I’ve never been one to ‘spill tea’, but there is one trend I’ve
noticed in the indie author community that I don’t agree with. When I first
started looking into self-publishing there weren’t that many authors out there.
The only ones I’d really taken notice of were Amanda Hocking and HP Mallory. I
started to research self-publishing and connected with other authors on
twitter. I noticed that some of the authors I remember one author who’d written
one poetry book and another on marketing. I thought it was a bit odd that she
was selling a book offering advice when she didn’t have much experience herself.
Currently, I’ve been turning to YouTube for writing videos and I’ve noticed the
something similar happening. Authors are offering seminars or writing books that
are supposed to tell you how to be a best seller. Some of these courses cost
more than my college courses (some colleges offer creative writing courses and
nearly all colleges offer a marketing course). I personally think there are
better *free* resources online. Brandon Sanderson’s (very helpful) writing
courses are on YouTube, and you only have to google ‘marketing advice’ to get
marketing advice. I can understand why authors feel the pressure to do this. Self published authors are told they won't make any money unless they market themselves as a sales person/writing expert. I want to make it clear before I end this blog that I DO NOT have anything against these authors. My purpose for writing this blog is just to state that there are free resources out there that have helped me and can help others.
