Self Publishing Journeys

1) The Crime & Publishment event that I attended last Friday http://www.crimeandpublishment.co.uk/ 2) The ALLi Author Fringe is this Saturday - find out more about the event at http://selfpublishingadvice.org/lbf-indie-author-fringe-2017-speakers/ Link to my presentation page http://selfpublishingadvice.org/speaker/paul-teague-lbf2017/ 3) My next InstaFreebie Crime/Thriller Giveaway eventcan be viewed here https://freebie-books.com/crime-thrillers/ 4) The Amazon Academy event in Manchester is on Friday 31st March http://selfpublishingadvice.org/amazon-academy-manchester/ 5) My trilogy is all ready to go: 6) Amazon is nagging me about being ready in time :-) 7) My exploration of a lorry cab - for authorial purposes!   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

Merita King’s stories are inspired by watching Star Trek – with William Shatner – and Blakes 7, which was really popular in the UK in the 70s. Merita is the creator of The Lilean Chronicles, The Sinclair V-Logs series and several standalone stories. She is a self-published author and regular blogger who also provides some excellent and helpful ‘how to’ articles on her website. Merita began writing in 2011 and has a back list of twelve books to her name. Merita’s website: https://meritaking.com/ Merita on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeritaKingNovelist/ Follow Merita on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meritaking Merita’s Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5762816.Merita_King Merita’s Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Merita-King/e/B0062NEATG Merita’s Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/103300817631297019460 Merita on Authorgraph: https://www.authorgraph.com/authors/MeritaKing Talking points: Blake’s Seven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake’s_7 Mailchimp for email marketing:

1) Details of the Crime & Publishment event that I'm attending this week: http://www.crimeandpublishment.co.uk/ The ALLi Author Fringe is next Saturday! Find out more about the event on Saturday 18th March: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/lbf-indie-author-fringe-2017-speakers/ 2) My InstaFreebie Giveaway event - update. My Giveaway page: https://freebie-books.com/ The leaderboard: https://freebie-books.com/leaderboard/ Promo images that I have made available to participants: https://freebie-books.com/giveaway-promotional-images/ I am considering offering a paid-for Instafreebie service via a Wordpress multisite - users would get a cloned version of my Giveaway, done-for-you Google Forms and built-in training videos. The Giveaway pages would be re-usable. Find out more about Wordpress Multisite https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network This is what the template would look like: https://freebie-books.com/template/ They'd get a leaderboard and promos page too. Any thoughts on this? What would that service be

After gaining a New Zealand Certificate in Science, Wendy Scott worked in a variety of different laboratories in New Zealand and Australia in the fields of salt, meat, dairy and wine. While living in Adelaide, she spotted a course on Novel Writing offered by WEA. She signed up immediately and made a commitment there and then that she would write a fantasy novel. Wendy then completed other creative writing courses, joined the South Australia Writers’ Centre and published her first novel - Ferrasium. Find Out More: Wendy's website: http://www.wendyjscott.com/ Follow Wendy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wendyjaynescott Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-scott-366a6749 Wendy's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWendyScott Wendy's Hieroglyph website: http://www.hieroglyph.ws/ Wendy's WJ Scott website: https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenAuthorWJScott Wendy's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGVKpSHYM4zzXcJWoWrcDQ Talking points: WEA in Australia: https://ww

1) ALLi Author Fringe promos have begun now. Find out more about the event on Saturday 18th March: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/lbf-indie-author-fringe-2017-speakers/ 2) My Thrillers are now on pre-release, I've received my notifications that the books have to be ready by 19th March even though they're released on 23rd March. Don't get caught out by this, you can lose the option to use pre-releases for a year if you don't hit the correct deadline date. 3) My InstaFreebie Giveaway event - first try! My Giveaway page: https://freebie-books.com/ The leaderboard: https://freebie-books.com/leaderboard/ Promo images that I have made available to participants: https://freebie-books.com/giveaway-promotional-images/ The clicks are content between 8am on Monday 6th March until 8pm Sunday 12th March. 4) My new Amazon Author page for the thrillers: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-J.-Teague/e/B06XBLSL6Q/ 5) Details of the Crime & Publishment event that I'm attending next week: http://www.crimeandpublishment.co.uk/ 6) Fr

Russell Holden is a book designer with over 15 years of graphic design experience. He manages layout, page design, creating covers, interiors and even photo tweaking for all book genres. Russell’s services are listed on the Reedsy site and he runs his Pixel Tweaks imprint from the Lake District, helping authors to get their pages out out of Word and into printed form. Russell has also self-published his own book and helped to publish more than 30 other books alongside indie authors. Find Out More: The Pixel Tweaks Publications website: http://pixeltweakspublications.com/ Russell’s Reedsy profile: https://reedsy.com/russell-holden Pixel Tweaks Publications on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pixeltweakspublications Connect with Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellholden Pixel Tweaks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pxtwx Bone-anchored hearing aid/BAHA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone-anchored_hearing_aid Russell’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/My-Acoustic-Nemesis-Russell-K-Hol

1) This week's writing progress = 5201 words, taking The Murder Place up to over 36k words now. The first draft should be written by 17th March now, if I can turn around editing fast enough, I hope to release this book on 3rd May. 2) New subscribers since February 1st, all due to my use of InstaFreebie: Get InstaFreebie: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link] My Instafreebie promo page for my 6-12 March event - don't share yet please :-) https://freebie-books.com/ 3) The Alli Author Fringe (online) event: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/5-week-countdown-to-indie-author-fringe/ Alliance of Independent Authors: https://paulteague.com/ALLI [My affiliate link] 4) My book pre-sales book listings on Amazon: Don't Tell Meg: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWFJLC3/ The Murder Place: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWPFCQ7/ 5) Kindle Scout: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/ Email response from Kindle Scout: 6) I highly recommend Vellum for formatting your ebooks: https://vellum.pub/ If you use a PC

Falsely accused of arson and manslaughter and thrown in a Spanish jail, David P Perlmutter turned real life drama into a full-time writing career following the success of his debut novel ‘Wrong Place Wrong Time’. After the success of this novel David decided to share with other indie self-published authors his guide to getting his novel to the #1 spot in True Crime on Amazon’s USA Chart. David has since gone on to write two more ‘My Way’ books ‘My Way Too’ and ‘My Way Free – Trending on Twitter.’ He recently signed a publishing contract with Austin Macaulay which offers a hybrid publishing model. Find Out More: David's website: http://www.davidpperlmutter.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davepperlmutter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wrongplacewrongtimebook/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpperlmutter Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6333276.David_P_Perlmutter Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-P-Perlmutter/e/B0089Y9DW0 Interview with David at IndieAuthorLand: h

1) This week's writing is being done on Saturday - I'll post my progress image here once it's done :-) 2) My InstaFreebie book links: This is the InstaFreebie giveaway that I'm taking part in: http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/ I'm using Pretty Link for my tracking links [My affiliate link] I have added over 350 new subscribers into just two of my lists in the past 7 days: Get InstaFreebie: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link] My promo page - don't share yet please :-)https://freebie-books.com/ 3) The Alli Author Fringe (online) event: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/5-week-countdown-to-indie-author-fringe/ Alliance of Independent Authors: https://paulteague.com/ALLI [My affiliate link] 4) The Author School event on 13th March: https://www.facebook.com/TheAuthorSchool/ 5) The Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester on Saturday 22nd April: https://selfpublishingconference.org.uk/ 6) Iain Rob Wright, who I'm interviewing next week: http://www.iainrobwright.com/ --- Send in a voice

David Penny is the author of the Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery series set in Southern Spain during the final tumultuous years of Moorish rule. Three books are currently available in that series with a fourth, The Incubus, being released in early 2017. When not writing or conducting research trips in Andalusia, David is Technical Manager for ALLi – The Alliance of Independent Authors. He is also part of the team that runs the Indie Author Fringe events three times a year. David's website: https://www.davidpennywriting.com/ Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidpenny_ David's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/davidpennyauthor/ David's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Penny/e/B0034Q1INU David's Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8081436.David_Penny Talking points: David's interview with The Alliance of Independent Authors: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/sunday-success-stories-how-i-do-it-my-indie-author-adventure-by-david-penny/ David's case stud

1) This week's writing progress - I'm now 50% of the way through Dead of Night :-) 2) My InstaFreebie book links: The Grid 1 on InstaFreebie: https://instafreebie.com/free/PgVtL The Secret Bunker 1 on InstaFreebie: https://instafreebie.com/free/pnClt Get InstaFreebie: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link] A couple of things that I forgot to mention! Author cross-promotion site (for InstaFreebie): https://www.authorsxp.com The Grid 1 listing (for InstaFreebie promos): https://www.authorsxp.com/add-my-book/young-adult/1236-the-grid-1-fall-of-justice The Secret Bunker 1 listing (for InstaFreebie promos): https://www.authorsxp.com/add-my-book/young-adult/1237-the-secret-bunker-1-darkness-falls Mark Dawson's Facebook Genre Groups: http://info.selfpublishingformula.com/facebook-genre-groups 3) My Goodreads author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1074408.Paul_Teague [My affiliate link] 4) Quickbooks Self-Employed - recommended tool for UK self-employed authors: http://paulteague.com

Keith Dixon has been writing since he was thirteen years old in a number of different genres: thriller, espionage, science fiction, literary. He’s the author of seven novels in the Sam Dyke Investigations series and two other non-crime works, as well as two collections of blog posts on the craft of writing. His most recent book, the crime thriller Storey, was published in October 2016. The first of his crime novels, Altered Life, is currently available in Portuguese and shortly in Spanish. The second, The Private Lie, is now available in Italian and soon in Portuguese. The book Actress is available in Chinese, Spanish and Italian. and was also number 1 in the Women’s Fiction free download section. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

1) This week's writing progress - 5092 words written with a 21,076 total to date: This is the book that I'm writing: 2) My rejection this week was from Moth books: https://themoth.org/books 3) Instafreebie: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link] 4) Zapier (used for moving leads from Mailchimp to GetResponse): https://zapier.com 5) Mailchimp: http://www.paulteague.com/mailchimp-ar [My affiliate link] I use this for training purposes, it's great for beginners but as you build your list you'll probably want to progress to another tool. GetResponse: http://www.paulteague.com/getresponse [My affiliate link] This is the email marketing service that I've used for several years. 6) ACX for audiobooks: http://www.acx.com/ 7) Vellum: https://vellum.pub/ My article about using Vellum on a PC rather than a Mac: http://www.paulteague.com/how-to-use-vellum-on-a-pc/ 8) Alliance of Independent Authors - highly recommended for all indie authors! http://self-publishing-journeys.com/ALLi [My affiliate link

Pip Reid is the co-founder of Bible Pathway Adventures a childrens’ author and an app creator. She is based in New Zealand and will be more familiar to readers as Pip Dumbill which is the author name that has appeared on books prior to her recent marriage. Pip writes adventures that help bring the Bible to life for parents and children and has a strong desire to create tools that help children understand the true foundation of their faith. She completed a diploma in Writing for Children before embarking on her writing career. Find Out More: Follow Pip on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pip_dumbill The Bible Pathway Adventures website: http://www.biblepathwayadventures.com/ Bible Pathway Adventures on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bible-Pathway-Adventures/e/B00NCAKS8O/ Bible Pathway Adventures on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblepathwayadventures Bible Pathway Adventures on Pinterest: https://nz.pinterest.com/biblestory4kids/ [Highly recommended that you check out Pip’s use of Pinterest as an author] Bi

1) Another 5k words of Dead of Night written this week, running total is about 16k at the moment. Total target word count is 50k. 2) Dragon Dictation software: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/DRAGON [Affiliate link with 20% off] 3) My InstaFreebie demo pages: Demo 1: http://freebie-books.com/dystopian-scifi Demo 2: http://freebie-books.com/dystopian-scifi-3/ Demo 3: http://freebie-books.com/thrillers/ Page preference poll on an InstaFreebie Facebook group - the small image version was the one that I preferred too, so in spite of the poor vote stats, I'll go with that version: 4) Author Platform Sidekick: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/APS [My affiliate link] This is the Twitter profile that Ian built up from 200+ followers: https://twitter.com/secretbunkerfan 5) Annie Weir's PLR earnings: Listen to Annie's interview at http://self-publishing-journeys.com/episode-2-annie-weir/ 6) Vellum formatting software: https://vellum.pub/ How to use Vellum with a PC: http://www.paulteague.com/how-to-use-vellu

This is one in an occasional series of extra episodes targeted at helping indie authors to build subscribers lists and boost activity online. In this episode, we’re checking out Author Platform Sidekick with Ian Sutherland the creator of the service. If you have any questions about the service, just drop me an email at paul@paulteague.com I’ll be happy to tell you about my beta testing results. 2) The Twitter feed that I used for the test: https://twitter.com/secretbunkerfan 3) Author Platform Sidekick: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/APS [Affiliate link] Testimonials for Author Platform Sidekick: https://www.authorplatformsidekick.com/testimonials/ 4) WordPress plugins discussed: Affiliate Royale https://www.affiliateroyale.com/ MemberPress https://www.memberpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

Ron Vitale caught my attention on Twitter because of an excellent post that he made to his blog outlining in great details his indie-author outgoings and income. Few authors dare to share this information, but Ron broke it all down in great detail holding back nothing in the process. Ron is the author of the author of the Cinderella’s Secret Witch Diaries and A Witch’s Coven Novels series and is a sci-fi/fantasy writer. In his podcast interview, he gives a very detailed report on what you can expect to earn in your early days of indie publishing.     Find out more about Ron: Website: http://www.ronvitale.com/ Follow Ron on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ron.Vitale.Author/ Follow Ron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronvitale Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Ron-Vitale/e/B004W0MQPG/ Follow Ron on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4078431.Ron_Vitale     Find out more about Ron: Website: http://www.ronvitale.com/ Follow Ron on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ron.Vitale.Author/ Fo

The Essential Weekly Podcast For New And Aspiring Indie Authors Paul's Podcast Diary Feature 1) How to use Vellum on a PC blog post: http://paulteague.com/vellum 2) My 'black-hat' internet marketing past on Kindle :-) 3) Alliance of Independent Authors events: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/newsflash-about-our-2017-alli-events/ Join ALLi via my affiliate link: http://www.paulteague.com/alli 4) Amazon Associates Link Builder Wordpress plugin: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-associates-link-builder/ Installation guide: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-associates-link-builder/installation/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

Jon Cronshaw is an author and the host of the Short Science Fiction Review podcast. He is a former newspaper reporter and feature writer. Jon plans to release three post-apocalyptic thrillers in rapid succession in early 2017. To get properly warmed up for this feat, he’s been taking part in the Ray Bradbury challenge, which asks writers to come up with one short story per week for a year. Find Out More: Jon’s blog: https://joncronshaw.com/ Follow Jon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JLCronshaw Jon’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/joncronshawauthor/ Jon’s Short Science Fiction Review podcast: https://twitter.com/ShortSFReview Talking points: InstaFreebie: http://www.paulteague.com/IF [My affiliate link] MailChimp: http://www.paulteague.com/mailchimp-ar [My affiliate link] Kindle Scout: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/ Ray Bradbury Challenge: http://raybradburychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine by James Altucher: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2014/05/the-ultimate-gu

The Essential Weekly Podcast For New And Aspiring Indie Authors Paul's Podcast Diary Feature This Week’s Talking Points 1) ALLi self-publishing Q&A on Tuesday 17th January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZk1BhdGq8g&feature=youtu.be Alli membership: http://www.paulteague.com/alli [Affiliate link] 2) I use The Results Machine to time my uninterrupted writing stints in 1 hr + 1 hr + 1.5 hr blocks. I beat the clock today, writing my first 2k words in that first 60-minute session. The Action Machine is exactly the same software, just a different name. Here is my affiliate link: http://www.paulteague.com/AM 3) I ordered those covers from fiverr via https://www.fiverr.com/lisabook/design-professional-book-cover-08cef513-b312-4301-a9ca-8875b29ad7b6 4) I’m going to use Vellum to format my books from now on: https://vellum.pub/ To use Vellum on a regular PC, you can access MacInCloud, which lets you use a virtual machine: http://www.macincloud.com/ 5) Listing in Kindle Scout: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/submit 6)