. I was sure that within a matter of weeks, she'd offer me representation, quickly sell my masterpiece, and get me an advance big enough to let me quit my day job. Lucy Score: Awesome. ADS IS OPEN: The SPF flagship course, Ads for Authors, is open for enrolment for a limited time. So you can also see how I do it and pick a path that feels best for you. Lucy Score: You guys will have a good time, yeah.
You know the truth: My manuscript wasn't ready to query. CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS BELOW TO HEAR THIS EPISODE OR CLICK HERE TO GET THE POD ON ANY PLATFORM. However, though, fast forward to today, and self-published authors, as well as publishing authors have been getting access to more data, more tools and capabilities that allow them to make smarter decisions as we move forward. "Quality of life means more than just consumption": Two MIT economists urge that a smarter, more politically aware economics be brought to bear on social issues. You cannot manufacture it, you can't pay for it, it's somebody who is authentically excited about a book going up to someone else and saying, "Oh my gosh, you have to read this. " James Blatch: Which just goes to show how many books you were selling. Lucy Score: "I'm done. We took Robert Story's books, which were tanking although they had made money in the past, he had stopped marketing them. And I expect that to be profitable in the long run, but for me to have a loss leader effectively with book one, attracting visibility and audience but not necessarily making money. And a gentleman stopped at the table, apologised for eavesdropping, and asked her to write down the title of the book because he thought his daughter would like it.
This app Lensa came out and we all went crazy, giving up our faces to the cloud or whatever so that we could make ourselves look like superheroes and like really airbrushed and great. Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins. So I don't know what else to say, Mark, it's one of those terrible, terrible moments in life that's, you can probably hear it in my voice, it's upsetting. James Blatch: Tell me about that decision. Lucy Score: Yeah, I guess so. And for thought leaders and comedians or anyone else who kind of has a performance aspect to their writing. Mark Dawson: Sounds very wrong, but... James Blatch: What's wrong with you? Matter of fact, Kindle Direct Publishing's dashboard was incredibly terrible at reporting any legitimate data. Lucy Score: Wow, can you introduce me everywhere? This Privacy Policy is effective as of 05/25/18 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. James Blatch: There is a radio station in Latin, still to this day does the news in Latin.
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