Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

When you are an indie author, it is like everything is against you. Amazon rules, trolls who write negative reviews, expensive editing, and readers' ignorance. Many people started to write and gave up, because of a lack of motivation. How to motivate yourself when there are big chances that you will never sell more than five books in a month? 5 reasons that motivated me are next: Show that you can to those who underestimated you. I was in the situation when I experienced how is to be without support, surrounded by people who disliked me. My keyboard was my only friend. Expel your traumas . If you feel that there is a secret inside of you, embarrassing or hard to tell, you can write. Make a story with fictional characters, play with their destinies and you will feel illuminated. You have an audience. Look at your ratings, reviews. First time I got reviews I was very happy. Wow, someone read my books. It might not be the audience I dreamed about, but a group of people read my books

The problem with indie authors is about the visibility of their books. Your book can be interesting and great, but it is not important if nobody is seeing your book. Indie authors are millions on Amazon. We are drowning in the crowd, hoping to get some crumbles in selling our books. How to jump out from the crowd? The main step is to create your community. If you think you will publish a book in Kindle and wait for sales, you will never sell the book. Some ways how to make your book visible? Create a newsletter. Your newsletter needs subscribers, and if you have many subscribers, you can notify your subscribers every week about news in your writing, interviews, videos, reviews.  Make an interview. I made four video interviews with various writers who were hosting me. Make a group for writers . Nothing connects people more than talking about common interests. Gain many followers on social media . Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. You never know how will read your books. Promote yo

  Here we are, I am continuing to feature awesome authors. S. M. Revolinski is a “baby boomer” born in Wyoming but moved around. He studied physics at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, before settling on a career criticality safety. He is now a retired engineer living in Florida and spends as much time as possible on the beach. When he is not entertaining his grandchildren or trading stock options, he enjoys writing. While not exactly science fiction, most of his stories are connections between the supernatural and the real world – what if ‘this’ really happened? His recent “Tales From Wyoming” series is a collection of interconnected short stories of the Old West.  Each story is a standalone adventure based upon some fragment of a story told during childhood growing up in Wyoming. To enjoy more of his stories, look for: Ashes Into Stardust –https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079M2C9HY After The Last Day –

When I talk about books, I have a vision of a library where I spent time in my childhood. The smell of old covers attracted me and I was walking between shelves, touching books. The covers fascinated me and the blurb was important to pull my attention. Nowadays, e-books are a popular tool to read. Life goes fast, people have daily obligations and classical books are not so practical to fill your time. If you wish to read, you can pick an e-book in the Kindle application to read on your phone. My books are available on Amazon. If you pick an e-book, these are the advantages: You will read it from your mobile application.  An e-book is not something you can forget, it is placed on your phone. Pages are going fast, with one touch of a finger, so you don't need paper and pencil to mark them.  An e-book is an exceptional tool when you don't want to be disturbed while you are traveling.  While you can't bring 10 books in your purse, you can have a hundred books in your phone, to

The book is done. It is published on Kindle and all you need is to sell it. That is the hardest part, because how to sell a book when millions of indie authors want to do the same? How to make your book visible? How to make your story jump out from others? I will mention seven ways I used to sell my books. It doesn't work the same way for everyone. Promoting your book on social media. Share your link on Twitter, Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram, and Pinterest. You never know who will see it. It is recommended to make a good, professional cover because buyers will buy a product that looks like a real book from the library. Make a selfie or video with your book. People like videos, living images, and trailers, so do it on Tik Tok or Instagram to make your own marketing. You can do a paid promotion on professional sites for book sales. These promotions have variable costs, depending on genre, you can invest 10, 20, or 50 dollars to promote your book on their site and share it in their

Greetings to my readers and everyone who will be my reader in the future.  I have a new book. This awesome cover is made by Red Cape Publishing. My thriller suspense is available on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09GFZPLXH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Treat yourself for Christmas and purchase my new book tomorrow, on the release day.  What is it about? The blurb: Living in different parts of the world, Dijana and Antonio would never meet. Dijana is a journalist who is looking for inspiration for a story. Antonio is a family man, a workaholic. When Dijana comes to Brazil to visit her younger sister, their paths will cross. The event from the past is hunting him. The act of burglary will wake up his fearful doubts and bitter memories. A reminiscence on the affair with a woman called Mermaid damaged his reputation. His family is in danger. Who is hating him so much to want him dead? Another victim will pay for sins, and whose turn is next? I have never been to Brazil, but I

Today I am featuring an awesome author Martin J. Best. His stories about ghost hunting captured my interest. A short biography: Born in 1965, Martin J. Best is a native of Torquay, on the UK's English Riviera, where he grew up in an actively haunted house. He has had a varied work life, including many years running his own mobile disco business, and is now fulfilling a life-long dream to write full-time. When not working, he enjoys listening to a wide variety of music, ghost hunting, and walking/trail running with his dogs Shadow and Raven – a Northern Inuit and a Groenendael.   Much of the action in Martin’s character-driven paranormal stories are set in and around his hometown, the use of genuine locations giving his meticulous world building an unpretentious authenticity. The Moth Trap - https://1books2read.com/u/b5QLak A Step Aside – https://books2read.com/u/4AxNPK The Novice Ghost Hunter - https://books2read.com/u/47X827 Ghost Hunter I: A Matter of Faith - https://books2re