The post 5.5 Formatting check before you publish your romance novel first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.Your cover is beautiful. But a stunning cover file that fails a platform's technical requirements can mean reprints, rejected uploads, or colou...
The post 5.4 How to format a romance novel for self-publishing first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.Good formatting is invisible. Bad formatting costs you reviews you didn't see coming. Here's how to format a romance novel for self-publishing so yo...
The post 5.3 Romance book cover design guide for indie authors first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.Your feelings about what looks beautiful are almost beside the point. A romance cover is a signal, not self-expression. This romance book cover desi...
The post 5.2 ISBNs for self-published authors: what you need to know first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.Before you upload your manuscript anywhere, you need to make one decision that affects every version of your book and every platform it lives...
The post 5.1 Romance novel metadata tips for self-published authors first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.Your book deserves to be found. But even a great romance novel stays invisible if your metadata isn't doing its job. These romance novel metada...
The post 4.6 Final manuscript review before publishing your romance first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.“Almost there” is where a lot of authors stall out. In this lesson, you’ll walk through a final manuscript review before publishing so you can...
The post 4.5 Line edit for a romance novel that feels polished first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.The line edit is where your romance stops feeling like a draft and starts feeling like a book. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make your sentenc...
The post 4.3 Structural edit for a romance novel that actually works first appeared on Author Ever After 😘.A structural edit is where you stop fussing over sentences and zoom all the way out to your romance as a whole. In this lesson, you’ll learn h...
Hello ,Today we launch into a new module in the Romance Your Launch program: Your romance author identity.Over the next eight days I'll send you four lessons, starting with ...2.1 The power of your (pen) nameChoosing the right pen name is a bit like...
Hello ,This email was scheduled to go to you last week, but a ghost in the machine (and some rule-breaking alt text) seems to have foiled delivery.Thanks to the folks who emailed to let me know you didn't get this lesson—Becky, Monica, Megan, and Lle...
Hello ,This is the last lesson in Module 1.Have you replied to any of the emails up to now, to tell me something you learned? If not, please give me an idea for what I should add to Module 1 to make it more valuable to you.On to lesson five. The last...
Hello ,Please tell me you learned one new thing from Lesson 3: Identifying your romance niche and target audience.Hit reply to let me know and I'll send you a link to the worksheet for that lesson.And if you learned nothing, hit reply and tell me som...
Hello ,What's one thing you learned from Lesson 2: Popular romance sub-genres and their readers?Hit reply to let me know and I'll send you a link to the worksheet for that lesson.And if you learned nothing, hit reply and tell me something I should in...