Indie Author Confidential 14: Indie Author Confidential, #14

By M.L. Ronn

The ground-breaking, behind-the-scenes look at a working writer continues with Vol. 14!

 

Prolific writer M.L. Ronn (Michael La Ronn) shares his lessons learned on his journey to become a successful writer. You'll discover writing, marketing, business, and other miscellaneous tips that you don't hear every day.

 

Covered in this volume:
•    How focusing on mindset was critical to Michael's success this quarter
•    How Michael improved his vocabulary and improved the depth of his writing
•    An important contingency plan Michael built
•    More thoughts on AI
•    and more!

 

The information in this book is what writers discuss over beers at writing conferences. You may find it useful on your journey to becoming a successful writer. It just might make you more money and help you satisfy your readers, too.

 

Are you ready to dive into the world of Indie Author Confidential?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Author Level Up LLC
• Release date: Dec 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9798885511469

M.L. Ronn

Science fiction and fantasy on the wild side! M.L. Ronn (Michael La Ronn) is the author of many science fiction and fantasy novels including the Modern Necromancy, The Last Dragon Lord, and Sword Bear Chronicle series. In 2012, a life-threatening illness made him realize that storytelling was his #1 passion. He’s devoted his life to writing ever since, making up whatever story makes him fall out of his chair laughing the hardest. Every day.

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Indie Author Confidential 14

INDIE AUTHOR CONFIDENTIAL 14

SECRETS NO ONE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT BEING A WRITER

M.L. RONN

Copyright 2023 © M.L. Ronn. All rights reserved.

No AI was used to write this book.

Published by Author Level Up LLC.

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Cover Design by Pixelstudio.

Cover Art by jasoshulwathon.

Editing by BZ Hercules.

Time Period Covered in This Book: Q3 2023

Special thank you to the following people on Patreon who supported this book: Matty Dalrymple, BB Dee, Michael Guishard, Jon Howard, Sheila Klein, Olivia Williams, and Ryan Zee.

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CONTENTS

About This Series

Introduction

Become a Writing Master

What It Means to Be a Master

Meditations on Mindfulness

Writing After a Break

Short Story Errors

Lessons in Vocabulary from Dean Koontz

Become a Technology and Data-Driven Writer

Revisiting My Expenses

Transitioning Cloud Storage Providers

Building a Contingency Plan

The Advent of the Microsoft Copilots

The State of AI Art Generators

Looking Forward

The Great AI Quiet

This Time Last Year

This Time Five Years Ago

This Time Ten Years Ago

Read the Next Volume

Meet M.L. Ronn

More Books by M.L. Ronn

ABOUT THIS SERIES

This isn't your typical writing self-help book. This series is a compilation of lessons learned from an indie author trying to walk the path to success. Follow author M.L. Ronn (Michael La Ronn) as he navigates what it means to master the craft of writing, marketing, and running a profitable publishing business. Learn from his successes and failures, and learn about things that most successful authors only talk about behind the scenes.

To read all the collected volumes of this series in an anthology, visit www.authorlevelup.com/confidential.

INTRODUCTION

I have found myself thinking about mindset a lot this quarter.

We all go through seasons in our lives. In my case, I have had seasons of immense productivity, seasons of rest and relaxation, seasons of trials and tribulations, and seasons of self-unawareness and self-awareness.

I find that I never quite know what the next season will be or exactly when it will spring into my consciousness. As self-aware as I try to be, I usually don't pick up that a season has changed until several weeks or months after it happens. Then, I begin introspection to figure out what the change was, why it happened, and why it is potentially meaningful for me at this time in my life.

I shared in previous volumes that the past year has been challenging for me. It hasn't been the most productive season in my life, though it has been minimally productive. While I didn't stop writing altogether, I had to step away for a while and accept reduced output for most of the year. Fortunately, the worst of the personal issues appear to be behind me.

Something I learned during this year is that I don't handle stress well. At least, not as well as I should. I'm the sort of person who always has to be doing something and moving toward a goal. At times, I have saddled myself with too many responsibilities. For this reason, I have pulled back on my responsibilities so I can focus on the things that matter. This proved to be a