Indie Author Magazine: Featuring Dr. Danielle and Dakota Krout The Business of Self-Publishing, Growing Your Author Business Through Outsourcing, and Step-by-Step Planning to be a Full-Time Writer.: Indie Author Magazine, #6

By Chelle Honiker and Alice Briggs

Taking charge of your indie author career comes with a whole new set of challenges. You're not just a writer, you're a publisher, marketer, administrative assistant, social media guru, and publicist. And that's just on Monday. 

 

How do some indie authors manage to do it all?   

 

★ In this issue of Indie Author Magazine, you'll learn ways to optimize and streamline your author business without breaking the bank or burning out. 

Read the three key business articles: 

 

✓ How and When to Go Full-Time, Plus Your Action Plan for Making the Leap

✓ What You Need to Do To Safeguard your work as part of your estate -- before it's too late!

✓How to Beat Burnout and Grow Your Team With Outsourcing

 

In this issue of Indie Author Magazine, you'll learn all about the business of being an authorpreneur, and meet Dr. Danielle and Dakota Krout, the couple behind Mountaindale Press, the indie publisher shaping the industry. 

 

Plus...

Our sassy advice-giving aunt, ★ Indie Annie ★ shares sage advice for overcoming your fear of finishing… 

From the Stacks: our business picks for indie authors from Bradley Charbonneau, Steven Pressman, Joe Solari, Becca Syme and Joanna Penn.

Praiseworthy Podcasts you need to bookmark and listen to every week.

The technology tools the top-selling authors use -- plus video tutorials!

What gives Horror readers nightmares? Learn the tropes that work. 

Step-by-Step Guide to covering  your book's backside with a full wrap cover for print.

All you need to know about firearms basics for fiction authors.

Ten Tips for Discord -- the app where great conversations take place.

How to ensure that the tax man cometh, but not leave with more than his fair share.

Part two of how to kick Imposter Syndrome to the curb.

Have you chosen the right narrator? Here's your guide to writing with the right point of view. 

BONUS: Merri Maywether shares her checklist for Preptober - the all-important month indie authors use to prepare for the NaNoWriMo marathon.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Athenia Creative Services, LLC
• Release date: Sep 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201065485

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Indie Author Magazine

Indie Author Magazine: Featuring Dr. Danielle and Dakota Krout

The Business of Self-Publishing, How to Outsource, and Step-by-Step Planning to be a Full-Time Writer.

First published by Athenia Creative Services, LLC 2021

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Contents

I. ABOUT THIS VERSION OF INDIE AUTHOR MAGAZINE

The Business of Writing

II. TYPEWRITER TALES

Graciously Critical: How to Look Back to Move Ahead

Consider The Bigger Picture of Business

It’s Time For Your Daring Adventure

III. FEATURED SUBJECTS

From the Ground Up: Meet the Couple Behind Mountaindale Press, The Indie Publisher Shaping The GameLit Genre

IV. BUSINESS

A Writer’s Legacy: Safeguarding Your Estate Before It’s Too Late

Business Shifts: Beat Burnout and Grow Your Team With Outsourcing

Defying Gravity: The Foolproof Plan to Make Your Full-Time Leap

V. THE WRITE FILES

From the Stacks: Books We Recommend

Podcasts We Recommend

VI. TECHNOLOGY

Leaving Money On The Table:Is the Tax Office Getting More than Their Fair Share?

VII. GENRE TROPES

Stake Your Claim as a ‘Horrifying’ Success: How Writers of Chilling Tales Can Give Readers Nightmares

VIII. ASK INDIE ANNIE

Pressured in Peterborough Writes They Have a Fear of Finishing

IX. CRAFT

Finding The Right Narrator: A Breakdown of the Common Storytelling Points of View

X. DESIGN

Cover Your Book’s Backside: Creating a Full Wrap for Print Without Tears

XI. DEVIL IN THE DETAILS

All Fired Up: Firearms Basics for Fiction Authors

XII. MARKETING

10 Tips for Discord

XIII. INSIDER INSIGHTS

Pumpkin Spice Preptober Prepare yourself for the marathon that is NaNoWriMo

XIV. HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND MINDSET

You Named It, Now REFRAME It: More Strategies for Tackling Imposter Syndrome

Light Up Your Writing Brain with Healthy Snacks: How to Eat Your Way to Creativity

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About This Version of Indie Author Magazine

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The Business of Writing

Taking charge of your indie author career comes with a whole new set of challenges. You’re not just a writer, you’re a publisher, marketer, administrative assistant, social media guru, and publicist. And that’s just on Monday.

How do some indie authors manage to do it all?

★ In this issue of Indie Author Magazine, you’ll learn ways to optimize and streamline your author business without breaking the bank or burning out.

Read the three key business articles:

✓ When and How to Go Full-Time, Plus Your Action Plan for Making the Leap.

✓ How To Safeguard your work as part of your estate — before it’s too late…

✓Steps to Beat Burnout and Grow Your Team With Outsourcing.

Meet Dr. Danielle and Dakota Krout, the couple behind Mountaindale Press, the indie publisher shaping the industry.

Plus…

Our sassy advice-giving aunt, ★ Indie Annie ★ shares sage advice for overcoming your fear of finishing…

From the Stacks: our business picks for indie authors from Bradley Charbonneau, Steven Pressman, Joe Solari, Becca Syme and Joanna Penn.

Praiseworthy Podcasts you need to bookmark and listen to every week.

The technology tools the top-selling authors use — plus video tutorials!

What gives Horror readers nightmares? Learn the tropes that work.

Step-by-Step Guide to covering your book’s backside with a full wrap cover for print.

All you need to know about firearms basics for fiction authors.

Ten Tips for Discord — the app where great conversations take place.

How to ensure that the tax man cometh, but not leave with more than his fair share.

Part two of how to kick Imposter Syndrome to the curb.

Have you chosen the right narrator? Here’s your guide to writing with the right point of view.

BONUS: Merri Maywether shares her checklist for Preptober - the all-important month indie authors use to prepare for the NaNoWriMo marathon.

Please enjoy this article-only version of Indie Author Magazine on your e-reader, and explore our expanded versions:

Full-Color Magazine Print

iOS App from the Apple Store

Android App via Google Play

Interactive Website, which includes a large Flipbook version

Audio Podcast

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Typewriter Tales

Our executive team offers a bit of perspective and insight into the issue.

This month we share thoughts on looking back in order to look ahead, how to consider the bigger picture of your author business, and embracing your daring adventure.

Read more typewriter tales on our website >>

Graciously Critical: How to Look Back to Move Ahead

Chelle Honiker

When I was sixteen years old and had recently experienced my first real romantic heartbreak, my stepmother gave me a