Welcome to a new YouTube series where I let subscribers design my book covers. Every month, I’ll be sending out a survey letting you pick different elements of a book cover. You pick the genre, concept, colors, fonts, and even the title of the book. Then using those survey results, I sit down to challenge…
I re-vamped my social media strategy for my pen name and I posted every day for 30 days to see if it helped my book sales. Now it’s time to share the results…Welcome to my 30-day social media experiment. I have a new fully fleshed-out posting strategy for my reader-focused Instagram account. In this week’s…
She’s Not Here is the worst book I’ve ever written. Not because I think so, but because a small handful of people thought so. When it comes to book reviews, people either loved it or hated it. Which brings up a great point: not everyone is going to love your book, and that’s okay! So…
This is my last mom-related video, but I wanted to share some things that I did to have a positive postpartum experience after having a very hard postpartum with my daughter. This is a video I wish I had when I was a new mom who was struggling. I hope sharing my story helps someone….
It’s been months in the making, but I finally sent my first draft to beta readers. In this video, I’m sharing what it’s like sending your novel to beta readers for the first time—along with all the nerves, doubts, and “what have I done” moments that come with it. If you’re a writer working on…
As you all know, I typically make videos on self-publishing and writing, but a few of you expressed interest in my birth story, so I wanted to share! I think it’s so important to share positive birth stories and can be very helpful for moms to be. I had a water birth for both my…
If you’re self-publishing a book and you’re looking for a literal to-do list that you can follow and reference as you work through the publishing process, then you’ve come to the right place. At this point, I’ve published a pretty big backlog of books and I’ve broken down the publishing process into a literal to-do…
It’s my first time back to vlogging after having my second baby and I’m sharing what it really looks like getting back into writing. As a mom of two, finding time, energy, and focus to write again hasn’t been easy—but I’m figuring it out one small step at a time. If you’re a writer, author,…
Just how important is typography for your book cover? You may think the image on your cover is the selling point, but the text can make or break your book cover. I personally believe that typography can be the thing that makes your book cover look professional, or the thing that makes it look amateur…
I published my first book in 2013. Since then, I’ve published seven novels, a novella, a handful of non-fiction books, a couple of planners, and even a children’s book. To say I’ve learned a lot since then is an understatement. What are some of the biggest things I’ve learned about the self-publishing industry, and things…