Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In ep. #47 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Derek Murphy.

Derek is a book marketing expert, book cover designer, and successful young adult author. He also holds a Ph.D. in Literature. Derek shares what he knows about writing, publishing, and book marketing via books, videos, and a number of different websites, including his home base CreativINDIE.com.

During our conversation Derek describes:

How he transitioned from cover designer to young adult author

The easiest way for authors to start selling more books

The top five cover amateur book cover design mistakes

The problem with the disconnect between what readers want to read and what writers want to write

Why fast writing doesn’t necessarily mean bad writing

How he spent NaNoWriMo writing in a castle (!)

And much more!

Listen to the episode now!

Show Notes

Check out Derek’s home base: CreativINDIE.com

Want to give creating your own cover a shot? Try Derek’s diybookcovers.com

Get a FREE copy of Derek’s book Guerilla Publishing: Revolutionary Book Strategies to Make Your First $1000 on Kindle. 

Check out the cover Derek create for my book, The Page Turners: Economy of Fear:

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