Indie Author Magazine Featuring Elana Johnson: Indie Author Magazine, #9

By Chelle Honiker and Alice Briggs

Custom Launch Plans for Wide Writers, Substack for Authors, Rapid Release Explained, 10 Tips for Kickstarter, and Getting the Word Out

Congratulations! You just hit publish and you're ready for the sales to roll in… or are you? Did you have a launch plan? Does anyone aside from your one supportive friend know you published? 

You need a launch strategy. And fast. One that covers all the bases and gives your book its best chance of success before it falls off the release cliff.     

★ In this issue of Indie Author Magazine, you'll learn what strategies best selling indie authors use to maximize their sales and success. ★ 

Read the three key release strategy articles: 

✓ Full of Fanfare: Getting the Word Out about Your Book

✓ Rocket Fuel Doesn't Come in a Can: Why Wide Authors Need A Custom Launch Plan

✓ Rapid Release to Rapid Riches? What's Working and What's Not

You'll also meet Elana Johnson - the quick-writing queen of over 160 titles in four pen names, and legendary leader of the indie Inspiration Facebook Group.

Plus:

• Industry Insider Jackie Dana deciphers SUBSTACK - everything you need to get started writing paid episodic stories delivered to readers via email. 
• Our sassy advice-giving aunt, ★ Indie Annie ★ unravels the geek-speak around ads acronyms and their meaning. ACOS, anyone?
• The Commotion of Notion: Keep writing workflows organized with an ingenious app
• Women's Fiction: What readers expect and how it differs from Romance
• Walking the Wire: How to add tension to your story and manage conflict. 
• Devil in the Details: Using Feng Shui to Frame Your Magical System
• Ten Tips for Kickstarter: How authors can fund projects and writing.
• Pomodoro Pro-Tips: How to use the method to squeeze every word onto the page.
• Mindset: Avoid overwhelm with this step-by-step approach to your career
• Couldn't attend the 20Booksto50K Conference in Las Vegas? Here's your comprehensive conference wrap-up from more than two dozen attendees!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chelle Honiker
• Release date: Jan 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201597740

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Indie Author Magazine: Featuring Elana Johnson

Custom Launch Plans for Wide Writers, Substack for Authors, Rapid Release Explained, 10 Tips for Kickstarter, and Getting the Word Out

Chelle Honiker, Alice Briggs

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In This Issue

1. Meet Indie Annie

2. Indie Author Magazine: Featuring Elana Johnson

Custom Launch Plans for Wide Writers, Substack for Authors, Rapid Release Explained, 10 Tips for Kickstarter, and Getting the Word Out

TYPEWRITER TALES

3. Drowning in a Sea of Distractions

How to Take Control Again

4. From the Managing Editor

Daring to Lose Sight of the Shore

5. Substack for Authors

FEATURED AUTHOR

6. Making a Name for Herself

How Elana Johnson—and Liz Isaacson, Jessie Newton, and Donna Jeffries—Left Traditional Publishing to Inspire Indie Success

7. MONTHLY TOPICS

8. Rapid Release to Rapid Riches?

9. Full of Fanfare

Getting the Word Out About Your Book

10. Rocket Fuel Doesn’t Come in a Can

Why Wide Authors Need A Custom Launch Plan

THE WRITE FILES: BOOKS AND PODCASTS WE LOVE

11. From the Stacks: Books We Love

12. Technology Tools

13. Podcasts We Recommend

TECHNOLOGY

14. The Commotion of Notion

Organizing the Workflows of Writing

15. GENRE TROPES

16. What Is Women’s Fiction?

INDIE ANNIE

17. Innumerate in Indiana Writes...

Dear Indie Annie

CRAFT

18. Walking the Wire

Adding Tension to Your Stories

BUSINESS

19. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

A Recap of the 20Books Vegas 2021 Conference

DEVIL IN THE DETAILS

20. The Balance of Magic

Using Feng Shui to Frame Your Magic System

MARKETING

21. Ten Tips for Kickstarter

HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND MINDSET

22. One Step at a Time

23. Getting the Most from Your Writing Time

Before You Go

Meet Indie Annie

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Indie Author Magazine: Featuring Elana Johnson

Custom Launch Plans for Wide Writers, Substack for Authors, Rapid Release Explained, 10 Tips for Kickstarter, and Getting the Word Out

Congratulations! You just hit publish and you’re ready for the sales to roll in… or are you? Did you have a launch plan? Does anyone aside from your one supportive friend know you published? 

You need a launch strategy. And fast. One that covers all the bases and gives your book its best chance of success before it falls off the release cliff.    

★ In this issue of Indie Author Magazine, you’ll learn what strategies best selling indie authors use to maximize their sales and success. ★ 

Read the three key release strategy articles: 

✓ Full of Fanfare: Getting the Word Out about Your Book

✓ Rocket Fuel Doesn’t Come in a Can: Why Wide Authors Need A Custom Launch Plan

✓ Rapid Release to Rapid Riches? What’s Working and What’s Not

You’ll also meet Elana Johnson - the quick-writing queen of over 160 titles in four pen names, and legendary leader of the indie Inspiration Facebook Group.

Plus:

Industry Insider Jackie Dana deciphers SUBSTACK - everything you need to get started writing paid episodic stories delivered to readers via email. 

Our sassy advice-giving aunt, ★ Indie Annie ★unravels the geek-speak around ads acronyms and their meaning. ACOS, anyone?

The Commotion of Notion: Keep writing workflows organized with an ingenious app

Women’s Fiction: What readers expect and how it differs from Romance

Walking the Wire: How to add tension to your story and manage conflict. 

Devil in the Details: Using Feng Shui to Frame Your Magical System

Ten Tips for Kickstarter: How authors can fund projects and writing.

Pomodoro Pro-Tips: How to use the method to squeeze every word onto the page.

Mindset: Avoid overwhelm with this step-by-step approach to your career

Couldn’t attend the 20Booksto50K Conference in Las Vegas? Here’s your comprehensive conference wrap-up from more than two dozen attendees!

TYPEWRITER TALES

Each month we bring you insights and letters from our executive team and industry insiders.

Drowning in a Sea of Distractions

How to Take Control Again

Like many creatives, I suffer from a terminal case of bright shiny object syndrome. I see ideas everywhere, and run after them like a puppy chasing a ball, leaving old ones by the wayside.

I’ve also developed the terrible habit of stopping (too) often to check email, social media notifications, or reply to text messages.

Adding to the mix is the endless noise of technology interruptions. The stream of notifications from eight devices beep, ding, and chime so often they’ve lost their purpose. I ignore them.

Then I wonder why my word count is disastrously low and the task list remains unfinished.

Allow me to sum up this