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Best-selling author and poet, Jennae Cecelia, takes us 'behind-the-scenes' of writing and self-publishing 12 inspiring poetry books. She shares what it took to overcome the self-doubt and fear of judgement that she felt in her senior year of college when she published her first book, Bright Minds Empty Souls, without even telling her creative writing teacher! We discuss the struggle of *not* receiving praise from her closest circle and publishers in the early days, which taught her the power of self-validation and self-belief. She shares the practices that built her confidence, how she finds motivation through impact, the logistics of self-publishing and even how she started selling books without a massive social media following. Tune in to hear how she continues to grow her business and improve her writing by vulnerably sharing her truths.

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Welcome back to the Rebel Maker! In this episode, we’re encouraging rebellious thinking and rebellious behavior in authors across the globe. Enough of this nonsense of constantly writing books to make money and stay visible as an author.
We’re taking a smarter and more sustainable approach. We’re looking at your backlist and finding new creative ways to promote and sell the books you already have.
And to dive deep into that I invited USAT best-selling author of Science Fiction, Jill Cooper. Jill is married to New York Times Best-Selling author, Malorie Cooper. Together, they started The Writing Wives, a community for indie authors who want to sell more books with their existing catalogs and get off the rat race of constantly writing and releasing. 

In this episode:

• [03:41] Hitting a bestseller list as a self-published author
• [08:10] Why writing is just a fraction of the work of publishing a book
• [11:40] Kickstarter: The way of the future for authors
• [15:39] Your Backlist: Selling the books you have instead of writing more books
• [18:17] Stop cranking out books and do this instead to sell more and write less
• [23:27] How Writing Wives helps authors sell more books
• [25:13] Should you buy Facebook Ads for your books?
• [30:14] Book Recommendation: The most life-changing book Jill has read
• [31:45] Writing advice: Jill’s best piece of writing advice

Resources & Links:
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/
The Writing Wives Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewritingwives

Noteworthy quote from this episode:
“How to grow income on words we've already written? Once we learned how to do that, I thought that more authors should learn how to do that. They should learn how to promote their backlist so they don't have to feel the pressure to write a book every month.”

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Website: thewritingwives.com

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Instagram: @rebelqueenbooks
Facebook: @rebelqueenbooks
Website: rebelqueen.co 

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Kate and Marty discuss marketing, which of their efforts paid off and setting their mindsets.

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In this episode, Jake talks about the process of how you can write a best-selling book in a hour a day. He shares the 2 most important pieces of knowledge that you need before getting started; your INTENTION for writing the book and the motivation for WHY NOW. Once you have the answers to these 2 questions then you are ready to begin the process. 

Jake Kelfer is a lifestyle entrepreneur, life elevator, and coach to ambitious entrepreneurs and freedom seekers helping people write and launch bestselling books. He is a 3x bestselling author, a high-energy motivational speaker, investor, and the founder of the Professional Basketball Combine which has helped 70+ NBA draft prospects turn their dreams of playing pro basketball into their reality. He and his work have been featured on Forbes, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and many other major media outlets.

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Candace Dunaway is the Host of the All Things Relatable podcast. Candace practices daily gratitude and believes that this practice is the key to living a joyful life. Candace sees the world through an optimistic lens and looks for the silver linings, even in the most difficult of times. She believes that life is a collection of simple moments of joy that compound to create a happy life.

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Mike Rohde is a designer, teacher and illustrator with a passion for visualizing ideas and teaching people how to think visually and be more creative.

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Author of the highly successful How to Do It Frugally Series of books for authors, Carolyn is constantly in touch with writers worldwide, helping them find ways to improve their writing, editing skills, and most importantly, how to market a book without going broke. We discuss her latest book, Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers, filled with the most common mistakes she finds in the manuscripts of new writers.

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You heard that right, we are talking about the Permafree strategy for book marketing. The idea may seem as frustrating as the permafreeze we suffer in the northern United States, but we promise that by the end of this episode, you will know everything you need to know about making this strategy work for you.

What is Metadata and why do I need it? How can I use it to sell my books? In this episode we discuss these topics and our suggestions for best practices.