Recently there have been talks about how the current boycott on Amazon (well, that and the decision of people to cut expenses due to the cost of living) has severely and negatively impacted the livelihood of indie authors. No, I’ve never been in KU (going to just get that out of the way upfront). But […]

You might recall that The Retelling was, up until a few weeks ago, a monthly membership rather than a bi-weekly newsletter. When I created ‘The Retelling’ in September 2024, it came about because I was craving a space that I could pour into whenever I had big breakthroughs to share, new strategies to record trainings […]

As someone who is actively building a personal brand and is working on a range of different writing projects, I’m sharing some of my big, scary, audacious goals for this year. This is the year I’m getting paid to write and creating my best pieces of work. The year I’m fully diversifying and monetising my […]

Are you a newer author looking to publish your first (or next) book, but also wanting to ensure you give it the best possible chance at selling and reaching tons of readers? When I started publishing in 2016, I released my debut novel (Stuck on Vacation with Ryan Rupert) to an audience of crickets, made […]