by Clarissa | Apr 12, 2021 | writing, Self publishing
Being a best selling author is something that sounds impressive and many people have that as their goal when they start publishing. Whether being able to say that your book has been featured on a best seller list is something that drives sales is up in the air, but t...
by Clarissa | Mar 22, 2021 | writing
Fae Fair publishes in just over a month! Somehow that is not very long away now. It was so far away for ages and now it has almost crept up on me. I am pleased to say that I did get the manuscript to my editor on time, so we are on track to get everything ready for...
by Clarissa | Mar 8, 2021 | writing, Self publishing
One concept that really helps to clarify how to position your book in the market is the idea of your ideal reader. While you want as many people as possible to purchase and read your books, you also need to define exactly who you are targeting. With the myriad of...
by Clarissa | Feb 22, 2021 | writing
I have reorganised my newsletter and made Fae bargains available for my subscribers as a free download. Fae Bargains is the prequel to the Lost Princess of Starlight series, and it was available as part of the Realms of Fae and Shadow anthology at the end of last...
by Clarissa | Feb 8, 2021 | writing, Self publishing
Once you have a plan to release a book, or a book series, you then need to think about the timing of those releases. Both in terms of when during the year you publish it, and also how quickly after each other you can publish the other books in your series. Best months...
by Clarissa | Feb 1, 2021 | writing
This post is probably more for me than anyone else, but this is a follow up to last year’s post looking at what I achieved in 2019. Now looking at 2020! In 2020 I wrote more words than in the previous three years combined. I also logged three times more hours...
by Clarissa | Jan 25, 2021 | writing
I did it! I published Dragon Shift! I am now a novelist! I have been talking about writing stories and jotting down notes of ideas for stories for so long that there is a sense if relief now that my first novel is published. And people have bought it! That is also...
by Clarissa | Jan 18, 2021 | writing, Self publishing
For the next post in my series on self-publishing I am talking about pricing. I will be looking solely at purchase price and will not be considering Kindle Unlimited or methods for maximising page reads. I am a wide author and so page reads are not something I’m...
by Clarissa | Jan 11, 2021 | family, dutch life, personal
A new year, a new start, and a new lockdown? It feels like we’ve already done this. Shouldn’t we be further on? And yet we are back home schooling, with limited chances to see anyone beyond the four of us, and most shops shut. Now, while I understand and...
by Clarissa | Dec 28, 2020 | writing, family, personal
A year ago I set myself the target to publish at least my dragon shifter book this year. I also choose Focus as my word of the year, and wanted especially to apply that to routines, words, clearing, and togetherness. Well, this year was not the year that most of us...