New Writer Podcast

  This week I learned a few valuable lessons: If a book promo site can be submitted to through automation, don’t get your hopes up for success. Dynasty Warriors is available on Steam, and that means large chunks of life might…Read more ›

  Today, Matt gets up extra early in a desperate attempt to reclaim in Nanohood.

Actual Book Sales: Seven Keys Saga  – $23.45 Choices 113 Free 1 Sale $0.44 Fallout 0 Free 3 Sales $6.18 Summons 0 Free 3 Sales $6.18 Tragedy 0 Fre 2 Sales $4.12 Purpose 0 Free 3 Sales $6.18 It Happened…Read more ›

  NaNoWriMo: http://www.nanowrimo.org My NaNoWriMo Profile: http://www.newwriterpodcast.com/NaNo  

Nail Your Story 

Dear Writer, I’m tired. I’m really tired. It’s been a long week at the tail end of a longer month. Work has stretched into endless hours of mind-breaking labor. It takes intense concentration and I find myself lost in the…Read more ›

Questions and Answers (September 2015) This is the first Q&A Episode of NWP, and so I really just wanted to start off by answering questions I get asked pretty frequently. These are my answers to things, so please, remember your…Read more ›

Episode 24 – Dictation for Authors Dictation is an amazing tool. It can help an author get into the head of a character and up their word count. If you’re interested in details, check out Monica Leonelle’s Dictate Your Book.…Read more ›

August was a good month for me in sales. I doubled my royalties from July. Writing… not so much. I really struggled on finishing the first draft of the Space Opera and needed to sit down and spend some time…Read more ›

Dear Writer, Why do you write? This is the quintessential question every writer needs to ask themselves. In fact, if you don’t have an answer, I suggest coming up with one now. People are going to ask you. They will…Read more ›

This week marks the one-year anniversary of New Writer Podcast. The last year has been… something. The show has struggled to find its footing while I was going through very similar growing pains. It very nearly died, and I have…Read more ›

The Weekly Update Writing: I’ve been seriously slacking this week. It isn’t a matter of motivation or dedication, either. I’ve just had some really crappy word count days. I’ve been getting up at butt crack early to write, which is…Read more ›

This week I’d like to take a little time to talk about some of my own limiting beliefs as a writer and how they have impacted my journey. Some of the things I’m going to touch on include non-fiction writing,…Read more ›

New Writer Podcast Episode 28 – Monthly Update for July Monthly Update for July 2015 Sales: Choices: 186 Free Downloads, 2 Sales (Sorry Germany!) – $0.78 Fallout: 5 Sales – $10.23 Summons: 2 Sales – $4.87 Tragedy: 3 Sales –…Read more ›

The Weekly Update: Sales: Sales have been steady, for me. I put the Alcohologist Chronicles into KDP Select and have set the books into a rotation of free days. Since we haven’t sold any of this book, it felt like…Read more ›

  The Weekly Update: Sales: It’s been a little bit of a slow week. I’ve only had 58 free downloads, and $2.26 and sales. All of my sales this week were on Amazon Germany, so that $2.26 might change with…Read more ›