Nicole Bianchi

Writing, Copywriting, & Marketing Strategies

How to Self-Publish a Book (Part 2): Launching a New Website!

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Hello, fellow writers!

It’s been several months since my last update about my self-publishing adventure. However, I am excited to report that I’ve spent those months working hard to get a new site built and start implementing the first steps of my self-publishing marketing plan.

Now I’m ready to pull back the curtain and reveal it to all of you! 

First, be sure to check out my previous post (chapter 1 of this adventure) for all the background details about my book and my marketing strategy. 

My goal with this series of posts is to share my experiments. I’m looking forward to seeing what works and what doesn’t with self-publishing and marketing a book. I’m hoping that this can help other writers who want to build an audience and more effectively market their work too. 

Let’s dive in.

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Powerful Productivity Strategies of Famous Writers

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Does it ever feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day for everything that you want to accomplish?

You want to write a novel or short stories or blog posts or start a daily writing routine, but right now you’re just too busy?

You’re not alone.

Even the most prolific writers struggled with the problem of only having twenty-four hours in a single day.

However, they knew how to optimize their time and work efficiently so they could finish their writing projects and share their stories with the world.

Read on to discover the productivity strategies of Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, John Steinbeck and many other successful writers that will help you to supercharge your writing productivity and inspire more people with your words. 

I’ve also made a video version of this blog post that you can watch below:

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How to Self-Publish a Book in 2023: Part 1

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Back in January, I shared my writing goals for 2023 and what I was planning for this website and my YouTube channel this year. 

One of my goals was to finally take the first steps towards self-publishing a book. (I like the term “indie publishing” better, but I’m using the term “self-publishing” for SEO reasons).

This book will be the first I ever self-publish. So, as I wrote in my January post, I’ll be focusing on researching and experimenting to find out what works and what doesn’t. Then I’ll share what I learn here on the blog. I’m excited for this adventure, and I hope you will enjoy reading these updates and find them helpful.

In February, I began working on planning out a marketing strategy. While my book is a novel, I believe these strategies can be used for a nonfiction book as well. 

I’ll break these down into steps for those of you who also want to self-publish a book or more effectively market a traditionally published book. 

Without further ado, let’s dive into chapter one of my indie publishing adventure.

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The Future of Blogging + My Writing Goals for 2023

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I sent this blog’s very first email newsletter way back in 2016. That’s seven years ago! 

A lot has changed in the blogging world since then. In fact, it was just around that time that video was rising in popularity, and people were beginning to ask whether blogging was dying.

Funnily enough, Vine (the popular short form video platform at the time) did end up dying. But short form video did not. Instagram reels, Tik Tok videos, and YouTube shorts have become all the rage.

So, seven years later, is blogging dead? 

I have to admit that I’ve worried over that question. It has seemed that people have been losing interest in blogging over the years. Many of the bloggers I knew back in 2016 have long stopped blogging. Even I started creating YouTube videos in addition to my blog posts.

However, over the past year or so I’ve sensed a shift.

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Ernest Hemingway’s Favorite Writing Exercise (Video)

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Let’s start this year with some wonderful writing advice from Ernest Hemingway.

I’ve just uploaded a new YouTube video sharing Hemingway’s 3-step exercise that will help you improve your writing. I hope this video gives you a bit of inspiration as you work towards your 2023 writing goals.

An aspiring writer once asked Ernest Hemingway, “How can a writer train himself?” Hemingway shared an exercise for sharpening a writer’s observational skills so they can vividly describe their experiences on paper. This exercise can be broken down into three-steps and gives us a fantastic way to practice “show, don’t tell” in our writing.

You can click on the CC button for subtitles. My goal is for this video to help as many writers as possible. 🙂 It would be awesome if you could give it a thumbs up on YouTube and share it with a fellow writer. And I always love hearing your thoughts in the comments. Thank you!

Here’s the full text of Hemingway’s article “Monologue to the Maestro”.

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