Have you considered self publishing a book but are not sure? It has many advantages, which you will discover in this episode.

Resources:

Publish using CreateSpace

Kindle Direct Publishing

BLISS Butterfly

Awakened Author Challenge

Bowker Report quoted in this pisode

Alessandra Macaluso is the guest blogger quoted.

Your host is international bestselling author and Celebrity Author Mentor  Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady., who demystifies the technical aspects of being a successful author.

The  BLISS Butterfly Author Success System teaches 5 key aspects of B.L.I.S.S.: Being, Legacy, Imprint,Sharing and Serving.

Follow your bliss!

Ronda

Any experience in life can become excellent "fodder" for an author. Also, any experience can be excellent fodder for understanding oneself.

This show relates a story of going to a Mexican restaurant and deciding to have the experience of enjoying guacamole made right at my table. It really highlighted my own personal development during my Miracle Mindshift Month.

I noticed myself getting ready to deny an experience, and I immediately turned and said OH YES!

For YOU this is relevant as well. How often do you play small or decide, "I don't need to have that experience" when there's truly no reason you can't or shouldn't.

Follow Your Bliss Radio gives you a snack-sized dose of inspiration, writing advice, book marketing help, product creation ideas, and more.

Your host is international bestselling author and Celebrity Author Mentor  Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady., who demystifies the technical aspects of being a successful author.

Resources

Miracle Mindshift Month program will open you up in amazing ways, and that will free your inner muse.

Her BLISS Butterfly Author Success System teaches 5 key aspects of B.L.I.S.S.: Being, Legacy, Imprint,Sharing and Serving.

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio

How to Write a Book doesn't start with writing. One important element is knowing your ideal customer.

Susan Santangelo knows her ideal reader we. This show uses her cozy mystery "Can Be Murder" series as an example.

Resources:

Watch the videoHer BLISS Butterfly Author Success Systems help you now only knowhow to write a book, but you'll actually DO IT!The free Awakened Author Challenge guides you through the process.My books & DVDs on Amazon.

Mindset Masters is an anthology in which 16 individuals from around the world teach Entrepreneur Mindset lessons from our own lives.

Having an entrepreneur mindset is so powerful!. When thinking of how to write a book, most people focus only on the mechanics: what to call the chapters, how many chapters, how long a book, etc.

Sharing your book in a way that feels "right" without being pushy or salesy definitely involves having an entrepreneur mindset.

Resources

Mindset Masters book Develop your entrepreneur mindset in 31 days & watch miracles happen in the Miracle Mindshift Month. Your host is international bestselling author and Celebrity Author Mentor  Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady., who demystifies the technical aspects of being a successful author. Her BLISS Butterfly Author Success System teaches 5 key aspects of B.L.I.S.S.: Being, Legacy, Imprint,Sharing and Serving.

having a strong entrepreneur mindset helps you SERVE  your audience well!

Follow your bliss!

Ronda

Copywriting Training: Best Writing Advice fo rAuthors

As a writer, you may not think about the writing BEYOND your writing... sure, you craft a story, nove, poem or article, and beyond that there are...

flyers

blog posts social media posts titles/subtitles descriptions summaries book covers adverts and more

It's just another way of painting pictures with words.

For many authors, writing itself is a blissful, amazing activity. Then there's everything else that goes with it: publishing, marketing, making money, and on it goes.

Your host is international bestselling author and Celebrity Author Mentor  Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady., who demystifies the technical aspects of being a successful author.

Her BLISS Butterfly Author Success System teaches 5 key aspects of B.L.I.S.S.: Being, Legacy, Imprint,Sharing and Serving.

Get some copywriting training during today's show.

Resources:

Fast Effective Copy copywriting training course

The storm rages. Thunder booms. Lightning strikes down an ancient oak. This is "Lightning's Gift", one of my inspirational poems.

For many authors, writing itself is a blissful, amazing activity. Then there's everything else that goes with it: publishing, marketing, making money, and on it goes.

Follow Your Bliss Radio gives you a snack-sized dose of inspiration, writing advice, book marketing help, product creation ideas, and more.

Your host is international bestselling author and Celebrity Author Mentor  Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady., who demystifies the technical aspects of being a successful author.

Her BLISS Butterfly Author Success System teaches 5 key aspects of B.L.I.S.S.: Being, Legacy, Imprint,Sharing and Serving.

The episodes are short, so you can get back to the fun part of WRITING quickly, with an added dose of knwoledge, and bliss!

What author couldn't use a little help from a book marketing coach? Having a story, poem or chapter in an collection (anthology) makes you a published book author. It also lightens the load of promoting the book.

The trouble is, not every author has an entrepreneur mindset, Not everyone knows how to promote your work. This episode teaches you some quick and powerful ways to talk about your book without sounding pushy or salesy.

The example I'm using (in case you want to follow along and look at the book's page on Amazon) is Mindset Masters

A new program called Teamwork: Book marketing for Anthology Contributors gives more book marketing help.

Resources from today's episode:

Book Marketing tips for anthology authors in Teamwork: Book marketing for Anthology Contributors

More book marketing coachJohn Kremer in Real Fast Book Marketing

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio

have you ever considered the power of guest blogging as a way to extend your network of readers?

Any book author needs to focus on more than merely how to write a book.

You need to reach readers and constantly enlarge your reach to find new readers.

Today's episode gives you fantastic ideas for how to be a terrific guest bloger plus some ideas on how to find places to post.

RESOURCES from today's episode

How to Guest Post for 12 Most

I highly recommend MyBlogGuest

100 Sites to Submit Guest Posts by Brian Keith May

MyBlogGuest — a community of guest bloggers where you can find guest blogging opportunities

How to be a Good Guest Blogger by ProBlogger

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady

Creator of the BLISS Butterfly and the Awakened Author Challenge

One of the most overlooked aspects of how to write a book is the chapter titles. Often, an author is so concerned with the content of the book that she forgets how a reader makes a buying decision:

Front cover back cover table of contents (chapter titles) a look inside

on Amazon, often the reader skips the back cover and goves right from front cover to ToC. So chapter titles are important!

Today's show provides some writing advice for creating sizzling chapter titles.

Resources:

FREE 30 Day Awakened Author Challenge

BLISS Butterfly

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady

My books on AMAZON

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is a master storyteller, and he sees exactly what I tell my authors all the time: there are storytelling ideas EVERYWERE!

Jeff Foxworthy teaches by example that storytelling techniques start with finding humor that proves a point a everyday life situation.

I teach nonfiction authors that 1 of the 7 key ingredients in every chapter of a book is a story. Today's show gives you quick storytelling techniques and tips to help you find storytelling ideas everywhere.

Enjoy the show! Please friend me, follow the show, and give us a rating!

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady

#1 bestselling author and Celebrity Author Mentor

Creator of the BLISS Butterfly & the 30 Day Awakened Author Challenge