Well, this is the motherlode of write ups! I launched A Game of Hearts and Heists a spicy sapphic fantasy romance on the 10th of February 2023 and I promised to share everything that I’d done to create this new pen name.
Goal: create a financially sustainable fiction pen name that gives me the opportunity to have fun writing and create books that are ‘cannot put down, hangover inducing’
Subgoals: surpass 33 preorders, give out over 100 ARCs, keep production costs as low as possible
TLDR Take AwaysRead full blog post here.
090 How to Create A Six Figure Author Business with Ines Johnson
089 How to Create an Author Website with Ginnie Carmichael
088 How to Write Memoir with Janelle Hardy
087 How Editors Edit with Kristina Stanley
086 How to Write About Identity and Voice with Joya Goffney
085 How Mindset Can Improve Your Craft with Kristina Adams
084 How to Self-Publish a Graphic Novel with Marcus E Ako
5 Lessons from Two Years of Writing Full-Time
083 Publishing from Zero in 2021 with David Gaughran
082 From Busyness to Business: The Art of Creative Time Management with Steven Watson
081 Creative Self-Publishing with Orna Ross
080 How to Create Rich Writing with Krystal Sutherland
079 How Storybrand Sells Books with Amy Mertz
078 How to Sell Ebooks and Audiobooks on Kobo with Tara Cremin
BONUS EPISODE - Wide for the Win: How to Sell More Books Wide with Mark Lefebvre
077 Plot Whispering with Martha Alderson
076 The Business of Being a Writer with Jane Friedman
075 The Heroine’s Journey with Gail Carriger
Announcing The Rebel Diaries Anthology
074 How to Write Your Author Business Plan with Joanna Penn
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