Identify your biggest obstacle to building a sustainable, income-generating author business you love — Identify the thing that’s holding you back and begin working through or around that. That, authors, is your very next step to making a difference in reaching your author goals. As a former independent book publisher and current publishing consultant/author coach, I’ve been documenting and categorizing for the last six…

Something you can learn, develop, and enjoy at your own pace and desired level of intensity — Here are some of the varied collections of hobbies of particular adults I know. Hobbies they have have invested loads of time and energy in. Hobbies that bring great enjoyment and deep satisfaction. Hobbies they have developed to different degrees of intensity and level of skill over the years. …

Evaluate your engagement periodically to keep your marketing on track — “Without engagement, social media is just media.” — Mike Eckstein As authors, solopros, and creative small business owners, we want to extract the maximum punch from every dollar, cover as many bases with as few steps as possible. We float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, until the next…

Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 1 of 7: Know It’s Possible Test this working framework and gain your own firsthand experienceslowcharacter.medium.com Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 2 of 7: Make the Commitment Take yourself and your book and your career seriously, one day at a timeslowcharacter.medium.com Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 3 of 7: Customize to Fit Your… 8 ways to make book marketing and sales way better for youslowcharacter.medium.com

Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 1 of 7: Know It’s Possible Test this working framework and gain your own firsthand experienceslowcharacter.medium.com Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 2 of 7: Make the Commitment Take yourself and your book and your career seriously, one day at a timeslowcharacter.medium.com Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 3 of 7: Customize to Fit Your… 8 ways to make book marketing and sales way better for youslowcharacter.medium.com

Here’s a “problem” you and your knowledge may be able to solve — Idon’t always notice business trends, but when I do, I think, authors should, could, try that… Most recent was beverage pairing events. A cybersecurity firm hosted a wine tasting in which it paired education on various aspects of cybersecurity — phishing, social engineering, ransomware, et al. — with wines it…

Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 1 of 7: Know It’s Possible Test this working framework and gain your own firsthand experienceslowcharacter.medium.com Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 2 of 7: Make the Commitment Take yourself and your book and your career seriously, one day at a timeslowcharacter.medium.com Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 3 of 7: Customize to Fit Your… 8 ways to make book marketing and sales way better for youslowcharacter.medium.com

A new interpretation reveals a solid business strategy and endless options to cultivate — I want to suggest that as an author, you should consider yourself a solopreneur, a business of one. Then I want to stress that as a solopreneur, you are a real entrepreneur. …

It has worked for me and others multiple times — This article is short and sweet but its formula delivers. You may know by now that numbers and the numbers game make their way from time to time into my author business and book marketing advice. (Jump to the end of this piece for examples.) Things quantitative may not be…