Ep 111: All Your Databases Are Belong to Us

In this episode, I discuss:

1:34: Announcements: New segment of the show—Idea of the Week. I’m going to give ideas away that others can steal, hopefully for the benefit of the indie writing community.

3:44: Wins for the Week: I knocked out 4 courses by Dean Wesley Smith and took an entire notebook full of notes. Truly a game changer. I also snagged three new apps at a STEEP discount due to the coronavirus pandemic! Yessir!

8:10: Lesson Learned This Week: A little self-awareness thing…I go through periods of expanding and contracting with my learning. I’m currently in a period of expansion, which means that I can absorb a ridiculous amount of material in a very short amount of time, and I have many, many ideas in one day. I’m taking advantage of it by writing everything down so I can rely on it when I enter a period of contraction in a few weeks.

11:04: Idea of the Week: New segment that I may or may not include consistently on each episode! :) This week’s idea for you to steal: a browser plugin that gives you easy access to all of your book marketing materials, so that if you’re filling out a book promotion form, you can select the book in the plugin, and the plugin will auto-populate most of the book’s info for you, as well as automatically take you to any folders on your computer for that specific book so you don’t have to click around to find the right folders. This can’t be too difficult for a smart programmer out there. If you’re interested in developing it and would like me to offer some feedback and additional ideas, contact me at http://www.authorlevelup.com/contact

14:35: Topic(s) of the Week: I’ve been taking this time to get organized and quietly invest in my writing infrastructure so that I can hit the ground running when the economy opens back up again. Namely: This week, I built a copyright database to help me manage my work. It's a gargantuan task but will pay off dividends in the future because it will help me keep track of changes I make to my books, ask important questions and get results instantly, and even track my sales (if I can swing it). This thing will be a BONANZA if I get it right.

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