Catching up with a newly self-published sci-fi/dystopian author

Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 26th August, 2017.

This diary charts my self-publishing journey - the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.

Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.

Editing, Writing, Podcast & Blogging

Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 19th August, 2017.

This diary charts my self-publishing journey - the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.

Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.

Joseph Alexander has been a guitarist and expert music tutor for over 20 years.

His tuition books are published in four languages and have sold over thousands of copies to widespread critical acclaim.

Recently his books passed £1,000,000 in revenue and he is currently writing a guide book to self-publishing for authors.

Joseph travels constantly and has lived in many countries, choosing to build a location-free online business.

Find Out More:

Website: hhttp://www.fundamental-changes.com/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Alexander/e/B008VW6Q0M

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jopheza

Twitter: https://twitter.com/guitar_joseph

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/guitarcheshire

Interview Talking Points:

1) Mailchimp - email marketing software: https://mailchimp.com/

2) Ian Sutherland's Author Platform Sidekick service: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/APS

3) Joseph's (possibly) forthcoming Self-Publishing guide: http://www.self-published.co.uk/

4) It's a tiny picture, but this image shows the dominance of Joseph's books on Amazon ... the majority of those titles belong to him!

Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 12th August, 2017.

This diary charts my self-publishing journey - the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.

Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.

James P. Sumner writes a series of action thrillers about a former soldier-turned-hitman named Adrian Hell.

He's worked in every type of office environment you can think of – insurance, banking, mobile phones, telesales … you name it, he's done it.

In July 2013, he began work on his first novel and eventually self-published his debut thriller, True Conviction, on Amazon, where it has now been downloaded over 300,000 times.

He is a member of the Crime Writers Association, and saw his fifth novel, A Necessary Kill, selected as a winner in the 2015 Kindle Scout Program, winning him a publishing contract with one of Amazon's imprints.

Find Out More:

Website: http://www.jamespsumner.com/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/James-P.-Sumner/e/B00ICL7TIK

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamespsumner/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefirsthellion

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7833853.James_P_Sumner

Instafreebie: https://www.instafreebie.com/discover/author/801/james_p_sumner

Interview with James: http://thisiswriting.com/author-interviews-james-p-sumner-and-a-necessary-kill/

Interview Talking Points:

1) Calibre e-book software: https://calibre-ebook.com/

2) Scivener writing software: https://paulteague.com/scrivener [My affiliate link]

3) Nick Stephenson's website: http://www.blog.yourfirst10kreaders.com/

4) Joanna Penn's website: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/

5) Bookfunnel: https://bookfunnel.com/  [Makes it really easy to deliver free e-books to readers]

6) Instafreebie:

7) Jimmy Gibbs on Fiverr.com: https://www.fiverr.com/jimmygibbs [Jimmy designs James' covers]

8) Find out more about Mark Dawson: https://selfpublishingformula.com/

9) The Crime Writer's Association: https://thecwa.co.uk/

10) Kindle Scout: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/

Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 5th August, 2017.

This diary charts my self-publishing journey - the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.

Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.

Meg Cowley was first interviewed in episode 3 of this podcast, in April 2016.

At that time Meg was experiencing her biggest success in self-publishing having created a series aof adult colouring books which were selling very well.

However, the bottom dropped out of that market and Meg had to so a very sharp pivot to set her writing career back on track.

Prior to the breakkthrough with the adult colouring books, Meg had written two young-adult ‘sword and sorcery' novels and two illustrated children's books.

She's now returned to writing fiction but is still using her artistic skills to generate an author income.

Find Out More:

Website: https://www.megcowley.co.uk/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meg-Cowley/e/B00M6BQ0PA/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/megcowley/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/meg_cowley

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1NeaBtI2bInpE4NbP-hxAg

1) Me and Meg in Manchester when we attended Amazon Academy:

2) Meg's creative roadmap (Jan-April): http://blog.megcowley.com/2017/05/04/2017-creative-roadmap-january-april-progress/

3) Meg's 2017 creative roadmap http://blog.megcowley.com/blog/2017/01/03/2017-creative-roadmap-my-2017-plans-for-success/

4) Meg's reflection on 2016 http://blog.megcowley.com/blog/2016/12/31/reflections-on-2016/

5) Meg's blog post on quitting her day-job: http://blog.megcowley.com/blog/2016/11/17/quitddj/

6) Meg's 2 year milestone http://blog.megcowley.com/blog/2016/08/04/2yrmilestone/

7) Michael Anderle: http://kurtherianbooks.com/

Also see 20BooksTo50k https://www.facebook.com/groups/781495321956934/ [Highly recommended!]

Here are details of the London event:

8) MailerLite: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/ML [Recommended email marketing tool - my affiliate link]

9) Meg's book cover creation service: http://bookcovers.megcowley.com/

Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 29th July, 2017.

This diary charts my self-publishing journey - the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.

Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.