Secrets of Successful Writers: Authors speak about writing and publishing in the digital age

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
Welcome to Secrets of Successful Writers!......Page 5
Robert J Randisi – Author of 500 Novels. Believe it or Not!......Page 7
Heather Killough-Walden – A Passionate Story Hits Amazon’s Number One......Page 9
JR Rain – Writing Good Books is the Best Marketing Tool......Page 12
John Locke – One of Amazon’s Most Successful Ebook Authors......Page 14
Michael Prescott – Four Bestselling Ebooks on Amazon Kindle At Once......Page 16
Richard Zimler – The Power of Myth......Page 20
Matthew Reilly – Write What You Like to Read......Page 24
Mark Edwards – Two Bestsellers Hit Top of UK Amazon Kindle Chart......Page 27
Micaela Wendell – Young Ebook Writer Makes Waves on Amazon......Page 30
Richard Jay Parker – Writers Need to be Sociable to Succeed......Page 32
John Marsden – 1000 Words a Day Leads to Successful Writing Career......Page 34
Saffina Desforges – 700 Book Sales a Day and in the UK Amazon Top Ten......Page 36
Loucinda McGary – Free Kindle Bestseller Hit Number One......Page 38
Jack Dann – Award Winning Author Shares his Keys To Writing Success......Page 41
Chris Smith – An Overnight Success – And it Only Took Twenty-seven Years......Page 45
Bill Gourgey – One Million Readers and Counting......Page 47
Steven Savile – Dr Who & Torchwood Writer Makes it Big on Kindle......Page 52
Adam Wallace – How to Write Children’s Books – that sell!......Page 56
Dale Brown – Taking Flight with a Bestselling Author......Page 59
Stephanie McAfee – Ebook sales Leads to Three Book Publishing Deal......Page 62
Jeff Bennington – Goodreads, Kindlenation and Blog Tour Promotion......Page 64
Michael Robotham – Ray Bradbury and Empty Cradles led to Writing Success......Page 68
Jennifer Bacia – Making her Own Luck......Page 71
Christopher Buecheler – 70,000 Downloads of his Ebook and Counting......Page 73
Gemma Halliday – Want to Be a Successful Writer? Write More Books.......Page 77
Marisa Mackle – How to Write a Bestseller Without Knowing How to Type......Page 80
Richard Phillips – Kindle Ebook format Leads to Bestseller Status......Page 82
Dakota Banks – First Published Book returns as a Successful Ebook......Page 84
Dolores Durando – A Bestselling novel – at age 90!......Page 89
Andy Briggs – Write More Books to Become a Successful Author......Page 91
Tessa Gratton – Writers Need Adventure As Fuel......Page 93
Gordon Ferris – Over 250,000 Kindle Ebooks Sold......Page 95
Richard Harland – Liberating the Writer Within......Page 97
Linda Wisdom – Sixty Published Novels and Counting......Page 99
B.V. Larson – Ebook Publishing Giant......Page 101
Stephen Leather – Ninety-nine Cent Price No Barrier To Ebook Success......Page 103
Anna Campbell – Want to be a Successful Author? Here’s how…......Page 105
Blake Crouch – Good Writing Pushes Ebook Sales......Page 107
David Lender – A Financial Thriller......Page 109
Ricki Thomas – 'Gentle' Author is Knocking 'em Dead......Page 112
William Campbell – Writing Persistence Leads to Amazon Top 100......Page 114
Debbi Mack – Book Cracks New York Times Bestseller List......Page 117
James LePore – Free Kindle Ebook hits Amazon Number One......Page 120
Stephen Carpenter – Entertainment Weekly calls Killer an "ebook blockbuster"......Page 123
Kat Martin – Over Fifty Published Novels and Still Writing......Page 125
Stephen Knight – Self Discipline a Key to Writing Success......Page 127
Sara Rosett – Connect with Readers through Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads......Page 131
Patricia Gragg – Facebook and Twitter Relationships Led to Bestseller Status......Page 134
Michele Scott – Rejection From Major Publisher Created Ebook Success......Page 136
Darrell Pitt – What Does it Take to be a Successful Author?......Page 138
A Few Final Words......Page 141