Self Publishing Journeys

After gaining a New Zealand Certificate in Science, Wendy Scott worked in a variety of different laboratories in New Zealand and Australia in the fields of salt, meat, dairy and wine.

While living in Adelaide, she spotted a course on Novel Writing offered by WEA.

She signed up immediately and made a commitment there and then that she would write a fantasy novel.

Wendy then completed other creative writing courses, joined the South Australia Writers’ Centre and published her first novel - Ferrasium.

Find Out More:

Wendy's website: http://www.wendyjscott.com/

Follow Wendy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wendyjaynescott

Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-scott-366a6749

Wendy's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWendyScott

Wendy's Hieroglyph website: http://www.hieroglyph.ws/

Wendy's WJ Scott website: https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenAuthorWJScott

Wendy's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGVKpSHYM4zzXcJWoWrcDQ

Talking points:

WEA in Australia: https://www.wea-sa.com.au/

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/

The Wishing Shelf Awards: http://www.thewsa.co.uk/ (listen to my interview with the creator of The Wishing Shelf Awards, Edward Trayer, here: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/episode-32-edward-trayer/)

Readers' Favorite Award: https://readersfavorite.com/

This is an example of the star logo that Readers' Favorite gave me for a 5-start review, which you can read here.

Scrivener, writing software: http://paulteague.com/scrivener [My affiliate link]

Mailchimp for email marketing: https://mailchimp.com/

ACX.com for audiobook creation and slaes: http://www.acx.com/

1) ALLi Author Fringe promos have begun now.

Find out more about the event on Saturday 18th March: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/lbf-indie-author-fringe-2017-speakers/

2) My Thrillers are now on pre-release, I've received my notifications that the books have to be ready by 19th March even though they're released on 23rd March.

Don't get caught out by this, you can lose the option to use pre-releases for a year if you don't hit the correct deadline date.

3) My InstaFreebie Giveaway event - first try!

My Giveaway page: https://freebie-books.com/

The leaderboard: https://freebie-books.com/leaderboard/

Promo images that I have made available to participants: https://freebie-books.com/giveaway-promotional-images/

The clicks are content between 8am on Monday 6th March until 8pm Sunday 12th March.

4) My new Amazon Author page for the thrillers: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-J.-Teague/e/B06XBLSL6Q/

5) Details of the Crime & Publishment event that I'm attending next week: http://www.crimeandpublishment.co.uk/

6) Frostbite Publishing which I'm trying out as a formatting service for my 3 x thrillers: http://www.frostbitepublishing.com/

7) This week's writing progress:

The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-indies-on-the-curriculum/

Russell Holden is a book designer with over 15 years of graphic design experience.

He manages layout, page design, creating covers, interiors and even photo tweaking for all book genres.

Russell’s services are listed on the Reedsy site and he runs his Pixel Tweaks imprint from the Lake District, helping authors to get their pages out out of Word and into printed form.

Russell has also self-published his own book and helped to publish more than 30 other books alongside indie authors.

Find Out More:

The Pixel Tweaks Publications website: http://pixeltweakspublications.com/

Russell’s Reedsy profile: https://reedsy.com/russell-holden

Pixel Tweaks Publications on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pixeltweakspublications

Connect with Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellholden

Pixel Tweaks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pxtwx

Bone-anchored hearing aid/BAHA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone-anchored_hearing_aid

Russell’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/My-Acoustic-Nemesis-Russell-K-Holden/0993467970/

Zamzar file convertor: http://www.zamzar.com/

Lightning Source: http://www.ingramcontent.com/publishers/lp/lightning-source

Ingram Spark: http://www.ingramspark.com/

InDesign: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/indesign.html

Nielson ISBN orders: http://www.isbn.nielsenbook.co.uk/controller.php?page=121

Widows & Orphans explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widows_and_orphans

Russell’s Reedsy page: https://reedsy.com/russell-holden

1) This week's writing progress = 5201 words, taking The Murder Place up to over 36k words now.

The first draft should be written by 17th March now, if I can turn around editing fast enough, I hope to release this book on 3rd May.

2) New subscribers since February 1st, all due to my use of InstaFreebie:

Get InstaFreebie: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link]

My Instafreebie promo page for my 6-12 March event - don't share yet please :-) https://freebie-books.com/

3) The Alli Author Fringe (online) event: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/5-week-countdown-to-indie-author-fringe/

Alliance of Independent Authors: https://paulteague.com/ALLI [My affiliate link]

4) My book pre-sales book listings on Amazon:

Don't Tell Meg: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWFJLC3/

The Murder Place: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWPFCQ7/

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

Email response from Kindle Scout:

6) I highly recommend Vellum for formatting your ebooks: https://vellum.pub/

If you use a PC, here is how you can access Vellum without a MAC: https://paulteague.com/how-to-use-vellum-on-a-pc/

7) I've decided to have a go at getting my thrillers formatted for Createspace - I'm taking http://www.frostbitepublishing.com/ out for a spin ... I'll let you know how it goes :-)

The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-starting-out/

Falsely accused of arson and manslaughter and thrown in a Spanish jail, David P Perlmutter turned real life drama into a full-time writing career following the success of his debut novel ‘Wrong Place Wrong Time’.

After the success of this novel David decided to share with other indie self-published authors his guide to getting his novel to the #1 spot in True Crime on Amazon’s USA Chart.

David has since gone on to write two more ‘My Way’ books ‘My Way Too’ and ‘My Way Free – Trending on Twitter.’

He recently signed a publishing contract with Austin Macaulay which offers a hybrid publishing model.

Find Out More:

David's website: http://www.davidpperlmutter.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davepperlmutter

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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpperlmutter

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6333276.David_P_Perlmutter

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-P-Perlmutter/e/B0089Y9DW0

Interview with David at IndieAuthorLand: http://www.indieauthorland.com/archives/113/Kindle-eBook/interview-with-david-p-perlmutter-author-of-wrong-place-wrong-time/

Interview Talking Points:

David's LinkedIn articles: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/0_3kK4JMi5chT5POxIAwFUNL

David's Waterstone's page: https://www.waterstones.com/book/wrong-place-wrong-time/david-p-perlmutter/9781786936271

David's Austin Macauley page: http://www.austinmacauley.com/author/perlmutter-david-p

1) This week's writing is being done on Saturday - I'll post my progress image here once it's done :-)

2) My InstaFreebie book links:

This is the InstaFreebie giveaway that I'm taking part in: http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/

I'm using Pretty Link for my tracking links [My affiliate link]

I have added over 350 new subscribers into just two of my lists in the past 7 days:

Get InstaFreebie: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link]

My promo page - don't share yet please :-)https://freebie-books.com/

3) The Alli Author Fringe (online) event: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/5-week-countdown-to-indie-author-fringe/

Alliance of Independent Authors: https://paulteague.com/ALLI [My affiliate link]

4) The Author School event on 13th March: https://www.facebook.com/TheAuthorSchool/

5) The Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester on Saturday 22nd April: https://selfpublishingconference.org.uk/

6) Iain Rob Wright, who I'm interviewing next week: http://www.iainrobwright.com/

David Penny is the author of the Thomas Berrington Historical Mystery series set in Southern Spain during the final tumultuous years of Moorish rule.

Three books are currently available in that series with a fourth, The Incubus, being released in early 2017.

When not writing or conducting research trips in Andalusia, David is Technical Manager for ALLi – The Alliance of Independent Authors.

He is also part of the team that runs the Indie Author Fringe events three times a year.

David's website: https://www.davidpennywriting.com/

Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidpenny_

David's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/davidpennyauthor/

David's Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Penny/e/B0034Q1INU

David's Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8081436.David_Penny

Talking points:

David's interview with The Alliance of Independent Authors: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/sunday-success-stories-how-i-do-it-my-indie-author-adventure-by-david-penny/

David's case study on Joanna Penn's blog explaining his Facebook advertising strategy: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2016/11/24/facebooks-ads-beginner/

David's cover designer, Jessica Bell: https://www.jessicabellauthor.com/

Damonza book covers: https://damonza.com/

See David's 1970's sci-fi books: https://www.davidpennywriting.com/books/

The Harrogate Crime Festival: https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime-writing-festival/

Amazon ACX for audiobooks: https://www.acx.com/

Joanne Penn: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/ [Recommended source of indie author guidance]

CrimeFest: https://www.crimefest.com/

Mark Dawson's Facebook Advertising For Authors course: https://www.selfpublishingformula.com/facebook-advertising-for-authors/ [I have paid for this course and found it extremely beneficial]

The Alliance of Independent Authors: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/ALLi [My affiliate link, highly recommended!]

1) This week's writing progress - I'm now 50% of the way through Dead of Night :-)

2) My InstaFreebie book links:

The Grid 1 on InstaFreebie: https://instafreebie.com/free/PgVtL

The Secret Bunker 1 on InstaFreebie: https://instafreebie.com/free/pnClt

Get InstaFreebie: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link]

A couple of things that I forgot to mention!

Author cross-promotion site (for InstaFreebie): https://www.authorsxp.com

The Grid 1 listing (for InstaFreebie promos): https://www.authorsxp.com/add-my-book/young-adult/1236-the-grid-1-fall-of-justice

The Secret Bunker 1 listing (for InstaFreebie promos): https://www.authorsxp.com/add-my-book/young-adult/1237-the-secret-bunker-1-darkness-falls

Mark Dawson's Facebook Genre Groups: http://info.selfpublishingformula.com/facebook-genre-groups

3) My Goodreads author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1074408.Paul_Teague [My affiliate link]

4) Quickbooks Self-Employed - recommended tool for UK self-employed authors: http://paulteague.com/QBooks

5) Carlisle's Borderlines Book Festival: http://www.borderlinescarlisle.co.uk/

6) My self-publishing training site: http://self-publishing-academy.com/

7) Alliance of Independent Authors: http://paulteague.com/ALLI [My affiliate link]

8) GoToWebinar - the best webinar tool: https://www.gotomeeting.com/en-gb/webinar

Keith Dixon has been writing since he was thirteen years old in a number of different genres: thriller, espionage, science fiction, literary.

He’s the author of seven novels in the Sam Dyke Investigations series and two other non-crime works, as well as two collections of blog posts on the craft of writing.

His most recent book, the crime thriller Storey, was published in October 2016.

The first of his crime novels, Altered Life, is currently available in Portuguese and shortly in Spanish.

The second, The Private Lie, is now available in Italian and soon in Portuguese.

The book Actress is available in Chinese, Spanish and Italian. and was also number 1 in the Women’s Fiction free download section.

1) This week's writing progress - 5092 words written with a 21,076 total to date:

This is the book that I'm writing:

2) My rejection this week was from Moth books: https://themoth.org/books

3) Instafreebie: http://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link]

4) Zapier (used for moving leads from Mailchimp to GetResponse): https://zapier.com

5) Mailchimp: http://www.paulteague.com/mailchimp-ar [My affiliate link]

I use this for training purposes, it's great for beginners but as you build your list you'll probably want to progress to another tool.

GetResponse: http://www.paulteague.com/getresponse [My affiliate link]

This is the email marketing service that I've used for several years.

6) ACX for audiobooks: http://www.acx.com/

7) Vellum: https://vellum.pub/

My article about using Vellum on a PC rather than a Mac: http://www.paulteague.com/how-to-use-vellum-on-a-pc/

8) Alliance of Independent Authors - highly recommended for all indie authors! http://self-publishing-journeys.com/ALLi [My affiliate link]

9) Another tax update sorted, with 0% retention in the USA:

The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-around-the-world/