Book Marketing with AuthorsXP with Amy Vansant

Book Marketing with AuthorsXP with Amy Vansant

Amy Vansant started AuthorsXP.com, a website dedicated to helping authors promote their books and build their audience. Authors can find newsletter buidlers, giveways, facebook ad help, reviews, beta readers and more at AuthorsXP.com. 

Today Amy tells us how she started it, how the site has grown and what new items are coming for indie authors.

If you haven't tried it, you should! 

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NoTimeWriter with Daria White

Daria White is a writer of sweet romance, christian ficiton and cozy mysteries. With over ten novels she knows what it takes, and doesn't take, to get that book written. Which is why she started the group NoTimeWriter Mentorship program to give writers the support and encrouagement they need to write and finish their book!

Find out more about Daria and her courses, podcast and NoTimeWriter mentorship here. 

Wnat to become a book coach? Check out Author Accelerator here.

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Use Plottr to Outline Your Book

You know I've struggled with outlining my novels, so when Plottr offered to come on Pencils&Lipstick and talk me through their software, of course I said, "Yes!"

This week Troy talks all things outlinging, plotting, and even editing using Plottr. He's sold on the product and has been their teaching guy for a few years now so he knows what he's talking about. If you're struggling with outlinging your book, take a listen and see if Troy can convert you. I used it as a back outlining input and I have to say, I liked it. It showed a chapter hole, just like Troy talks about in the interview. Try out Plottr for free for 14 days! (These links to Plottr are my affiliate links)

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WriteItScared with Stacy Frazer

Today I talk with Stacy Frazer, a fellow Author Accelerator Book Coach, about the key things a writer needs in their manuscript, about her webinar and much more!

Stacy Frazer is a formerly repressed creative soul turned speculative fiction writer, YA fantasy author, Author Accelerator certified book coach, and the founder of Write It Scared. 

Her mission is to help fiction writers let go of the self-doubt spiral and find clarity and confidence in their stories so they can finish their books. 

Stacy firmly believes that the only creative license required to write a novel is one's lived experience and that you can learn all the tools to craft a book that makes you proud!

When not writing, reading, or working with writers, you can find Stacy hanging with her daughter or on the trail with her big goofy labrador, Gus Gus. 

To connect with Stacy, please visit her website: www.writeitscared.co. You can also email her at [email protected] or follow her on Instagram @WriteitScared.

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Checklist to Edit Your Scenes

They say to delete your darlings, but how do you know what is a darling? How can you decided which scenes to keep and which scenes to delete?

In this show we'll go through simpel ways to look at the scene and decide is it's a keeper or it needs to be tossed. You can get the worksheet here.

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