2000 Words. I spoke at Virtuous Con today and gave a demo on Scrivener. It was a great session, and very cool to see so many people of color and blerds in the (virtual) audience. Hopefully it will grow my audience.
I got 250+ Writing Tips Vol. 2 off to my editor, with a deadline of end of the week.
I also made more progress on Indie Author Confidential Vol. 6. After Vol. 7, I am shifting the series to annually (maybe twice a year) to give me some more time back. I feel like I’m always working on it, which I enjoy, but I am ready to start some new projects too.
I also contracted with a designer to create images for future volumes of the Indie Author Confidential series. I am running out of stock photos to use. He is designing five icons for me. This will get me to Volume 10, which will be sometime around 2023 or 2024. That’s a nice long time to have a continuous series with covers that all match. In 2023 if I’m still writing it, I’ll have more icons designed, or I may rebrand. We’ll see. I just wanted to give myself some options, and this is a profitable year for me so I preferred to do it now.
I also started talks with a developer to help me with another automation project, this time around helping me manage my books across retailers. It’s very boring and technical and won’t apply to most unless you have at least 5 books published. I probably won’t talk about it much until it’s got some legs under it—I know some of you will find it interesting but this is one of those “only Michael La Ronn talks about this” kind of things.
I also cleaned up my website. Had some broken widgets so tried to fix those. I need to do a deep clean of my website. That’ll probably happen either before or after Beast Mode.
RACCOON UPDATE
The raccoons returned last night….they dug up a few unprotected corners of sod, but otherwise, my strategy is holding. I’ll be in the clear in a couple of days. The sod is pretty much glued down at this point. Anything they pulled up probably wasn’t going to survive anyway.
Another battle won!!!
NEW BOOKS
Two new books to announce.
The ground-breaking, behind-the-scenes look at a working writer continues with Vol. 5!
Prolific writer M.L. Ronn (Michael La Ronn) shares his lessons learned on his journey to become a successful writer. You’ll discover writing, marketing, business, and other miscellaneous tips that you don’t hear every day.
Covered in this volume:
• Why Michael ended his podcasts
• The book that completely changed Michael’s life and made him a happier person
• How Michael produced cleaner manuscripts this quarter by automating parts of his editing process
• The lessons Michael learned from law school that apply to his writing career
The information in this book is what writers discuss over beers at writing conferences. You may find it useful on your journey to becoming a successful writer. It just might make you more money and help you satisfy your readers, too.
Are you ready to dive into the world of Indie Author Confidential?
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INTRODUCING: Authors, Steal This Book
Read this book before publishing industry goons track M.L. Ronn down and throw him in jail!
Some ideas are too good to keep to yourself. In this writer’s guide, prolific author M.L. Ronn dreams big and shares 67 innovative ideas that could one day change the author profession as we know it.
M.L. Ronn draws on lessons learned from a decade-long career of writing over 50 books, a YouTube channel for writers with over 2 million views, and networking with movers and shakers in the publishing industry.
• Discover unique publishing ideas that could help authors build their platforms and make more money
• Uncover author tools and services that are desperately needed but people aren’t aware of yet
• Find out how existing and emerging technology can help authors do more in less time
• Learn how to become the writer of the future
If you are inspired by anything in this book, share it. You never know what could happen. If any of the ideas in this book take root, the author community will benefit tremendously.
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