by kobowritinglife | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community
First off: do you have a niche? Great! Still searching for what it might be? Check out our previous post all about writing niches – and explore the question of if you even need one. Once you’ve determined what your niche is, it’s time to think about how to market it....
by kobowritinglife | Mar 24, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community
First of all – what is “going wide?” When an author goes wide, it means they offer their books on more than just one self-publishing platform. Some platforms require exclusivity from their authors, meaning that they can only sell through their platform. This can be a...
by kobowritinglife | Mar 20, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community
by Meghan March A decade ago, I was dreaming of quitting my job and never waking up to go to work as a lawyer ever again for the rest of my life. It was a fantasy. A dream. One so big and clearly unbelievable that anyone I told thought I was absolutely nuts....
by kobowritinglife | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community, The Craft of Writing
If you don’t already work with an editor, hiring a freelance editor for the first time can be daunting. How do you work with an editor? What is expected of you? And, of course – what if you don’t like the edits made on your work? All these questions (and their...
by kobowritinglife | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, The Craft of Writing, Tips
Writing takes time. There’s no way around it – for many authers, their books are one, five, even ten years or more in the making! But often, it can be frustrating and demoralizing to feel as if it might take you that long to even finish a first draft. Today, we are...
by kobowritinglife | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community, The Craft of Writing, Tips, Writing
If you feel like you don’t have a “voice” as a writer, let it be known that you are not alone. Authors of all experience levels struggle with this concept. In short, your voice is your recognizable aesthetic style – essentially, the way you write. Each author, no...
