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My BargainBooksy and AudioThicket recap, the “need” to write and more…

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Episode 61

Today, I share with you my book promo results using BargainBooksy as well as my audiobook promo results using AudioThicket. But first, I start by sharing some good news as well as explaining why sometimes it feels like I “need, need, need” to write. And more advice from writers on TikTok:

  • Pick one thing at a time and master it. You don’t have to be brilliant at everything right out of the box.” by @mckennadeanfiction and
  • “Be easy on yourself” by @katryanwrites

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The TikTok video where I asked what advice writers would give someone just starting:

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Numbers: Amazon blocked one of my e-books (one that had been live for ten years) A self-published author's diary: The Ups and Downs of Self-Publishing (and everything in-between)

This One is About Amazon Blocking One of my e-books – one that had been up for ten years.In today's episode, I share how many returns that book got over years, the sales number, the reviews, what I decided to do.I also talk about moving a pre-order, and a little bit about craft – thinking about how to improve my books.Mentioned in this episode:- How to get your Amazon account back: https://bit.ly/TBCYA- Alliance of Independent Authors: https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/- Becca Syme: The #1 Thing Authors Can Do To Increase Demand For Their Books (The Quitcast 8.13)- Ines Johnson: Page Turner Take off – I don't think it's available outside of her Kickstarter yet.- Margie Lawson: A Deep Editing Guide to Make Your Openings Pop!
  1. Numbers: Amazon blocked one of my e-books (one that had been live for ten years)
  2. ROMO Or My Reality (Realities) Of Missing Out In the Self-Publishing World…
  3. Numbers: The Book That Had 23 Preorders and…became my most read book.
  4. This isn't a grand gesture …
  5. My Self-Pub Weekly Diary: Some Wins, Some Wobbles, and Absolutely Zero Words (on My Manuscripts)
  6. My F***-It Book: She Had Cancer and Still Gets a Holiday Steamy Rom-Com
  7. New Release Hiccups, Metadata, Pen Names, and Mild Panic
  8. Hi, it's me…a self-published author now in Belgium
  9. Splitting Pen Names & Newsletters (Plus My Cat Might Make an Appearance)
  10. To KU or Not KU My Gavert City series in English?