Livestream/AMA: Book Marketing, Motivation, Language Learning, Picking a Project, and Selling Foreign Rights – Love Your Work, Episode 289

October 06 2022 – 07:30am

ama-september-2022 Today I have a special episode for you. If you missed last month’s AMA/Livestream, I’m delivering it right to your ears.

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In this AMA, I answered questions about:

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How should I start marketing my books?
How can you cope with burnout that gets in the way of creative work?
How can you market your books when it doesn’t come naturally?
How did you build your audience and how long did it take? (How can you build an audience without “niching down”?)
What’s the difference between an accountability partner and a creativity partner?
How did you get your first book deal?
How can you stay motivated and get help from others when you work in isolation?
How can you create luck in creative work?
Which is better: Medium, or Substack?
Do you use editing software, such as Grammarly?
How did you come up with the Seven Mental States of Creativity?
Have you made soap lately?
How are you improving your fiction and storytelling skills?
How do you hack learning a new language?
Why are you using a pen name to write fiction?
What are good writing goals for a beginner?
Why do you prefer self-publishing over traditional?
How can you pick a creative project when you have too many ideas?
How do you make foreign-rights deals for your books?
What should do with lots of different content on different topics?

I also mention in this my new giveaway, and I’ll tell you briefly about it now. I’m giving away 20 of my favorite creativity books. As you know from this show, I’m a creativity enthusiast. I love to think about how to tap into your creativity and motivate action, and I love stories about how all creators do that, whether they’re writers, painters, musicians, scientists – or do any kind of creative work.

I’ve compiled a list of my favorite creativity books, spanning mindset, creativity science, biographies, and more. I’m reaching into my own pocket and buying all twenty book for one lucky winner. Find out which books are on the list and sign up at kdv.co/giveaway.

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