by kobowritinglife | Jan 16, 2023 | KWL Community
What makes an effective author newsletter? How do you get your readers to open the email – let alone click through your links? What do you do if you run out of content ideas? All of these questions can cause anxiety when it comes to preparing and planning your...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 19, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing, Tips
You’ve heard about readers clearing out their bookshelves or reorganizing (and archiving) their digital libraries, but what is the author’s equivalent? Cleaning up your backlist, of course! While the book sales boom is declining somewhat (as this report for the first...
by kobowritinglife | Jul 11, 2022 | Blog, My Writing Life, The Craft of Writing, Tips
Unlike a garden, it’s hard for us as writers to see how far we’ve come when it comes to growth. A writer’s development isn’t always as obvious as a branching tree or a blooming flower. But with every new work written comes signs of growth and change. How does one...
by kobowritinglife | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog
By Nick Coveney Okay so first things first, writing is hard. Regardless of your intended genre, format or word count – managing to claw out enough time and determination to get the words down on page is a daunting and difficult task. We all know that on...
by kobowritinglife | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
“Publishing wide is an attitude, not just a technical choice”- Joanna Penn One of the biggest questions indie authors face is, “should I go wide or go exclusive?” For the newer indie authors out there (welcome!), “going wide” is making your books available on a...