A List of Useful Articles for Writers

Today I have a list information I've gathered from around the WWW that is useful for writers.

I put up the links on Twitter and then I thought it would be helpful to readers of my writing blog too.

So here is the list and the links to find it.

And if you've already seen them on Twitter, then here they are again...

4 Tips for Reaching Productivity Nirvana in 2016 - Tim Ferris
http://www.inc.com/tim-ferriss/4-tips-for-reaching-productivity-nirvana-in-2016.html

BEHIND THE SCENES: COPY EDITING What Does a Copy Editor Do?
http://www.brittonmdg.com/the-britton-blog/tools-and-tips-to-master-copy-editing

4 Reasons Freelance Writing Rates Will Rise in 2016
http://inkwelleditorial.com/4-reasons-freelance-writing-rates-will-rise-in-2016

The Complete Guide to Query Letters: Nonfiction Books
https://janefriedman.com/the-complete-guide-to-query-letters-nonfiction/

Make It Shine: 5 Features That Can Make a Good Website Great
http://www.business.com/online-marketing/5-features-that-can-make-a-good-website-great

Email Marketing Continues To Grow, But Slowly
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/265886/email-marketing-continues-to-grow-but-slowly.html

The Top 10 Stats from 2015 that Show the Importance of Video Marketing
http://www.skyword.com/contentstandard/news/the-top-10-stats-from-2015-that-show-the-importance-of-video-marketing/

The Truth About Blogging Income
http://www.business2community.com/infographics/truth-blogging-income-tipographic-01417953#zSj18UByVUu4ax5F.97

Content Strategy: Thinking About Content with SEO
http://www.business2community.com/content-marketing/content-strategy-thinking-content-seo-01418170#wBA9mzAiLLXm0ZiG.97

6 Super Useful Steps To Improve Your Online Presence
http://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/6-super-useful-steps-improve-online-presence-01415544#imGB3AM1Qq3vXOAF.97

Review: Buried Is An iPhone Game You Mostly Read, Not Play
http://time.com/4166044/buried-ios-iphone-game-review/?xid=homepage

How to Generate More Income From Fiction Writing

Self publishing has been especially great for fiction writers because it used to be difficult to get fiction books published.

Non-fiction writers used to fair better because plenty of people were willing to buy PDF ebooks that could be downloaded from the internet. But fiction readers always wanted physical books. Sadly for most authors, THAT option was too expensive.

But now publishing fiction is easy because not only can you published all your own novels for free (and do it quickly), but also fiction readers are now happy to download and read novels on their smart phones and other reading devices.

This has freed up fiction authors to earn a living writing their books.

But how can you earn even more money from fiction writing?

One of the first millionaire self published fiction authors was John Locke. He wrote a series of novels but struggled to publish them.

Then he discovered Kindle publishing and not only did he publish all his novels as digital books, but he made so much money that he also wrote and published his best selling non-fiction ebook, How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months!  And he sold over 1 million of that ebook even faster.

So what was his secret?

His novels weren’t better than anyone else's, in fact they are just OK to read IMHO.

But what he did differently than most fiction writers is that he published a whole series of novels.

So when one of his readers finished the first book they were eager to read the next, and so on, and so on.

And that’s the real secret to success through fiction publishing. You need to write and publish a whole series of novels instead of just publishing one and sitting back and expecting to make a fortune.

But having said that, the first caveat here is to make sure that each of your novels, not only leads the readers through an on-going story, but each novel must also stand alone. There can be no open endings.

It’s just like the Harry Potter novels. Each book is a complete story so even if you only read one of them, you can follow what’s happening and understand who all the characters are. But every subsequent book builds on what happened in the previous books.

Another caveat, is to make sure that the readers, when buying one of your books, knows that it is part of a series.

I know of one author who published a series of novels but didn’t make it clear on the cover. So when readers found out that there were more books to read they felt cheated because they thought  each book was a separate story.

The author changed her book covers to make it clear that it was a series, but the damage was already done because of the unfavourable reviews being posted online.

And if you want to write non-fiction you can also write and publish a series of ebooks by expanding your subject and breaking it down into separate ebooks instead of separate chapters.

So if you want to sell more novels, think about writing a series to keep your readers hooked and wanting more.

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Discounted Ebooks For Writers

A few weeks ago I decided to change the price of my ebooks which has resulted in discounted ebooks for writers for many people.

The decision to change my prices came about because all my ebooks (and books) were priced in US dollars.

So I made a management decision to change the currency in which I sell them, to Australian dollars.

The reason I priced them in US dollars in the first place was because most people understand the value of the US dollar and relatively few people (except those in Oz) understand the value of the Australian dollar.

But because I'm Australian and my publishing company is established in Australia, I decided to make all my books and ebooks available for sale in Australian dollars and this has resulted in discounted ebooks for those purchasing them from the US.

This is because our dollar is higher in value than a US dollar and so the comparative American price is now significantly lower for all my ebooks for writers.

I've also provided a currency converter on all my sales pages so that the price can be converted instantly to any currency, so you can see how it compares to the country that you live in and the currency that you use.

You can see all my new ebooks and book prices at http://cheritonhousepublishing.com.

And for those of you living in the US, it means you can now buy my products at significantly discounted prices.