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The Happy Writer

The Happy Writer

By Patty Jansen

If you're selfpublishing or interested in self-publishing, but you want to enjoy it, get off the hamster wheel of fast production or piling money into ads, this is the place to be.
I've been self-publishing since 2011 and have made a stable income at it while jumping on new platforms I liked, but staying off the ones I considered a time suck.
I'll be talking about things like: do you really need to spend so much time on social media? How can you set up passive advertising? How do you diagnose what you need to improve?
I sell fiction, nothing else. This podcast is for fun.
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The Happy Writer 9: How To Package Your Book

The Happy WriterAug 03, 2021

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The Happy Writer 73: Returns on Amazon
Oct 25, 202217:36
The Happy Writer 72: Self promotion
Oct 18, 202214:20
The Happy Writer 71: When should you start advertising
Oct 11, 202213:53
The Happy Writer 70: Book lists have stopped working
Oct 04, 202215:40
The Happy Writer 69: Benefits of selfpublishing
Sep 27, 202215:39
The Happy Writer 68: Vanity presses
Sep 20, 202217:00
The Happy Writer 67: Writing diverse characters
Sep 13, 202214:36
The Happy Writer 66: Building characters from lived experience
Sep 06, 202215:59
The Happy Writer 65: Point of View
Aug 30, 202216:30
The Happy Writer 64: AI narration
Aug 23, 202214:55
The Happy Writer 63: Infodumping
Aug 16, 202214:19
The Happy Writer 62: Writing mistakes
Aug 09, 202216:30
The Happy Writer 61: The Writers of the Future workshop
Aug 02, 202220:45
The Happy Writer 60: Book links
Jul 26, 202216:05
The Happy Writer 59: Quit being precious about words
Jul 19, 202214:29
The Happy Writer 58: The Survival Mindset
Jul 12, 202214:26
The Happy Writer 57: The Forbidden Words
Jul 05, 202217:05
The Happy Writer 56: Using Dictation In Your Writing
Jun 28, 202213:58
The Happy Writer 55: Mistakes beginning Writers Make
Jun 21, 202216:13
The Happy Writer 54: using series to increase sales
Jun 14, 202213:36
The Happy Writer 53: How to get accepted by promotion sites
Jun 07, 202216:07
The Happy Writer 52: Promoting audiobooks
May 31, 202215:11
The Happy Writer 51: Free or 99c?
May 24, 202215:00
The Happy Writer 50: Has publishing become too competitive?
May 17, 202216:48
The Happy Writer 49: A Career Without Bestsellers
May 10, 202218:09
The Happy Writer 48: Book Trailers
May 03, 202218:03
The Happy Writer 47: Drip Ads
Apr 26, 202219:21
The Happy Writer 46: Turning Ideas into Stories
Apr 19, 202218:24
The Happy Writer 45: choosing an email list provider
Apr 12, 202216:23
The Happy Writer 44: Book covers that sell
Apr 05, 202215:48
The Happy Writer 43: Things you don't need to focus on, ever
Mar 29, 202213:54
The Happy Writer 42: Things you don't need to focus on right now
Mar 22, 202214:30
The Happy Writer 41: Things you should focus on
Mar 15, 202216:23
The Happy Writer 40: Where to keep up to date
Mar 08, 202219:46
The Happy Writer 39: What to put in your newsletter
Mar 01, 202212:20
The Happy Writer 38: ARC teams and reviews
Feb 22, 202214:01
The Happy Writer 37: Trials and tribulations of editing
Feb 15, 202221:49
The Happy Writer 36: Does a one star review sink your book?
Feb 08, 202212:13
The Happy Writer 35: becoming a better writer
Feb 01, 202215:15
The Happy Writer 34: Promotions
Jan 25, 202214:53
The Happy Writer 33: Should you write about the pandemic
Jan 18, 202210:31
The Happy Writer 32: Services all writers should use
Jan 11, 202216:38
The Happy Writer 31: Is Bookbub worth the money?
Jan 04, 202212:29
The Happy Writer 30: Aggregator or Direct?
Dec 28, 202110:47
The Happy Writer 29: Improve Your Newsletter
Dec 21, 202113:33
The Happy Writer 28: Print Books
Dec 14, 202114:20
The Happy Writer 27: Piracy
Dec 07, 202112:56
The Happy Writer 26: Social Media
Nov 30, 202114:52
The Happy Writer 25: Building Your Mailing List From Giveaways
Nov 23, 202117:20
The Happy Writer 24: Comparisonitis
Nov 16, 202109:35