I had Fred Hughes on my YouTube channel yesterday.

We talked about writing, co-writing with another author (with examples), writing in someone else’s IP, branding, and marketing, among other things.

We each write differently, but with the same goals, get a book out and get folks to buy it!

I want to stress that there is, IMHO, no ‘right’ way to write, that is up to the individual author as to how you write.

Anyhoo, the link is HERE, if you’re bored and want to hear about how others do things…

One thing we didn’t get into, but I wish we had, was what writing short stories for anthologies ‘can’ do for you. One thing it can do, even if your name isn’t on the cover, is to get exposure to readers who don’t necessarily know you or follow you. If you wrote a good story, that can help broaden your reader base, by making those readers want to see ‘what else’ you’ve written.

Lastly, covers… I know I beat this one to death, but covers are extremely important. Does it match the genre you’re writing in? While that fancy cover may look great full sized, what does it look like as a 200×200 pixel thumbnail? That is what most people are going to see on Amazon.

A few other folks to check-

Mad Genius Club- Writers on writing. https://madgeniusclub.com/

Writer’s Dojo- Larry Correia and Steve Diamond on the business of writing. https://www.writerdojo.com/

Cedar Sanderson- She does it all, art/writing/editing/etc. https://www.cedarwrites.com/

Raconteur Press- A local start up publisher who does primarily anthologies with new writers. And doesn’t hide the accounting and pays their authors!!! https://raconteurpress.substack.com/