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“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.
– Red Adair
Barrie and Ron took the day off today, so Steve is interviewing Ricardo Fayet from Reedsy.com. Ricardo talks about how to use Reedsy to get help with editing, cover design and marketing your books. He also talks about their brand-new, free book formatting service.
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“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you, and we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.”
– Arthur Plotnik
Today’s guests are Alyssa Archer and Leslie Watts from Writership.org, whom Steve has met previously. Alyssa and Leslie will actually be working with Steve on the book that he is currently co-authoring with Hal Elrod. Leslie does developmental and structural editing, and also does some proofreading.
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like hard work.”
– Thomas Edison
As an author, you can increase your income potential by diversifying your streams of income. A great place to start is with affiliate marketing.
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“When you publish a book, it’s the world’s book. The world edits it.”
– Philip Roth
Rachelle is the award-winning author of 10 books, including The Soldier’s Bride (a Kindle Scout Selection). She is a stay-at-home mother of five who writes mystery/suspense and romance from a little farm in Idaho, where she lives with her husband and family. In between raising kids and chickens, she carves out time to write daily, and studies marketing strategies. Rachelle graduated from Utah State University with a degree in psychology and a minor in music.
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“I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they’d like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts.”
– Judy Blume
In Steve and Barrie’s experience, the second and third drafts require you to be more meticulous whereas the first draft is more of stream-of-consciousness writing exercise. Today, the two authors talk about how to best polish your manuscript once the first draft is on paper.
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“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.”
– George Kneller
In Steve’s interview with Derek Doepker, Derek touched upon creating book hooks, and how it has been critical to his success. Today, Steve talks about the subject in more detail.
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“WordPress is a part of who I am. Like eating, breathing, and music, I can’t not work on WordPress.”
– Matthew Mullenweg
One of the biggest platform tools for building a website is WordPress.