In The Happy Writer 33, we look at how major events, like the pandemic, and politics, will inform your fiction, and that it will be hard to avoid to at least mentioning them in passing. But you can also use events and political situations to add colour to your setting and characters.

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In episode 32 of The Happy Writer, I give a list of services that are beneficial to the writing, publishing and selling of books.

Services mentioned are:

For Writing:

Scrivener

Ywriter

For Editing:

ProWritingAid

Grammarly

For formatting:

Vellum

Calibre

Jutoh

Atticus

Draft2Digital

For promotions:

Bookfunnel

StoryOrigin

MyBookCave

Prolific Works

Email list services:

Mailchimp

Mailerlite

Convertkit

Sales tracking:

Scribecount

Booktrakr

For making promotional graphics:

Canva

Bookbrush

Shortlink services:

Books2Read

Prettylinks

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In The Happy Writer 31, we look at the high-end advertising list service Bookbub. New writers are often advised that that is the panacea of list-based advertisers, but the cost is very steep. Are you likely to earn your money back, and how do you optimise your listing when you get accepted?

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In episode 30 of The Happy Writer, we talk about whether you should open accounts with all the retailers direct or use an aggregator. We go through the pros and cons of each and talk about some of the considerations.

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The Happy Writer 29 looks at what to do when you're unhappy with the results you get from your newsletter emails. What are the causes and what can you do to increase the number of sales you get? What should you consider?

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The Happy Writer 28 looks at print books. Where to upload your books, what to consider and about the traditional publishing industry and their model for distributing print books.

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As soon as you publish your book, it's probably going to pirated.

Why would pirates steal books from completely unknown writers, and do you need to worry about it. What are the types of piracy that will cause problems for you?

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The Happy Writer 26 looks at social media. Do you need to be on all of it? Is it necessary? Why should you be on social media? What are the considerations?

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In The Happy Writer 25, we dispel a few notions about building your mailing list through giveaways. These promotions, where readers sign up in order to get something for free, often get a bad name. But is the reputation deserved?

What do you need to know about these giveaways and how should you treat the subscribers you get from them?

Listen and find out.

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All writers deal with comparisonitis at least at some stage in their career, or even continuously. It's horrible and can be debilitating, even kill your love of writing. What can you do about it?

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