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How to Start Your Own Publishing Company – Self-Publishing
I've been putting off making this video for awhile, because, well, I'm not good at talking about legal stuff. I wanted to try my best at walking you through how I went about creating my own publishing house. This means choosing a name, filling paperwork through your...
How to Design a Book Cover on a Budget || Self-Publishing
Every book needs a great cover to attract a reader and make a sale. In past videos I've talked about how I designed the covers for Essence and I am Mercy. Self-publishing on a budget? In today's video I want to take you a little more behind-the-scenes to show you how...
What I Regret About My Debut Novel (Collab with Mari Suggs)
Today I’m teaming up with Mari Suggs, fellow author and YouTuber, to talk about some things we regret about our debut novels. Mari is the author of two novels and one non-fiction novel, so once you read my blog post or watch my video, be sure to check out her video as...
Marketing For Authors
How to Host a Virtual Book Launch – Marketing for Authors
In the past month or so I’ve been doing a lot of different videos on things you can do to help promote your book when it first launches. I’ve talked about how to host a book signing and how to arrange a blog tour for your novel. Those are two different options for a...
How to Make a Book Trailer (The Easy Way)
Every time one of my novels come out, I create a book trailer that releases about a week or so before the book comes out. The book trailer helps create a ton of hype for the novels and also tells people where to go to buy the book. I have a YouTube video that I’ve...
How to Start an AuthorTube Channel – Marketing for Authors
So you wanna be an AuthorTuber. If you saw last week’s blog post, then you know I talked about why you should join AuthorTube. Since you now know why you should join the AuthorTube Community, it’s time to talk about what you need to do to grow a following. Being an...
YA INK & Writing Tips
The Effects of Empathy & Emotions in My Writing (Collab w/ Destiny Murtaugh)
https://youtu.be/lDQ2Llfv604 Today’s video I’m teaming up with fellow AuthorTuber, Destiny Murtaugh, to talk about empathy and how that affects our reading and writing, so be sure to check out Destiny’s video before you go! Watch Destiny's video:...
4 Tips to Deal with Writer’s Burnout
https://youtu.be/HqsgWzqAApA If you participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) then you might be feeling a little burnt out. You’re tired of writing or you’re feeling uninspired or you’re just looking for the motivation again. Writing isn’t supposed to...
Why I Can’t Write a Novel in a Month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_C5kuQp5SM I've been participating in NaNoWriMo for a few years now. Some years the timing just isn't good and other years I just never hit my word count goal. I've always gone with the theory that any words written is better than no...
