Common Mistakes Indie Authors Makes - WritersLife.org

Common Mistakes Indie Authors Makes - WritersLife.org

 

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Hi I'm Jody from writer'sLife.org and

say we'll be talking about indie authors

and the mistakes not to make being an

independent author takes courage and

determination and the rise of indie

author has been truly spectacular by

putting the power back in the writers

hands where before you had to be a

Headey combination of exceptional and

lucky to get published now good

old-fashioned hard work just might do it

if you are willing to put in the time

and work and give your all to your book

publishing project you may just get the

results you've been dreaming up however

let's face it most of us are pretty new

to the whole publishing world and are

pretty clueless when it comes to the

do's and don'ts of taking control of our

work it's fair to say that most

independent authors when they first

start out on their self-publishing

journey do you'll end up making a fair

few mistakes this isn't necessarily a

bad thing

mistakes are just lessons learned and

the more you make the more you'll

understand about the whole process

however being that there are lots of

things to consider here are some rules

and values that are a good idea to set

for yourself in order to keep you on the

straight path let's take a look at some

of them forgetting to research your

reader and your genre self-publishing

has given authors a fantastic

opportunity to get their work out there

into the world for all to see there are

so many rules around the way one should

write the restrictions of the genres

rewriting and the expectations of our

readers it is good to understand them as

much as possible for example if you have

written a romance novel research your

audience find out what they want and

what they expect from you that's not to

say you shouldn't give them any credit

however we are sometimes led to believe

that if we dare think outside the box in

terms of genre or try breaking some of

the rules our readers will run screaming

into the night believe it or not

sometimes change is embraced and

celebrated if you truly believe in your

story and changing it will feel like you

are selling out then don't do it be true

to yourself

and that's the most important thing

thinking you could do it all by yourself

if you don't get a professional editor

and designer to help you chances are

your book is going to look pretty shabby

against the competition you wouldn't buy

a dress with a hole in it so why should

you reader buy your book if it is full

of glaring mistakes and inconsistencies

if you care about your book and

to build up a fanbase then get the cover

designed by someone who knows what

they're doing and get an editor to at

the very least weed out any spelling

mistakes and inconsistencies printing

loads of copies of your book without a

distribution deal in place if you are an

unknown author chances are you aren't

going to be living in the castle and

eating your caviar for breakfast

so don't pour every last penny into

buying thousands of copies of your book

if you haven't got anyone lined up to

buy them you'll just end up with no

money low self-esteem and a lot less

space in your house order a handful of

copies to give out but that's it

remember while bulk printing may seem

cheaper you'll probably lose out in the

long run giving up after your first book

did you know that most authors find much

greater success on releasing their

second novel well it's true think about

it this way so many people dream of

writing a book and yet most people don't

if you've already done so and you are

miles ahead of those would-be authors

who simply can't find the time or energy

to write their stories now think about

all the writers who stopped after their

first novel especially if it doesn't do

very well let me tell you it is Lots if

you persevere you are constantly

knocking out the competition and you'll

only get better with time to just keep

writing keep focusing on your dreams and

you'll get there so don't give up there

are some of the most common mistakes new

indie authors can make what other advice

can you share we'd love to hear from you

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