Tyler Kirk ✓

[text] Convince me to read your book in one sentence.

[image] Indie April means it’s time to spread the love! Here are some incredible indie books I’ve read that you should check out:

[text] How can we actually improve indie publishing and authorship? Indie has exploded in the last decade, but most authors still struggle with: -Discoverability in a flooded market. -Terrible royalty splits and opaque algorithms. -Poor distribution and bookstore access. -Marketing

[image] INDIE APRIL ROLL CALL 📣 ----------------------------- Authors drop some info about your book: (Here are some ideas) – The genre – Where to find it – One-line hook – Who would love this book -Compare it to a popular book -Use emojis to illustrate the vibe Let’s support each

[text] Indie April is all about indie authors supporting each other. Are you doing your part?

[image] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Book Review: Highly recommended. Russell Carroll has raised the bar for what indie epic fantasy can be. This is an excellent novel, probably the best self-published fantasy fiction I’ve read so far. Everything about it feels professional. Yes, Russell and I are

[image] I'm thrilled to announce that I've been selected as a judge for the Arizona Authors Association's 46th Annual Literary Contest!

[text] I’m well aware that we’ve beaten the topic of reviews and feedback to death in this community. With the Twitter/X communities going away after this month, this will be one of my last posts here in the FOTIA feed. It will also be one of my final posts on the subject of reviews and

[text] What genre do you refuse to write?

[text] Why should someone read your book over a well-known classic?

[text] I wonder what would happen if we did away with genre in books. 🤔 No more “literary fiction,” “sci-fi,” “romance,” “mystery,” or “fantasy” labels. Just… books. Stories that are whatever they need to be. Would readers discover more wildly original work, or would we feel lost

[text] The fear of your writing being mistaken for AI should not be a thing.

[image] Me watching indie authors with accounts less than a year old complain about marketing their books.

[text] Being an indie author means doing everything… and somehow still loving it.

[text] If you're looking for a sharp, supportive editor who genuinely wants to lift indie voices, check out @kathrynhall_ and give her a follow!

[text] All these author squabbles that I've been seeing here lately should be settled the right way: with proper rap-style diss tracks.

[text] "Art isn't subjective. If everything is beautiful then nothing is." Correct, but you have to understand that what you think is beautiful is going to be ugly to someone else somewhere. I love gothic architecture and cathedrals. I can't tell you how many people I've met in my