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Three Ways I Failed as an Author

Three Ways I Failed as an Author

Debbi
Jan 30, 2018
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The biggest ways I failed as an author trying to make a living from my writing was to depend solely on algorithms and price points to succeed. Not that these things aren’t important, but they have to be balanced with other ways of reaching one’s readership and connecting with them.

My first mistake was not to build a mailing…

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