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200 Boosts for Indie Authors
Empowering Inspiration and Practical Advice
2021
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Have you indie-published books, and are wondering how to get more traction and sales? Do you want ideas on how to make your publishing venture a success? This guide is bursting with suggestions you can use. Bestselling author Rayne Hall has compiled them based on what she discovered from publishing more than 50 books, learning through trial and error. She guides you to take shortcuts, bypassing the tedious, time-wasting chores and go straight to what works. This isn’t a how-to manual, but a collection of creative prompts. Don’t just read them, but use the prompts to get your own thoughts ‘How can I apply this to my books, my situation, my publishing business?’ After each suggestion comes a question to kick-start your train of thought. Treat this as a workbook which prompts you to research, assess and plan your projects and find the solutions which are right for you. Some of Rayne's suggestions are unconventional, and you may find it refreshing to simply ditch the book marketing efforts you dread, and have fun instead. Attract new readers with activities you enjoy. The topics are mixed up, so you'll explore publishing strategy one day, quality another, then cover design, money saving, font choices and much more. You'll circle back to some subjects several times, approaching them from new angles. By dancing from topic to topic like a butterfly collecting pollen, your mind gets a fresh perspective every day. This will prevent your thoughts from going stale. You’ll get the most out of this book if you have already self-published at least one book, are familiar with the challenges and want to take a leap forward. This volume doesn’t contain how-to-publish instructions, so if you’re a novice in this field, you may find some of the boosts too advanced. While the book is designed so you can tackle a prompt a day for 200 days, you can to adapt the pace to suit your needs. If a topic isn’t relevant to you at the moment, do the thought exercise anyway, because the insights will help at a later stage.
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Author

Rayne Hall
Author · 53 books

Rayne Hall writes fantasy and horror fiction, some of it quirky, most of it dark. She is the author of over sixty books in different genres and under different pen names, published by twelve publishers in six countries, translated into several languages. Her short stories have been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies. After living in Germany, China, Mongolia and Nepal, she has settled in a small Victorian seaside town in southern England. Rayne holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Over three decades, she has worked in the publishing industry as a trainee, investigative journalist, feature writer, magazine editor, production editor, page designer, concept editor for non-fiction book series, anthology editor, editorial consultant and more. Outside publishing, she worked as a museum guide, apple picker, tarot reader, adult education teacher, trade fair hostess, translator and belly dancer. Currently, Rayne Hall writes fantasy and horror fiction and tries to regain the rights to her out-of-print books so she can republish them as e-books. Her books on the writing craft (Writing Fight Scenes, Writing Scary Scenes, The Word-Loss Diet, Writing Dark Stories, Writing About Villains, Writing Short Stories to Promote Your Novel, Writing About Magic, Twitter for Writers) are bestsellers. Rayne Hall is the editor of the Ten Tales anthologies: "Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires" "Scared: Ten Tales of Horror" "Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts" "Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates" "Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft" "Spells: Ten Tales of Magic" "Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies" "Seers: Ten Tales of Clairvoyance" "Dragon: Ten Tales of Fiery Beasts" "Cogwheels: Ten Tales of Steampunk" with more titles coming soon. The stories in her Six Scary Tales series and the Thirty Scary Tales collection are subtle horror: suspenseful, creepy atmospheric, unsettling. Although they contain little violence and gore, they may not be suitable for young readers. Many of these stories have been previously published in other books or magazines. British English: All Rayne Hall's books use British words, spellings, grammar and punctuation. If you're allergic to British English, avoid them. ;-) Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/boqJzD Website: http://sites.google.com/site/raynehal... YouTube "Ten Random Facts about Rayne Hall" (2 minute video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXR4T... Contact Rayne Hall on Twitter @RayneHall follows back writers and readers. http://twitter.com/RayneHall

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