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Indie Authors Can’t do it all. When to get help?

October 25, 2012 by Sonia Marsh 2 Comments

Jason Matthews started a wonderful show to help indie authors every Monday night at 6pm PST. The show is streamed live, and covers different topics every week. He asked me to host his show on Monday, October 22nd.

If you’re an indie author (a fancier word for self-published) or you’re thinking about becoming one, you may want to listen to an amazing panel of indie authors.

Sonia Marsh: Host for Indie Authors # 33

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Topic “Indie Authors Can’t do it all; When to get help?”

Topics and watch video below

Belinda Nicoll

Juanima Hiatt

Kathleen Pooler

Sharon Lippincott

You want to indie-publish your book, that’s wonderful, but are you sure you have all the skills you need to do the following?

Start a blog and build your platform
Design your author website
Edit your manuscript
Proof read your manuscript
Design your cover
Format your book
Promote your book
Use social media effectively
Get book reviews and endorsements.

Please listen to our panel of 5 indie authors, 4 published and one in the process, and get helpful information on what we’ve done.

Here’s another video for Indie Authors about social media, that Jason Matthews hosted.

You might want to join us on Gutsy Indie Publishers on Facebook. This is a place where all indie authors get together to answer our questions and help one another find solutions.

Share any questions you may have about indie publishing with us below.

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Do you have a “My Gutsy Story” you’d like to share?

To submit your own, “My Gutsy Story” you can find all the information, and our sponsors on the “My Gutsy Story” contest page. (VIDEO) Submission guidelines here.

Three other October stories are up. So far we have Duke Marsh “My Gutsy Story” and Don Darkes “My Gutsy Story,” and Kim Brower’s “My Gutsy Story,” Doreen Cox “My Gutsy Story.”

I hope you enjoy the “My Gutsy Story” series and share with others through the links below. Perhaps you’d like to submit your own. Thanks.

My first TV interview for "Write Now" show

April 28, 2011 by Sonia Marsh

My first Gutsy interview

For the past week, I’ve been preparing for my first TV interview on the “Write Now” show.

It’s not for ABC, NBC, CBS, or CNN; it’s for local Public Access channels in seven cities.

I was asked to talk about blogging and my book, which I always seem to enjoy promoting without having a copy to show, give away, or sell to my audience. Hopefully that will change one day soon.

Surrounded by two men and a nice lady at the round table above, my first question was, “Why did your family move to Belize? For the next five minutes, which seemed more like one, I was asked about our adventures in Belize and whether we succeeded in accomplishing our goals. We then switched to blogging and “How do you grow your audience?” I had to think quickly about all the notes, books and blog posts I’ve read over the last three years on:

Darren Rowse, Problogger.net,

Brian Clark, Copyblogger.com
Annabel Candy, SuccessfulBlogging,and so many other blogs.I’m fortunate to enjoy marketing and promotion, so it seemed natural to speak about the importance of branding yourself, and how new writers need to focus on growing their platform, three years before publication.Prior to the show, I studied women on TV. What do they wear?

Solid colors or prints?
Bright or subdued?
Long-sleeves or short?
Jewelry or not?

After a week of paying attention, I came up with:Solid colors, bright is in, short sleeves are in, necklaces are out, big earrings are in. Even Oprah, follows this color scheme, except she wears sleeves.I have learned many helpful tips from publicity expert, Marsha Friedman’s book, Celebritize Yourself. She has a chapter on, “How to be a great radio or TV guest (and be quoted in the news!)” I also read about the importance of “authenticity” in Women Seen and Heard by Lois Phillips and Anita Perez Ferguson.

I hope to be able to show you the interview on my blog, once the editing is done, and if I get permission.

Have you been interviewed on radio or TV? If so, what was your experience like?