Guest post from Tina Martin

The journey of a self-published author is often marked by dedication, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of literary excellence. However, financial stability can sometimes pose a challenge. A flexible and profitable side gig can be the solution, allowing you to support your writing endeavors while managing your time effectively.
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The Financial and Personal Benefits

Becoming a highly motivated author is a journey that involves passion, discipline, and a keen understanding of the craft of writing. Here are some essential strategies to help you become a highly motivated author.

Discover Your Passion for Writing
The first step to becoming a motivated author is to discover and nurture your passion for writing, passion is the driving force that will keep you going, even when you face challenges. Start by asking yourself why you want to write. Is it to tell stories, share knowledge, express your thoughts, or impact others?

​Understanding your motivation will give you a clear sense of purpose and keep you inspired.

As an author, the journey from concept to publication is nothing short of epic, but once your book is ready to meet its readers, the real challenge begins in its advertising. Crafting an advertisement strategy isn't just tossing your work into the abyss of the market; it's about targeted storytelling to your potential audience.

That being said, here is a tried and true method to advertise your book successfully.

Embarking on the self-publishing journey is a thrilling adventure, you've poured your heart and soul into your manuscript, navigated the intricacies of editing and formatting, and successfully hit the "publish" button. Yet, as your book makes its way into the world, a familiar and insidious doubt begins to creep in — imposter syndrome.

Guest post from Dean Burgess.

​Working from home as a writer comes with its fair share of perks, such as no daily commute and the freedom to wear what you like. Yet, it's easy to neglect personal wellness when wrapped up in the whirlwind of deadlines and projects. This article, courtesy of JD&J Book Cover Design, aims to bring your focus back to boosting remote work wellness with actionable tips that can make a noticeable difference!

​Writer's block, that dreaded obstacle that stands between a writer and their creativity, is a common challenge that plagues even the most experienced wordsmiths. It can strike at any time, leaving you staring at a blank page, struggling to find the right words. 

Guest Post by Dean Burgess.
Doing what you love is one of the secrets to having a successful and fulfilling career. And for those with a passion for writing, what could be better than turning that passion into a thriving business? While this might sound like a daunting endeavor at first, with the right approach and guidance there is nothing stopping you from achieving your goals. In this article by JD&J Book Cover Design, we’ll explore the best practices you can follow for turning your hobby into a business. 

Self-publishing a book is an easy way to bring your book to market, you don’t need to have an agent or go cap-in-hand to a publisher, but that being said, it does require a great deal of hard work in order to make sales, and as you’re doing it yourself, you’ll need to budget for everything that goes along with preparing and promoting a book.

And because the pathway to self-publishing is quite straightforward, many authors choose this option, as a result, there were over 2.3 million self-published books released in 2022 (and if you include traditional published books, the total number is over 4 million). That’s over 6,000 self-published books launched every day (over 10,000 if you include traditionally published books too).

So, there are a lot of authors writing and publishing their work, great for those of us who love to read!
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But how many authors who choose to do it by themselves are successful? It’s quite easy to get bogged down in the numbers, but self-pub authors can make break throughs and become true best sellers, here is a list of some of the best indie authors who you may not have realized self-published.

Working in the publishing world you get to meet with lots of wonderful, and very talented authors, creative individuals who have spent a great deal of their time developing an idea into a story, or sharing an experience, or writing specific details of their knowledge within a certain arena, all dedicated to bringing this to an audience of interested and engaged readers.

And for the readers, we love to lose ourselves in a great author’s work, being taken on a journey or to learn something we never knew before, there are lots of reasons why we read and there are lots of ways that we can support those self-publishing authors that we love.

So, this year, why not support your favorite self-publishing / indie author, here are TEN ways that any reader can help.

For authors, writing is not just a hobby, it’s a way of life, so if you are passionate about writing and want to make some extra money, or even cultivate a full-time career from your passion, here are 10 ways to make additional income from your craft.

1 – Writing a blog

Starting your own blog may sound like an obvious option for many writers, as it enables you to select a topic that you are passionate about and then give your opinions and thoughts on that subject, over time you should be able to grow your audience/visitors which will help you to make money.

There are several ways to create an income stream from your blog, but the first one will be from advertising, signing up for a Google Adsense account will allow you to place adverts within your content that will be of interest to each visitor to your site, when they click on the ad, you get paid.

You can also look at affiliate products and services advertised within your blog, again, when one is sold using the unique link from your site to the seller’s page, you will get a commission.