Authority Self-Publishing

ASP 08: How to Overcome Fears, Doubts, and Burnout

May 22, 2020November 24, 2015 by Steve Scott

Quote of the day

Be courageous and try to write in a way that scares you a little.

– Holley Gerth

Writing can be a scary thing! You are putting yourself out there, presenting your thoughts and ideas and making yourself vulnerable to critique and criticism. But they say that nothing good comes easy, so maybe that is why writing is so rewarding. In today’s podcast, we discuss fear, doubts, and burnout as they relate to writing.

Becoming A Better Writer Requires Constantly Improving Your Writing Skills

January 13, 2023November 12, 2015 by Barrie Davenport

I write six days a week an average of 3000 or more words a day. This writing includes blog posts, books I’m working on, as well as materials for self-improvement courses I create. That adds up to about 936,400 words a year. According to Amazon’s Text Stats feature, the median length for all books is about …

ASP 04: How to Land a BookBub Deal

May 29, 2020November 11, 2015 by Steve Scott

Quote of the Day The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading. In order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book. – Samuel Johnson What Is BookBub? When it comes to promoting your book, www.bookbub.com is the Holy Grail. It is the number one book …

ASP 02: Writing Habit: How to Write on a Daily Basis

February 3, 2019November 9, 2015 by Steve Scott

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Quote of the Day:

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us get up and go to work.

– Stephen King

A Few Ground Rules for Productive Writers

When it comes to accomplishing goals and forming habits that lead to success, one of the biggest hindrances is ego depletion. We all draw from the same reservoir of willpower, but that reservoir is not bottomless. Making choices and sticking to them is not always easy, so it is important that we avoid the pitfalls of ego depletion by limiting the number of choices that we have to make. In doing so, we will save more creative energy for writing.

ASP 00: Welcome to Authority Self-Publishing

April 11, 2019October 26, 2015 by Steve Scott

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Quote of the day:

Once, if you told people you were self-published, they’d look at you like you were a smelly old jobless hobo just come off a dusty boxcar with soup can shoes and a hat made from a coyote skull.

– Chuck Wendig

The Self-Publishing Questions podcast is currently on hiatus for a number of reasons. First of all, Steve was overwhelmed with running his book business on his own. Secondly, he recently got married and his wife is expecting, so there is a lot going on in his personal life at the moment. So he has decided to do a team podcast with Barrie Davenport and Ron.