IMPORTANT: I am moving my self-publishing and writing posts over to Substack... Of course, you can still listen to the episodes on my podcast, too.
On this blog, I’ll still talk about writing sometimes and will share a few insights I’ve learned along the way about my process and my characters and my books, but I’ll go deeper into self-publishing over on my A Self-Published Author’s Diary Substack.
Today, for example, I share an edited transcript (with visuals and more info) of my latest podcast episode.
So, what does that mean?
- You can become a free subscriber over on Substack and get the emails directly in your inbox. Some posts will be for paid subscribers.
- Make sure to follow my podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
As always, thank you for listening and reading!
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Elodie
Writing and Why and Working Through Things – The Raccoon Author's Self-Publishing Diary
I started listening to Abbie Emmons’ Make Your Story Matter, and one question she mentioned authors should ask themselves is "Why does your story matter?" And that immediately got stuck in my head in a loop. In this Dear Raccoon Author Diary episode, I’m talking about writing and why and working through things, lots of things—what I want readers to feel, what I sometimes work through myself within the pages, and how all of that fits alongside the very practical business side of being an indie author.How I want to both look at my numbers without losing my "why". I talk about Genevieve and Theodore and revising "A New Year's Eve Like No Other", about grief and Margie Lawson's deep EDITS technique, duets versus standalones both in terms of craft and revenue, read-through and audiobook and translations costs and oh, Amazon deciding to mess-up with permafree books, including mine.Basically, it's a very Raccoon Author mix of craft, feelings (lots of them) and numbers.And underneath it all, I keep coming back to that question: Why does this matter to me, and hopefully, to the readers?Abbie Emmons — Make Your Story Matterhttps://benbellabooks.com/shop/make-your-story-matter/🦝 Join me on Patreon — Raccoon Author tier:https://www.patreon.com/c/elodieswritingnookPreorder Cancer Is Not My Brand https://books2read.com/cancerisnotmybrand/Margie Lawson:https://www.margielawson.com/And I’d love to hear from you: Why does your story matter? Elodie AT Elodienow.comHappy writing. And happy, happy reading. ❤️
- Writing and Why and Working Through Things
- Dear Raccoon Author Diary: The Venice Edition or an author on holidays…
- Dear Raccoon Author Diary: Facebook Ads, Lucy Score & All the Ideas
- Numbers Episode – 87 Books Sold, Less Than $100 in Royalties (and I'm Not Panicking)
- Dear Raccoon Author Diary: Some Publishing Days Are Harder Than Others
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