"This is a must-read for any writer or would-be writer. When it comes to publishing, Hausmann knows the territory inside and out. Here, she gives the scoop on what to do and what not to do when proceeding with your work...and she does so brilliantly."-- Jack Engelhard,author of the international bestselling novel "Indecent Proposal" 

*1st Place, Gold Medal 2018 - Readers' Favorite Awards - Writing & Publishing. 

In its 3rd edition "NAKED NEWS For Indie Authors" features 37% more content than the 2016 Update. 

Penned by 27-year industry veteran Gisela Hausmann whose work has been featured in Success and Entrepreneur, on Bloomberg and NBC's business blog, the book shows how authors how to save marketing dollars, not fall for scams, as well as handle their own marketing and media coverage more or less for free. 

Content: 
1) Overcoming Your Biggest Disappointments 
2) The Naked Truth that Leads to the Naked News 

3) Find a Publisher or Self-Publish? 
4) Facts to Consider before Trying to Find a Publisher 
5) Avoiding Trouble and Getting Ahead 

6) The Biggest Fiction 
7) The Importance of Real Research 
8) Flawed Data 
9) Collecting and Interpreting Data 
10) Ads (Twitter, Online Magazine, Print Magazine, Facebook, Blogs, Email Campaigns) 

11) Your Own Data 
12) Your Own Data in the Hands of Giants 

13) How Do You Get the Attention of the Media 
14) Brad Pitt and I 
15) Contacting Media Persons 

16) Did You Do the Math? 
17) Learning from Content Bloggers 
18) Other Frequently Presented Tips 
19) Speaking of Free... 
20) Using Book Scan to Your Advantage 
21) Dangerous Wordings 
22) Testimonials Are Key to Finding Out Some of the Naked News 

23) Awards 
24) The Best Way to Get Rid of All Marketing Problems 
25) "Where should I start?" 

*Solo Medalist, New Apple Book Awards (Writing and Publishing, 2018)
*1st Place, Reader Views Literary Awards (Writing and Publishing, 2018)

Find the time, energy, and confidence you need to make your creative dreams come true!

Do you feel like you're always behind? Do less important tasks frequently flood your schedule and sink your creative motivation? Are you frustrated and out of touch with your inner artist?

After 20 years experience in the writing industry, author Colleen M. Story extends a lifeline to pull you out of the sinking swamp of "busyness" and back into the flourishing creative life you deserve.

Today's demands on writers and other creative artists are overwhelming. Not only must you produce the work you love, but build and maintain a platform and market your finished products to the world--all while holding down a day job and/or caring for a family.

You teeter on the edge. What waits on the other side are burnout, exhaustion, and a complete loss of creative motivation.

Overwhelmed Writer Rescue provides practical, personalized solutions to help beginning and experienced writers and other creative artists escape the tyranny of the to-do list to nurture the genius within. You'll find ways to boost productivity, improve time management, and restore your sanity while gaining insight into your unique creative nature and what it needs to thrive.

Ultimately, you'll discover what may be holding you back from experiencing the true joy that a creative life can bring.

In this motivational and inspiring book, you'll learn:

• Why you feel so rushed and how you can regain control of your time.
• Your unique "time personality" and how to use it to get more writing done.
• Practical steps to overcome distractions and focus faster.
• The 7 "productivity saboteurs" that plague creative artists and how to outsmart them.
• Your personal motivation style and how to use it to increase productivity.
• How to tap into your unconscious mind to find "writer solutions" when you need them.
• Why affirmations don't work and how to instill true belief in yourself.
• Why it's critical to your overall health and well being to nurture the creator within.

There's no reason to feel overwhelmed one moment longer. No matter how crazy your life is, you can find more time for your creative work, and start feeling more like yourself again.

As seen in Forbes. Social media guru, Julie A. Gerber and award-winning author of forty-three best-selling books, Carole P. Roman, team up to travel the winding road of self-publishing, promoting, and marketing a book. Join these two experts as they share their vast store of experience in an easy to read book.
Learn why you need a beta reader and the importance of a good editor. Make a list of what you need to do when choosing an illustrator. Compare the many ways to promote your book.
Navigating Indieworld will end up being your travel guide as you journey from writer to published author.
FIVE stars from ForeWord Reviews.

Have you always wanted to write a children’s book, but thought you couldn’t? Or maybe it’s already written, but you don’t know where to go from here?

Are you looking for a blueprint that can guide you from story idea all the way to published book, without feeling lost and overwhelmed – even if you don’t have much time?

In How To Self-Publish A Children's Book, Y. Eevi Jones outlines the precise path to fulfilling your dream of becoming a published children’s book author. You will find everything you need to know to write, illustrate, publish, and market your paperback and ebook.  

Plus, you will find:

• Templates and Swipe Files of emails to hire Editors and Illustrators, plus how to ask Influencers for reviews you can feature on your cover.
  
• A Hand-Selected List of highly qualified Editors, Illustrators, Book Formatters, and Marketing Strategists you can hire, without it costing you a fortune.
  
• Lists of Blogs, Book Festivals, Awards, and Groups specifically for marketing children’s books.
  
• BONUS: valuable Insider Tips from bestselling children’s book authors. What do they wish they’d known before they worked on their first children’s book?
  

How To Self-Publish A Children's Book will help you write a magical story tailored to specific age groups.
How To Self-Publish A Children's Book will empower you to bring your characters to life.
How To Self-Publish A Children's Book will turn you into a published children’s book author.

Take the first step.
And this book will show you the rest.

To learn more and to watch the book's trailer, visit www.eevijones.com.

A soulful mix of writing, geology, rock and roll, and ancient lost nations comes from the author of the award winning historical novel, Storykeeper. The thought-provoking account of a ten-year search for mystical orbs, mysterious earthworks, and forgotten history intends to inspire the storyteller in all of us to begin their own journey.

Want to be a better writer? Perfect your process.

Process is a vital, unsung writing skill.

For example, do you fear the blank page? You may be skipping the essential early phases of writing.

Do you generate swarms of ideas but never publish anything? You need strategies to focus and persist to the finish.

When you learn to work with your brain instead of against it, you'll get more done and have more fun.

Master the inner game of writing

The Writer's Process combines proven practices of successful authors with cognitive science research about how our minds work.

You'll learn: 

Done properly, memoir is more than just a recitation of facts about a person's life. It's a journey, connecting writer and reader in that shared space where we all experience what it means to be human. In the award-winning Writing Memoir: The Practical Guide to Writing and Publishing the Story of Your Life, Jerry Payne details, in an easy-to-follow way, how to take the particulars of one's life and weave them into a moving, compelling, page-turning story. Using examples from his own works as well as other works from the masters of the genre, Payne discusses narrative arc, theme, character development, description, dialogue, flow, and voice.


Concise, yet comprehensive, Writing Memoir also covers essential concerns like how to construct an effective outline, how to avoid common errors of grammar and punctuation, how to go about editing and rewriting, how to view one's book critically and objectively, and the ins and outs of both traditional publishing and self-publishing.

Write! is a breakthrough book from a successful professional author, for an audience of writers of all levels seeking a guide to the craft. DiPego’s unique personal approach takes readers on a private tour of his well-lighted rooms and dark corners, revealing his way of pulling feeling, experience and invention from within and weaving them into a story. The result of this exciting method is the creation of rich, believable characters and an atmosphere of Emotional Realism.

Write! shows that the inspiration for a new work is not reducible to rules, the mechanics of plotting, or finding a “hook,” but largely rests in the emotional journey of the characters, so readers are personally engaged and live the journey as they read. DiPego’s method is delivered on the page in a personal, conversational style, laced with examples from his published and produced work as well as relevant anecdotes from the life of a working writer. DiPego offers useful prompts and exercises to help writers integrate his method into their own work.

DiPego is a veteran writer who has taught creative writing and screenwriting, spending four years on the faculty of the Santa Fe Screenwriter’s Conference. Write! distills wisdom from 45 years in his successful career as a writer of fiction in all forms, including novels (Cheevey, With a Vengeance, Keeper of the City and others) films (Sharky’s Machine, Phenomenon, Message in a Bottle, The Forgotten, Words & Pictures, and many more), short stories and stage plays.

He is twice nominated for the WGA screenwriting award, and his film for television, A Family Upside Down, won a Golden Globe award as best picture. His recent play, 154 and Paradise, was produced last year at Santa Barbara's Center Stage to sold-out audiences. His screenplays have attracted top talent such as Paul Newman, John Travolta, Anthony Hopkins, Juliette Binoche, Clive Owen, Kevin Costner, Jennifer Lopez, Robin Wright and others.

How do I self-publish my new book?
And how much will it cost?

Have you ever asked yourself these questions? If so, this is the perfect book for you! In this concise and award-winning* self-publishing guide for aspiring authors, Mike Kowis, Esq., shares his 14-step process to publishing attractive, well-written, and effectively marketed books. Don’t worry, it’s MUCH easier than you think! In this step-by-step guide, you will learn:

•Everything you need to know about self-publishing, including advice for editing, designing, distributing, and marketing your book;
•How much this process costs; plus
•The surprising lessons Mike learned from self-publishing his award-winning debut book.

This handy book also includes a checklist of the entire 14-step process so you won’t miss a single thing!

*This book was selected as a Finalist in the Business: Writing & Publishing category of the 2017 International Book Awards, chosen as an Official Selection in the Writing & Publishing category of the 2017 New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing, and received Honorable Mention in the Non-fiction Writing/Publishing genre of the 2017 Readers' Favorite Book Awards.


MIKE KOWIS, ESQ., is a corporate tax attorney, college instructor, speaker, and award-winning author. During the two-month process of self-publishing his first book, Engaging College Students: A Fun and Edgy Guide for Professors, Mike took careful notes on each step and later decided to write this book to help other authors who want to self-publish. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree and two law degrees, including an advanced law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He lives in Texas with his beautiful wife, Jessica, their two rambunctious children, and two noisy but sweet dogs. You can find more information at www.engagingcollegestudents.com/self-publishing-guide.

With the availability of self-publishing services and the rise of the entrepreneur as a thought leader, writing a book is becoming more appealing to an increasing number of small business owners. The problem? Most small business owners aren’t writers, have never written a book before, are time poor and don’t know where to start. While many want to write a book, they worry about investing months of their time and thousands of their dollars to write something that isn’t any good, or to not even finish. Book Blueprint gives a step-by-step framework that any entrepreneur can follow to write a great book quickly, even if they’re not a writer.