Self Publishing Journeys

Robert Scott-Norton writes high-octane sci-fi thrillers and is the creator of The Tombs Legacy, a universe of fiction. A lifelong fan of Stephen King and Doctor Who, it was perhaps inevitable that his work would sit somewhere between horror and sci-fi. Robert’s books all take place in this same story universe – The Tombs Legacy. His debut sci-fi novel, The Face Stealer, is the first book in a series and sets up this fictional universe. A second series, set in the future, looks at Southport one hundred years from now as repercussions from The Face Stealer start to be felt. Find out more: Robert's books on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-Scott-Norton/e/B00GGH0GUU Follow Robert on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210319.Robert_Scott_Norton Follow Robert on Twitter https://twitter.com/robscottnorton Robert's LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertscottnorton/ Robert's InstaFreebie author page https://www.instafreebie.com/discover/author/3813/robert_scottnorton Talking points: 1) Te

1) This week's writing progress: 2) Appearing at Amazon Academy in Edinburgh, representing The Alliance of Independent Authors: 3) I did a bit of author research this week! One of the characters in my Don't Tell Meg trilogy is a clairvoyant, Steven Terry. He's only a minor character, but I like writing him, so I wanted to dig a little deeper!   4) I'm hoping to hit two targets by May 31st. My first target was to achieve 100k page reads this month - this target has been hit: I am also hoping to break $1000 in book earnings this month - and become a 4-figure author at long last. Finally, I'm hoping to hit my highest number of podcast downloads in one month by the end of May - I'd like to hit the 3000 downloads mark if I can. 5) My guest blog post for Ingram Spark: http://www.ingramspark.com/blog/email-marketing-for-authors 6) My first author booking for March 2018 is for the Crime & Publishment event: https://www.facebook.com/CrimePublishment/ 7) New Writing North: http://newwritingnorth.com/ --- Send in

1) This week's writing progress - this was Saturday's effort: This was Friday's tally: 2) Having spent the previous weekend pulling out all the stops to get Don't Tell Meg to number 1 in the UK, Dead of Night just got there of its own accord with zero promos from me - I was just using up my remaining promo days :-)   3) I recorded my Instafreebie Leads Explosion video for the next ALLi Author Fringe event which is taking place on Saturday 3rd June: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/will-you-help-us-spread-the-word-about-indieauthorfringe/ 4) My Facebook non-fiction book, newly republished! https://books2read.com/FB 5) The membership criteria for the Society of Authors: http://www.societyofauthors.org/Join/Eligibility 6) Mark Dawson's interview in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/15/self-published-authors-hollywood-andy-weir-the-martian-el-james (Read the comments!) 7) This was the Instafreebie blog promo that they ran this week: http://blog.instafreebie.com/see-it-first-paul-teague-ke

Justin Sloan is a video game writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He studied writing at the Johns Hopkins University 'MA in Writing' program and at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Professional Program in Screenwriting. Additionally, he has published short fiction and poetry. Justin was in the Marines for five years and has lived in Japan, Korea, and Italy. He recently gave up his day-job to go full-time as an author. Find Out More: 1) Justin's website: http://www.justinsloanauthor.com/ 2) Follow Justin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustinSloanAuthor 3) Follow Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinmsloan 4) Justin's Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9772692.Justin_Sloan 5) Justin's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Justin-Sloan/e/B00OJPAM0K 6) The Creative Writing Career website: http://creativewritingcareer.com/ 7) Justin's YouTube Channel 'The Sloan Zone': https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-f7OkD-MudUjBLINdRdIw 8) Justin's podcast: http://cre

1) Over 14000 unique clicks were generated in my Crime/Thriller Giveaway at https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers-may2017/ Ian Sutherland was the top promoter, sending 3500+ unique clicks, many of those directly via his Twitter accounts. Check out Ian's Author Platform Sidekick service: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/APS [Affiliate link] 3) My Dead of Night proof copy arrived - I have 10 x fiction paperback books now: 4) I've now put Self-Publishing Journeys on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SelfPublishingJourneys/ 5) Avril McDonald's new book: [amazon_link asins='B06XTV7ZJ5' template='ProductAd' store='author-pt-21' marketplace='UK' link_id='fffcc329-373c-11e7-8700-95a48855f596'] 6) Sarah Painter's Worried Writer podcast (highly recommended!) at http://www.worriedwriter.com/ and her first self-published book: [amazon_link asins='B06Y6GXFY6' template='ProductAd' store='author-pt-21' marketplace='UK' link_id='310ce1bb-373d-11e7-9308-2f2c71aeabd0'] 7) Books2Read service https://www.books2read.com

Jason Blacker writes mystery fiction and literary fiction as well as poetry and daily haikus at his haiku blog. Jason's stories range from Adventure to Zombies, though he's best known for his Lady Marmalade cozy mysteries and his Anthony Carrick hardboiled mysteries. Jason received an incredible 300 rejections from traditional publishers before turning to self-publishing, here he deploys lots of online marketing techniques to promote his work. Find Out More: Jason's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jason-Blacker/e/B0051QUDA0 Jason's website: http://jasonblacker.com/ Jason Blacker on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2156914.Jason_Blacker Follow Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasonblacker Jason Blacker on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jasonblacker Jason's Haiku website: http://haiqueue.com/ Talking Points: 1) More about the Pomodoro technique http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-pomodoro-technique-is-it-right-for-you.html 2) Scrivener https:/

1) This week's writing progress - 5125 words: 2) This is my PayPal HERE card reader - it links to my phone via Bluetooth and allows me to take book payments at training events: 3) My current InstaFreebie Giveaway: https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers-may2017/ 4) My appearance on Begin Self-Publishing podcast here 5) Reminder! Amazon Academy event in Edinburgh on 23rd May http://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-academy/ 6) Reminder! The Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 20th May http://newwritingnorth.com/projects/newcastle-writing-conference/ [Waiting list only] 7) Reminder! ALLi Indie Author Fringe event on June 3rd http://selfpublishingadvice.org/6-weeks-until-bookexpo-indie-author-fringe-2017-are-you-ready-to-sell-more-books/ 8) Sarah Painter's Worried Writer podcast: http://www.worriedwriter.com/ 9) Self-Publishing Formula recommended interview with TS Paul https://selfpublishingformula.com/episode-62/ This Week’s Self-Publishing News The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: http://s

Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which scary things happen to ordinary people and is inspired by writers such as Stephen King, Ira Levin, Ruth Rendell and Linwood Barclay. His first solo novel, The Magpies reached the No.1 spot on Amazon UK and has sold 300,000 copies to date. This was followed by What You Wish For (2014), Because She Loves Me (2014; also a No.1 bestseller in the UK) and Follow You Home (2015). Mark started writing in his twenties while working in a number of dead-end jobs. He lived in Tokyo for a year before returning to the UK and starting a career in marketing - he now writes full-time. Find Out More: Mark's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Edwards/e/B004PP3WV0 Mark's website: http://www.markedwardsauthor.com/ Louise Voss & Mark Edwards: http://vossandedwards.com/ Mark Edwards on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5267328.Mark_Edwards Follow Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mredwards Mark Edwards & Louise Voss on Facebook: https://www.facebo

1) This week's writing progress: 2) My paperback books, which were formatted by http://www.frostbitepublishing.com/   These books are being sold via Createspace at https://www.createspace.com/ 3) My thriller trilogy listed on Kobo at https://writinglife.kobobooks.com/ebooks The books are also loaded and ready to release on Draft2Digital at https://www.draft2digital.com   4) My forthcoming Crime Giveaway: https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers-may2017/ My two books will not be accessed via InstaFreebie, Don't Tell Meg will be free, Dead of Night will be 99p - this is an exercise in driving traffic! 5) Reminder! Amazon Academy event in Edinburgh on 23rd May http://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-academy/ 6) Reminder! The Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 20th May http://newwritingnorth.com/projects/newcastle-writing-conference/ [Waiting list only] 7) Reminder! ALLi Indie Author Fringe event on June 3rd http://selfpublishingadvice.org/6-weeks-until-bookexpo-indie-author-fringe-2017-are-you-ready-to

An avid fan of crime fiction since being given one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books at the age of eight, Graham Smith has also been a regular reviewer for the well respected review site Crimesquad.com for over two years. As well as reviewing for Crimesquad.com Graham has also interviewed such stellar names as David Baldacci, Jeffrey Deaver, Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Matt Hilton, current CWA Chair Peter James, Mark Billingham and many others. After (what Graham describes) a few terrible drafts littered with amateurish mistakes, he managed to write a book good enough secure a publishing contract with Caffeine Nights for his debut novel. He is the author of four books featuring DI harry Evans and the Cumbrian Major Crimes Team. Graham's latest book - Watching The Bodies - is released the day after this episode goes live :-) Graham's website: https://www.grahamsmithauthor.com/ Follow Graham on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grahamnsmithauthor Follow Graham on Twitter: https://twitter.com/grahamsmith1972 Gra

1) My forthcoming Crime Giveaway: https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers-may2017/ My two books will not be accessed via InstaFreebie, Don't Tell Meg will be free, Dead of Night will be 99p - this is an exercise in driving traffic! 2) These are the promo sites that I have listed on: Book Gorilla http://www.bookgorilla.com/ Freebooksy https://www.freebooksy.com/ The Books Machine http://www.thebooksmachine.com/deals/dealspromote.html eBookSoda http://www.ebooksoda.com/ 3) Crime Book Junkie https://crimebookjunkie.co.uk/ 4) Amazon Academy event in Edinburgh http://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-academy/ 5) Reminder! The Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 20th May http://newwritingnorth.com/projects/newcastle-writing-conference/ This Week’s Self-Publishing News The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-where-are-the-young-british-indies/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

Adam Croft is a British author, principally of crime fiction, best known for the Kempston Hardwick Mysteries and his Knight & Culverhouse thrillers. In 2015, Her Last Tomorrow quickly became one of the biggest-selling self-published books of the year. Adam regularly takes part in discussions and panels on publishing and the future of books, and was featured by the Guardian in 2016 as a top-selling self-published author. His work has won him critical acclaim as well as four Amazon bestsellers, with his Kempston Hardwick Mysteries being adapted into audio plays starring some of the biggest names in British TV. Find Out More: Adam's website http://adamcroft.net/ Follow Adam on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adamcroftbooks/ Follow Adam on Twitter https://twitter.com/adamcroft Adam's Amazon Author page https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adam-Croft/e/B004RBG2TQ Adam's Goodreads Author page https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4594443.Adam_Croft Self-publishing tips from Adam via Reedsy https://blog.reedsy.com/self-publis

) Thursday's writing progress was 5008 words: The book is now called Burden of Guilt ... but I may yet change it to So Many Lies :-) 1) Current working title and cover for my work-in-progress - Burden of Guilt: 2) Podhero: http://www.podhero.io 3) Interview recorded with Justin Sloane: http://www.justinsloanauthor.com/ 4) Reminder! The Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester on Saturday 22nd April https://selfpublishingconference.org.uk/ 5) Reminder! The Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 20th May http://newwritingnorth.com/projects/newcastle-writing-conference/ 6) ALLi Q&A with Orna Ross on Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9598LmUxw&feature=youtu.be 7) 20BooksTo50k Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/781495321956934/ 8) The Kindling community - this is a paid product and this is my affiliate link: https://self-publishing-academy.com/Kindling 9) This week's InstaFreebie leads added via http://abam.info/instafreebie/     --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-

1) Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/writinglife 2) Rachel's German translations: 3) Vellum software: https://vellum.pub/ How to use Vellum on a PC: https://paulteague.com/how-to-use-vellum-on-a-pc/ 4) Dragon Dictation software: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/DRAGON [My affiliate link] 5) Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/home/ Freebooksy: https://www.freebooksy.com/ Bargain Booksy: https://www.bargainbooksy.com/ Hot Zippy: http://hotzippy.net/ E-Reader News Today: http://ereadernewstoday.com/ 6) Thunderclap: https://www.thunderclap.it/howitworks 7) Crimefest: http://www.crimefest.com/ Harrogate Crime Festival: http://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime-writing-festival/ 8) Rachel at the Brisbane workshop for writers: 9) Rachel's new book: General Links: Rachel's website: https://www.rachelamphlett.com/ Follow Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rach --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

1) Hurrah! I got writing again this week. 5178 words written, this book has to be 1st draft completed by Friday 16th June. It's working title only at the moment, I need to come up with something much stronger! I'm using the Novel Factory to plot out my book: https://paulteague.com/how-and-why-i-use-the-novel-factory-to-plot-my-books/ 2) I'm co-hosting a live Q&A with Orna Ross from the The Alliance of Independent Authors on Tuesday 11th April - find out more at http://selfpublishingadvice.org/event/ask-alli-member-qa-self-publishing-questions-answered-by-orna-ross-and-paul-teague/ 3) I won a Bronze in this year's Wishing Shelf Awards. I'm not really entering awards any more, mainly because most of them are social media 'beauty contests' or outright money-making schemes, however, the Wishing Shelf Awards is highly recommended, because it's judged by real readers and is totally independent. I spoke to the creator of these awards, Edward Trayer, for the podcast, you can listen to the interview here. 4) Reminder

Self-Publishing Journeys is 1 year old today! Iain Rob Wright is one of the UK's most successful horror and suspense writers. Iain worked for many years as a mobile telephone salesman. After publishing his debut novel, The Final Winter, in 2011 to great success, he quit his job and became a full time writer. His work is currently being adapted for graphic novels, audio books, and foreign audiences. He is an active member of the Horror Writer Association and runs his own online training website, azofselfpublishing.com. Episode 57, release date Monday 3rd April, 2017 Find Out More: Iain's website: https://www.iainrobwright.com/ Follow Iain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iainrobwright Iain's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iain-Rob-Wright/e/B0052WR48C Iain's Goodreads author profile :https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4888646.Iain_Rob_Wright Iain's Facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/authoriainrobwright/ Iain's original blogger site: http://iainrobwright.blogspot.co.uk/ Iain's author traini

1) The benefits of using YouTube - page views grow consistently over time and drive decent web traffic: 2) This is a preview for my InstaFreebie webinar on Wednesday 5th April - you can register via https://free-book-giveaways.com/webinar/ 3) My InstaFreebie Crime/Thriller Giveaway event has gone really well this week https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers/ This is what the leaderboard looks like: https://freebie-books.com/leaderboard-mar2017/ 4) Amazon Academy event took place in Manchester on Friday 31st March. Speakers were: Tracy Bloom https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tracy-Bloom/e/B00BSRA0TA/ Keith Houghton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keith-Houghton/e/B005UMEUJA/ Joseph Alexander https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Alexander/e/B008VW6Q0M/ 5) Reminder! The Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester on Saturday 22nd April https://selfpublishingconference.org.uk/ 6) Reminder! The Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 20th May http://newwritingnorth.com/projects/newcastle-writing-conference/ 7) My Q1/Q2 planning boar

Angela Marsons discovered her love of writing at Primary School. She began to enter short story competitions in Writer’s News resulting in a win and three short listed entries. Angela self-published two of her earlier works before concentrating on her true passion – Crime. After many, many submissions she signed an 8 book deal with Bookouture as their first crime author. Find Out More: Angela's website: http://angelamarsons-books.com/ Angela's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Angela-Marsons/e/B00J6D3914 Angela's Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7942666.Angela_Marsons Follow Angela on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelaMarsonsAuthor/ Angela's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/WriteAngie Talking points: Bookouture article announcing that Angela has sold over 2 million books: http://www.bookouture.com/2017/01/30/angela-marsons-sells-two-million-books/ The People's Friend: https://www.thepeoplesfriend.co.uk/ Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/ Bonnier Publis

1) I got my trilogy formatted at http://www.frostbitepublishing.com/ 2) This is a preview for my InstaFreebie webinar on 5th April – I'll share the registration link for this from Monday 27th March: 3) My next InstaFreebie Crime/Thriller Giveaway event which starts on 27th March https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers/ 4) Amazon Academy event in Manchester on Friday 31st March http://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-academy-manchester/ Visiting speakers: Tracy Bloom https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tracy-Bloom/e/B00BSRA0TA/ Keith Houghton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keith-Houghton/e/B005UMEUJA/ Joseph Alexander https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Alexander/e/B008VW6Q0M/ Darren Wearmouth https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darren-Wearmouth/e/B00EBIGIZI/ 5) The Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester on Saturday 22nd April https://selfpublishingconference.org.uk/ 6) The Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 20th May http://newwritingnorth.com/projects/newcastle-writing-conference/ 7) Bookbub book promotions https://www.bookbub.com/

Avril McDonald grew up in New Zealand, trained as a primary school teacher then become a Managing Director of a Digital Entertainment Company in London. A desire to create beautiful characters and stories that help kids manage tough emotions and feel brave led her to develop www.feelbrave.com This project also has a charitable arm at www.friendsoffeelbrave.com which has the vision ‘To give all children access to tools to help them manage tough emotions and reach their true potential’. Avril has signed her first deal with Crown House Publishing for a series of six children’s books (five children’s books and a teacher’s accompanying book) to help tackle personal, social and emotional development in children. Find Out More: Avril's website: http://www.feelbrave.com/ The charitable arm of Avril's project: http://www.friendsoffeelbrave.com/ Avril on the Waterstones website: https://www.waterstones.com/author/avril-mcdonald/142272 Connect with Avril on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avrilmcdonald28745 Avril'