Fantasy romance author, publishing under Inked Arrow Books. I love being an indie author so join me as I share all the publishing insights, tips, and experiences of publishing! I'm a UK author, mum of two young kiddos, chronic health warrior, and procrastinator extraordinaire. See you around!
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My Books:
Soul Bound Series THE ALLIANCE (prequel short story, free for newsletter subscribers) ASCENDING IN CHAOS AVENGED BY FATE ALLIANCE OF ENEMIES
Kingdom of Druids REIGN OF BLOOD AND SHADOW BOOK 2 (title tba - out summer 2024)
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Find more at www.rhianedwardsauthor.com
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Fantastic goals for Q4! You've got me really excited for Q4 now. I haven't planned using HB90 since Q1 this year and with all the illness that's gone down in Q2 and Q3, I really need to focus in on getting some of my yearly goals sorted. Another writing meet up is definitely needed, Rhian! :) xxxx
Ooh, you've actually got me excited about Q4 ... I paused the video and jotted some thoughts in my Notes app and I think I've got a plan I REALLY like (not just the plan I think I 'should' like). Also, where can we find out more about your critique services?
Yay!! Get those goals planned! On my website I've got a page on beta critiquing, and then just drop me a message with any questions, I'll be happy to help!
small suggestion, took me 10 minutes to navigate your site and find your books and links to the stores. Might want to look and see if you can make that a little easier, or link directly to the book pages on your youtube videos.
good morning, Rhian. Joining the Old School club here. Pen and Paper may be old school but our brain processes and retains information we actually write out hard copy. get it down first then transfer to digital if you must. I've always been a planner but the HB90 process has changed how I think about my authorpreneur business. I loved your heart screen for the Kanban. LOL I know having that visual on my wall has helped insure I'm actually accomplishing what I've mapped out in my planner. Hopefully, this will be the last quarter I have to include decluttering my office as a goal. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing!
This is a great peek into what my budget will look like (Fall 2025, fingers crossed!) ❤ Though I'm 100% sure I'll be splurging on the cover and character art 😂 The visuals are a non-negotiable for me, haha!
I am realizing more and more how much I need that level of planning and structure. For the longest time it felt stifling, but as I am now actually taking my own writing seriously, I am learning to embrace it. Thanks so much for all these tips!
It's mad how much learning how to structure, prioritise, and manage, has helped with my writing! I totally recommend following hb90 or another quarterly planning system!
This just reminded me that I haven't written down my goals yet 😮 One was to start authortube, so I'll write it down and then tick it off immediately 😂 These tips will definitely help with my other plans!
Second it! It's important to recognize the small tasks that bring you closer to completing a project that can take months. Otherwise, you might never feel thruly accomplished.
The Amz KDP 'help' was useless. However there is a contact us form through the Amazon Author Central. One of the issues you can ask them to sort out is to link your books. At least that's how the IS hardback for one of my books was linked earlier this year when it failed to link automatically. The Amazon Author Central people are really prompt and helpful.
When I format the book I'm currently editing, I plan on doing a video showing what I'm doing! But for now, I have found it much easier than formatting in word and with many more options. They're constantly updating things and adding new features in too (and you don't have to pay more!) I haven't used it on my ipad, so can't comment. Their customer service is great though and they have a fb group for atticus authors and that's been helpful at times as well!
I really enjoyed seeing your process! I love writing lists, but I also pretty much keep my tasks in my head. I started the HB90 class, but it was too lengthy of a process to write everything out. I don’t have a lot of time to spend on my writing and when I do have time I want to write. 😊😂
I got the first two, still debating about atticus. Canva I am not even gonna try lol, my skills are horrible. I rather pay for stuff like that. Thanks for the great video <3
Great video! I have all of these as well except Atticus and Lemon Friday. I use vellum for formatting, but I need to check out Lemon Friday. Definitely need help in that department. I bought my prowriting aid (lifetime) I think around Black Friday or Christmas time for a deep discounted amount. Usually most apps go on sale around then. check it out.
Great video. I use Canva Pro but I have heard a bit about Book Brush, which supposedly offers more than Canva, including more help with book cover creation. Book Brush is said to be more author/book focused than Canva. Have you ever used Book Brush? Do you have an opinion if Canva or Book Brush is best for authors?
Loved this video. I just bought Atticus this week to format my book and it’s amazing 🤩 and I’m a Publish & Thrive Alumni who also uses Pro Writing Aid 😊 Some great tools for indie authors!
Me, me, me. Buy my books, buy my books. I said I'd tell you how to use BookFunnel but firs buy my books, buy my books, buy my books, buy my books, buy my books, buy my books, smile smile smile, buy my books....
Thank you for noticing my smile! The book discussed in the video was a free newsletter reader magnet that I set up on bookfunnel which is why I was making this video as my channel is all about publishing as an indie author. Hope that helps clear up any confusion as you certainly do not have to buy the book I was talking about. Thank you for your comment!
I'm afraid I'm not so gifted in speaking in different accents, but isn't it great there is such a vast amount of different accents in the world? I hope you find someone with an accent you enjoy listening to! Thanks for your comment!
The biggest courses I took were the 'HB90' planning course and 'Publish & Thrive' with Sarra Cannon and I cannot recommend them enough! I did a couple free courses for things like IG stories and a freebie fb ads mini class (www.matthewjholmes.com/) that's the link for the fb ads one! It's just the basics but that's what I needed to begin with!
Thank you for the feedback - It was much quieter on my end when I was editing! My next video has no music in the background except for the intro and outro!
This was great and very helpful as I’m sitting here Easter Sunday, revise it my Q2 goals and looking over quarter one goals so I can jump into Q2 tomorrow with a clear game plan
I've tweaked them! I've taken out pages I no longer need and made sections bigger/more streamlined for my needs! For example, I got on really well with task block planning in the beginning, but it doesn't really fit well with planning for me anymore so I've removed those sections (even though I still set my timer when I'm physically working into 30 min blocks!)
Loved this! You always inspire me to get back to work on my books and see if I end up deciding they are ready for publishing. I would love to see a writing experiment/vlog where you attempt writing as a SAHM (so writing from home one day when the kids are home) because I think it would be fun but also as a way to share ideas for how to squeeze in more writing time. Another idea for a video: how you plan what you're going to do specifically after you drop off the kids so you can write. I find I'm always doing things like "oh well I should throw in a load of laundry first so I can multitask that way" and it snowballs and I have wasted all my writing time cleaning.
Thank you for being so open with this. It’s great information to have as a newbie at the start of my self publishing journey. I hope that your income continues to increase exponentially! I got Pro Writing Aid at a good discount as a NaNoWriMo perk so that might be worth considering for renewal. Would love to see videos on different aspects of the process - especially around book formatting and ordering copies for proofing. Best wishes for 2024 and beyond!
Hi Rhian, thanks for this; also wanted to jump on and ask if you check synopsis and plot points at all as part of your editing/paid service? I have a cosy mystery, but not sure if I'm doing it justice. Zelda x
Are you planning on querying with it? The only thing I'd say is that I don't have experience with querying! However, a synopsis is a synopsis, and I'd be happy to figure something out to work with you on that! If you want to chat more, head over to Instagram and dm me so we can run through some things!
