Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

Last chance before the price rise! Still 99 cents. Fast and Furious: Writing for Amazon and Kindle (The Easy Way To Write) Click the link to get this brand new writing resource for just ONE DOLLAR! Keep Writing! Rob @easywaytowrite.com Your Success is My Concern     The 7 Rules of Success 1. You are the expert on you. You don't need anyone to tell you what your problem is - and you don't need people to reassure you of your brilliance. Nobody else knows you as well as you do.  Therefore, you are the only person who can and should decide what is right for you.  No-one else's opinion matters. 2. You are not broken; you do not need to be fixed. This fact may come as a shock to your friends, partner, and family, who probably never tire of listing your faults and reminding you of your failures. Remember you have a God-given right to be exactly who you are, and are allowed to decide what you do with your life.  You ...

This Week's Newsletter Dear Fellow Writer, Now at Number One in the  Education  and  Writing Skills  chart: Fast and Furious: Writing for Amazon and Kindle (The Easy Way To Write) Click the link to get this brand new writing resource for just ONE DOLLAR! Keep Writing! Rob @easywaytowrite.com Your Success is My Concern   Tracking Your Book Sales Are your books selling? If you're with a traditional publisher, it's possible you don't know the answer to this question. And perhaps won't know for quite a while.   When I published books offline for authors, it often drove them crazy that they couldn't find out about sales for months after the release of their books.   It's not usually the publisher's fault. Offline distributors are notoriously un-together when it comes to reporting sales - mainly because it's a complicated business.   Distributors have to supply books to bookstores on consignment and then wait to see whe...