Why Every Author Should Read Daily
Becoming a better author isn’t always directly related to improving your writing skills. While there are many beneficial workshops, courses, and activities that are designed to hone an individual’s writing abilities, there is an overlooked method to sharpen your...
2017: The Year of D2D
As 2017 winds down, we wanted to take a minute to reflect—to take a breath, to remember what came, what went, and what it all meant, for us and for the indie author community. This was a pretty big year for indies, of course. And Draft2Digital was excited to be a part...
How to Increase Your Efficiency with Self Publishing Software
NOTE: This week's post about Self-Publishing Software comes from Dave Chesson, the Kindle Marketing Jedi behind KDP Rocket and Kindlepreneur.com It’s always important to seek out a better way of carrying out your self-publishing process. For most of us, there are many...
WARNING! Launch Trough Ahead!
NOTE: This week's post about the author launch trough comes to you from guest blogger Joe Solari, author of the Business Owner’s Compendium. Every author’s journey begins with the launch of a book. Understanding the economics of a book launch, then planning and...
Chekhov’s Gun: Using Story Details Strategically
What did you have for breakfast on May 27th, 2015? This detail may just save your life. Or it could just be a random fact that you may or may not remember. Maybe you noted it somewhere, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you have an eidetic memory for breakfast foods. That’s a...
Going Mobile – Writing from Anywhere, Any Time
For the past four days, my internet service provider (who shall remain unnamed) has had a major outage. It’s impacting a large portion of the country, I’m told, and there’s no word on when it will be restored. And, by sheer coincidence, my laptop and phone have lost...
