Facebook Groups
Author Grow Open
Discussion for Career Growth
Fiction Writing
and Marketing for a Six-Figure Author Career
An Alliance of
Young Adult Authors - AAYAA
YouTube Videos
16 of the Best You-Tube Channels for Writers
Podcasts
The Creative Penn
The
Self-Publishing Formula
The
Writing Gals
The
Self-Publishing Show
Six-Figure
Authors
These
can be found on YouTube, Stitcher, or on most podcast apps.
Nonfiction Books
For improving your craft:
The Fire in Fiction by
Donald Maas
For
newsletter building and management:
Newsletter Ninja by
Tammi Labrecque
For
blurb writing:
Mastering Amazon Descriptions by Brian
Meeks
WritingKiller Cover Copy by Elana
Johnson
For plotting:
Take Off Your Pants by Libbie Hawker
Romancing the Beat: How to WriteKissing Books by Gwen
Hayes
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder though I will admit, I’ve
never actually read the book! I’ve attended workshops and learned how to plot
based on this book’s wisdom on plotting.
For
marketing:
Anything by Chris Fox,
including Writeto Market, 5,000 Words Per Hour, and
Six-Figure Author
Courses
The Roadmap to Writing Success – Author Grow, with Rebecca Hamilton. She offers numerous courses that touch on various topics, from plotting a series, social media, releasing books on a budget, to marketing. I’ve taken several and have found value in every single one. This is a free introductory course to see what she has to offer.
Free
Amazon Book Advertising Course—Kindleprenuer,
with Dave Chesson. This online resource is fantastic, and better yet, it’s
completely free! It’s a great introduction into what Amazon ads entail and how
to get started when you don’t have a clue what you’re doing.
Self-Publishing
Formula, by Mark Dawson. He covers every
advertising venue available, from Facebook, to Bookbub, to Amazon Marketing
System, to even using YouTube and Pinterest. Mark’s courses are phenomenal. His
are all pre-recorded, so you watch him step-by-step do the suggestions he’s
instructing. He also offers a Self-Publishing 101 course. If you want
nitty gritties on how to self-publish, this is the one. It would be a good
place for a beginner author looking for some guidelines to start.
*The
link I shared above is actually for free ebooks from Mark. He also includes access
to free instructional videos so you can see if that’s something you’d like to
invest in.
Conferences
Look
these up based on where you’re located, but if you can attend a writer’s
conference, do it. The atmosphere is completely refueling. Many authors attend
conferences feeling lost, glum, or dejected, and by the time the conference is
over, those same authors have their batteries recharged and leave with a new
direction in mind of what the next best step for their books and their book
business should be.
Not
only do you attend some truly worthwhile classes and panels, but you’re rubbing
elbows with other authors and can make lifelong friends, meet beta readers, and
join in on publishing opportunities you may not have found otherwise.
**The best thing about this, lately, is that thanks to Covid-19, many writer's conferences are available to be streamed online. So one you may not have been able to attend before can be more accessible now!
