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My Self-Pub Weekly Diary: Some Wins, Some Wobbles, and Absolutely Zero Words (on My Manuscripts)
My Self-Pub Weekly Diary: Some Wins, Some Wobbles, and Absolutely Zero Words (on My Manuscripts)This episode is a daily mashup of behind-the-scenes of my self-publishing life including: libraries…
My F***-It Book: She Had Cancer and Still Gets a Holiday Steamy Rom-Com
Writers talk a lot about the “Book of My Heart”: the story that feels deeply personal, the one you carry close.But there’s another book, too.The F***-It Book.The book where you stop worrying about…
New Release Hiccups, Metadata, Pen Names, and Mild Panic
I'm releasing my next book on November 7th... Goodreads doesn't remember my name. Oh, and B&N decided to reject my vendor account?Everything is good. Everything is good.Behind-the-scenes and the…
Hi, it's me...a self-published author now in Belgium
A quick update. I'm now in Belgium and thinking about thinking...No, thinking about my to-do list and whether to start a Patreon about my self-publishing... oh and I reached 1000 subscribers on my…
Splitting Pen Names & Newsletters (Plus My Cat Might Make an Appearance)
Welcome to my first audio AND video episode - yes, you can finally see my face (and probably my cat)! I'm diving into the messy reality of splitting my books into two pen names and why updating…
To KU or Not KU My Gavert City series in English?
Have a coffee with me, this short self-publishing podcast episode is taking you my thought process on whether to put my Gavert City series in English in Kindle Unlimited or not...Also mentioned in…
Dear Meta, It's Not Me, It's You Or My Facebook Ads Account For My Books Has Been Disabled
This episode is NOT a how-to on how to get your Facebook Ads Account back as a self-published author... it's a lot of me venting and explaining what happened. Visit my website:…
Ugh. My Facebook Ads Account Has Been Restricted...
My Facebook Ads Account has been restricted and, well, this hasn't been fun. As an author, I had been using Facebook ads to reach both KU readers in the US, Australia and UK and French-speaking…
Cancer and Creativity: Finding Hope in Therapy, Romance Novels and Second Opinions
In this episode, I open up and look back about navigating life with cancer back in 2017—receiving tough PET news, seeking second opinions, and finding support in unexpected places. I talk about how…
Goodbye, Kindle Vella: A recap of the highs, the lows And pivoting (again) as a self-published author.
Amazon announced on October 28th that it’s closing Kindle Vella. To quote their press release: “We’ve made the difficult decision to gradually wind down Kindle Vella in February 2025 as the program…
Gasp. Anxiety And Writing Didn't Prepare Me For Cancer.
In this episode: I'll talk about how anxiety and writing didn't prepare me for cancer. And for entering the Hospital World. The Patient World. First of all, how dare anxiety not prepare me for…
Organizing Writing/Self-Publishing Goals and tasks and to-do lists : Finding a System That Works for Me
I think I finally found a writing/self-publishing goals tracking that works for me. In this one, I talk about my Gallup Strengths and how Becca Syme's helped me come up with ways to get more…
Big, but Not Romance Big: Looking back at Cancer Treatments, Creativity, and All the Weird Stuff In Between.
This isn't your typical how-to guide, because let's be real—it’s more about the messy art of balancing (or not balancing) self-publishing, creativity, and cancer treatments. I’m publishing this…
My writing and self-publishing love list...
My writing and self-publishing love list (for those days, you know). Also an update on Kindle Vella, a local event and Claire Taylor's kickstarter... Get me newsletter directly in your inbox:…
Bookbub Featured Deal Results and my self-publishing ups and downs...
Today, I share my BookBub Featured Deal Results as well as my self-publishing ups and downs of the month. Get the posts per email:…
My 2024 word is: Appreciate. What this means for my writing and self-publishing...(also DMARC and more)
Today, I dive into my word of the year: Appreciate (well, our word of the year - since the Chemical Engineer chose the same one) and what it means for my writing and self-publishing. For the ups and…
My 2023 self-publishing ebook sales data: Libraries
This episode is about my 2023 self-publishing ebook libraries sales data, including geographical data when I have it and an example for one of my books (when it comes to the different royalties…
Finding joy in resilience (and yes also, still a bit overwhelmed sometimes): My 2023 recap as a self-published author..
Finding joy in resilience (and yes also, still a bit overwhelmed sometimes): My 2023 recap as a self-published author... For the full transcript and links:…
Dipping my neuropathic toes into subscriptions as a self-published author and setting up my Ream page
This episode is about setting my Ream page: different tiers, welcome message and more. In addition, I share my ups and downs of self-publishing in the past two weeks, articles I found interesting,…
S3E1 Starting my Subscription as an Author on Ream: my first steps and why Ream?
This is a mini-series about starting my subscription on Ream as an author: why Ream? How I started... get behind-the-scenes before I officially launch the page and don't hesitate to ask me…
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