EPISODE · Aug 9, 2023 · 7 MIN
How I Overcame Doubt and Published My First Poetry Book
from J.A. Santana · host J.A. Santana
Here I share how I overcame doubt and published my first poetry book. I offer invaluable publishing tips and writing advice for navigating the author life, emphasizing the importance of a growth mindset in the writing community. Discover self-publishing tips that go beyond mere book promotion, delving into the author mindset necessary for overcoming self-doubt. Learn how to self publish a book while staying true to your creative vision and writer goals. Explore the nuances of book marketing and content repurposing for poetry books, balancing the practical aspects of an author business with the intrinsic value of creative reflection. This self-publishing tutorial provides a comprehensive look at the challenges and triumphs of bringing a poetry book to life. Join me as I share my experience in self publishing, offering writing tips and strategies for success. From setting realistic writer goals to mastering book promotion techniques, this guide covers essential aspects of the self-publishing journey. Whether you're looking to self publish your first work or seeking to refine your approach, this video provides a roadmap for success in the competitive world of indie publishing. Free download of the Book Production Process. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎦 Subscribe to YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnta1A0pghtvRQ_NE-e3LeQ?sub_confirmation=1 🌍 My website: https://jasantana.me/ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://jasantana.me/free/ 📚 My personal library: https://jasantana.me/great-books/ 📚 My books: https://www.amazon.com/author/jasantana 🖥 Tools & Services I use: https://jasantana.me/tools-and-services/ 🛒 Official Merch: https://jasantana.creator-spring.com/ 📚 Free Chapbook of The Cool and Warmth of Hearts 📚 Free Chapbook of Shadows Amongst the Threads 📚 Free Chapbook of Inspirational Verse 📚 Free Download of the Poetry Writing Process ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📷My Gear: ▶ Shure MV7 USB Microphone ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Recommended Reading ▶ The Everything Writing Poetry Book ▶ The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide ▶ The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within ▶ Goal Setting for Writers ▶ Productivity For Authors ▶ Your Author Business Plan ▶ How to Make a Living with Your Writing ▶ Self-Discipline for Writers ▶ Lifelong Writing Habit ▶ Atomic Habits ▶ The Unfair Advantage ▶ Celebrate small wins ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📢 Let’s Connect: 📺 Odysee ➔ https://odysee.com/@jasantana:4 📺 Rumble ➔ https://rumble.com/c/c-3324478 📷 Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/jasantanaauthor/ 📘 Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/jasantanaauthor 🎧 Podcast ➔ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasantana All socials ➔ https://lhub.to/jasantana ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting me.
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Here I share how I overcame doubt and published my first poetry book. I offer invaluable publishing tips and writing advice for navigating the author life, emphasizing the importance of a growth mindset in the writing community. Discover self-publishing tips that go beyond mere book promotion, delving into the author mindset necessary for overcoming self-doubt. Learn how to self publish a book while staying true to your creative vision and writer goals. Explore the nuances of book marketing and content repurposing for poetry books, balancing the practical aspects of an author business with the intrinsic value of creative reflection. This self-publishing tutorial provides a comprehensive look at the challenges and triumphs of bringing a poetry book to life. Join me as I share my experience in self publishing, offering writing tips and strategies for success. From setting realistic writer goals to mastering book promotion techniques, this guide covers essential aspects of the self-publishing journey. Whether you're looking to self publish your first work or seeking to refine your approach, this video provides a roadmap for success in the competitive world of indie publishing. Free download of the Book Production Process. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎦 Subscribe to YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnta1A0pghtvRQ_NE-e3LeQ?sub_confirmation=1 🌍 My website: https://jasantana.me/ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://jasantana.me/free/ 📚 My personal library: https://jasantana.me/great-books/ 📚 My books: https://www.amazon.com/author/jasantana 🖥 Tools & Services I use: https://jasantana.me/tools-and-services/ 🛒 Official Merch: https://jasantana.creator-spring.com/ 📚 Free Chapbook of The Cool and Warmth of Hearts 📚 Free Chapbook of Shadows Amongst the Threads 📚 Free Chapbook of Inspirational Verse 📚 Free Download of the Poetry Writing Process ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📷My Gear: ▶ Shure MV7 USB Microphone ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Recommended Reading ▶ The Everything Writing Poetry Book ▶ The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide ▶ The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within ▶ Goal Setting for Writers ▶ Productivity For Authors ▶ Your Author Business Plan ▶ How to Make a Living with Your Writing ▶ Self-Discipline for Writers ▶ Lifelong Writing Habit ▶ Atomic Habits ▶ The Unfair Advantage ▶ Celebrate small wins ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📢 Let’s Connect: 📺 Odysee ➔ https://odysee.com/@jasantana:4 📺 Rumble ➔ https://rumble.com/c/c-3324478 📷 Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/jasantanaauthor/ 📘 Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/jasantanaauthor 🎧 Podcast ➔ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasantana All socials ➔ https://lhub.to/jasantana ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide, I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting me.
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