okay so I just finished reviewing like three different book reviews last week for a client who’s trying to break into the children’s book market and here’s what actually matters when you’re looking at sample critiques… What Makes a Review Worth Reading First thing – most book reviews you see on Amazon or Goodreads are […]
Okay so the copyright page thing, right – I literally just updated like 15 of my books last month because I realized I’d been doing it wrong for TWO YEARS. Not completely wrong, but missing some stuff that could’ve been a problem. Here’s the deal with copyright pages. Amazon doesn’t technically REQUIRE one, which is […]
Okay so I just spent like three hours yesterday tweaking this memoir template I’ve been using for clients and honestly the whole personal narrative format thing is way less complicated than people make it seem but there are some specific structures that actually work. The Basic Three-Act Setup Nobody Talks About Right Most memoir templates […]
Okay so I was helping my friend Sarah last week with her book review blog and she was completely stuck on how to actually structure a review that people would want to read, and honestly this is something I see ALL the time with KDP authors trying to build their platform. The thing about book […]
Okay so Lulu’s cover templates are actually way less complicated than people make them out to be, but there’s this whole thing with spine width calculations that trips everyone up initially. I spent like three hours last Tuesday trying to figure out why my cover kept getting rejected and it was literally just because I […]
Okay so I literally just set up three manuscript templates in Google Docs last week for a client and here’s what actually works without making yourself crazy. The Basic Setup Nobody Tells You About First thing – you gotta understand that Google Docs isn’t Word and it’s never gonna be Word, which is honestly fine […]
Okay so I just spent like three hours setting up a novel template in Google Docs last week because one of my clients kept asking how to organize their manuscript properly and honestly, it’s way simpler than people make it sound but there’s a few things you gotta know upfront. The Basic Setup That Actually […]
Okay so I just finished helping someone set up their yearbook template last week and honestly the whole process is way less complicated than people think but there are some weird gotchas nobody tells you about. The Basic Template Structure You Actually Need Right so first thing – you need to decide if you’re doing […]
Okay so here’s the thing about print-ready files – I spent like three hours last Tuesday night fixing a template that should’ve been ready to go and my cat kept walking across the keyboard which didn’t help, but I figured out what actually matters vs what’s just people overthinking it. The Bleeds Thing Everyone Gets […]
Okay so I literally just spent the last three days rebuilding my entire outlining system in Google Docs because my old Word templates kept corrupting and I’m gonna walk you through exactly how I set this up now. Why Google Docs Actually Makes Sense for Book Outlines First thing – I used to think cloud […]