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Peter Mulraney
Category:
Reference
Type: Non-Fiction
Copyright: May 28, 2017
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
Insights into the world of writing and self-publishing.
Field notes from the experience of self-publishing 25 books
Are you thinking about writing a book but you’re not sure how to go about it? Not sure if you have the time?
Maybe you’ve written one. Now you want to know what to do next.
These field notes from the author of 25 self-published books will help you take that next step or decide to write that book.
Peter Mulraney gives you his insights into:
- Writing A Book With A Day Job
- The secret to becoming a great writer.
- Project management for self-published authors
- Writing a series as a marketing strategy
- Self-Promotion for Indie Authors.
- Productivity - a question of awareness
- A look at self-editing
- Self-Publishing: It's a profession, not a hobby.
- 13 useful resources for writers
- Writing a non-fiction book
- My writer’s toolkit
- Setting up Microsoft Word
- Beware the vultures
- Repurposing content
Want to know more?
Download now and start working towards your dream of being a self-published author.
Excerpt
Introduction
Stepping into the arena as a self-published or independent author is a huge step for anyone.
When you self-publish, you risk a lot more than failure. You risk absolute humiliation.
By publishing a book or blog post, you proclaim to the world that you believe what you have to offer as a writer is of value. When you publish a book, you’re asking people to pay for the privilege of reading what you have written.
Publishing a book is exciting, but there is always the chance the launch of your book will be greeted with silence. Pretty scary stuff for most of us mere mortals.
I made the decision to self-publish in 2013, when I published my first novel, After. A few people bought it when it was launched. The great part is people are still buying it.
I have published a few more books since then. You’ll find the complete list at the end of the book.
When you read that list, you’ll notice I’m a little different from most writers. I write crime fiction, non-fiction, and body, mind, spirit books. I’ve even designed some journals and colouring books.
I started writing while I was still working full-time as a public servant. In fact, I spent a lot of time at work writing. I wrote procedures for tax auditors and reports for project managers, but I didn’t consider myself a writer until I finally decided to write the book I’d been dreaming about writing for nearly twenty years. If that sounds like your story, rest assured there’s still time to write your book if you want to - but it will not write itself!
It’s only when you publish your first book that you realize there is a lot more to this self-published author business than you thought. Not only do you have to write the books, you have to market them, and engage with your readers to create an audience for your body of work.
To be honest, there is a lot to learn. That’s where this book of field notes comes in. With these notes, you can take advantage of my field experiences on the way to becoming a successful writer.
Inside you’ll find a summary of what I have learnt as a writer, some insights on the process of being a self-published author, a list of resources I found useful and some knowledge I hope you’ll find useful on project management, on writing a non-fiction book, and using MS Word.
Some of these field notes started life as blog posts for bookmarketingtools.com, although you might not recognise them now. Others started as notes for friends and some were written for this book.
Self-publishing is a lot of fun. You’ll meet people from all over the world and, if you reach out, you’ll discover there’s a big community of like-minded people out there willing to help you succeed.
A word of warning. Like all information, what you’ll read here will be interesting, but it won’t be of any value to you unless you take action and put this knowledge to work for you.
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