E. J. Dawson 
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Ugliness in the Publishing Industry I’m angry. I’m furious. I’m at the end of my fucking rope. I’d like to say its about the BLM movement, and what’s happening in Australia and America is terrible. I’d like to say it’s the #Publishingpaidme tag and the disparagement between black authors and white authors is sickening. I’d like to say it’s the transphobic tweets from JK Rowling this morning but to be honest… Read More
Category: Social Media, Uncategorized Tags: #diversity, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #indiebooks, #selfpub, #SelfPubIsHere, #selfpublish, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writing
I started writing a seriously in 2014 and consequently, self-published called the Last Prophecy Series. My reason remains sound; it was a twenty-one novella and book fantasy steampunk series. Not exactly a trendy topic, succinct series, or the kind of project that would be over in a few years. But I was determined and it remains to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Getting an editor taught me a… Read More
Category: On Writing Tags: #authors, #indieauthors, #selfpub, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #write, #writers, #writingcommunity, goals, indie, writing
I’m having a rant. Want to know why? Because people are being bullied. Being threatened. Being made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the #WritingCommunity. I wish this wasn’t the first time I’ve spoken about how I’ve seen or been guilted in the #WritingCommunity about what I do with my Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages, but I’d be a damn liar. Anyone who’s followed me would know I have… Read More
Category: Social Media Tags: #authors, #blackmail, #book, #books, #bullied, #bullying, #community, #dreams, #ebook, #F4F, #followers, #indieauthors, #marketing, #Publishers, #reading, #selfpub, #SocialMedia, #Twitter, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writing
There is a battle on Twitter at the moment. I first witnessed it from several readers who were attacked by Indie authors for leaving anything but a five-star review. Authors… attacking readers. What kind of a fucked-up person do you have to be to attack your own consumers? One reader had given four stars, and posted a glowing review, but took it down after the indie author not tracked them… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #amreading, #authors, #books, #honesty, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #indiebooks, #read, #readers, #reviews, #selfpub, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #writingcommunity, indie, writerslife, writing
I was recently speaking to a friend about what else she could do beyond the basics of getting her marketing plan ready, and what it was to actually have one. There were things I knew, information I’d learned over the years that I’d kept to myself. Another Twitter user asked for some pointers, completely separate, and I thought about sharing my secretes with them too, before I asked myself why the hell… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #books, #community, #ebook, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #marketing, #reviews, #success, #writingcommunity, indie, writerslife, writing
So you signed up for Nanowrimo… good job! There are a lot of guides out there, so I’m just going to tell you what works for me, take of it what you will. First things first – Nano isn’t hard… for a vetran writer. Stephen King says write 2k a day, well you only have to write 1667 for Nano. And you can do that two ways; Panster – someone… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #book, #creativity, #dream, #fantasy, #imagination, #inspiration, #nanowrimo, #nanowrimo2018, #novel, #story, author, goals, indie, storytelling, tips, writing
You’re doing what?!? Writing a 21 book/novella series… and in my sleep Cthulhu eats my brain. This came about thanks to @lilcrow during a flurry of twitter when she asked me what I wrote, and I blabbed about my series, later realising I’d given her the complete wrong impression. She’d assumed I’d actually finished this mammoth task, and flattering as it was, I’m a long way off. But I am determined… if… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #adventure, #amwritingfantasy, #book, #creativity, #creators, #Cthulhu, #epic, #fantasy, #indieauthor, #inspiration, #NA, #nanowrimo, #novel, #novella, #poem, #poems, #poetry, #selfpub, #SelfPubIsHere, #selfpublishing, #series, #steampunk, #storyteller, #writemotivation, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writerslife, writing
No, really, its not an rhetorical question. It shouldn’t be a question. I’ve been on this journey for three years now, and I’m still asking myself that question. When I started my self pubbing journey I did it because there was a voice inside me that wasn’t just the woman who occasional wrote a bit, had even finished a couple of novels. I had a story I desperately needed someone to hear,… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #Aussieauthor, #book, #cockygate, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #selfpub, #SelfPubIsHere, #selfpublishing, #story, #storyteller, amwriting, author, indie, storytelling, writerslife, writing
It didn’t dawn on me until I was sitting at the launch, the display out for everyone, that I felt like I could be excited! The local Mayor was coming to give a speech, my Dad flew down from the NSW coast unexpectedly, but I didn’t feel until that moment that I’d really done it. As people started turning up it started to pass in a blur, but I got so many… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #accomplished, #accomplishment, #author, #book, #bookrelease #bookart, #breastcancerawareness, #chasing, #creativity, #dream, #dreams, #fantasy, #goodtimes, #imagination, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #proud, #published, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #steampunk, #story, amwriting, goals, indie, writerslife, writing
So you got it, you filtered through all those inspiring ideas and mad illusions, you found the time to put pen to paper (lol, no way, I mean fingers to keyboard), and came up with a great story that you think other people would want to read too. Congratulations, because that is freakin’ awesome. Doing that part is sometimes the hardest of all. Now you want to share it, but what do… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #selfpublished, amwriting, author, indie, tips, writing
E. J. Dawson 