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

Interviews with fifty writers as they speak about writing, publishing and promoting their books in the digital age. Some of the writers are traditional authors. Others have built careers as self-published ebook authors. It contains interviews with authors who write detective stories, westerns, romance, thrillers and children’s books. Included are: John Locke, the first self published ebook author to sell a million copies of his novels. Micaela Wendell who was thirteen when she wrote the first draft of her book The Branding. Dolores Durando who wrote and published her first book when she turned ninety. And the amazing Robert J Randisi who has written over five hundred novels. All of them share tips and advice garnered from the front line as they have successfully become writers 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