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Cover Reveal: Broken Council

Here's an exclusive patron-only sneak peek at the cover of Broken Council, Book 10 of the System Apocalypse series! How do you like the cover?

Broken Council will be released on Febru...

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The Guild's Demand - Table of Contents

Book 7 of Adventures on Brad series.

Updates on Tuesdays & Saturdays.

*schedule is subject to change*

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The Guild's Demand - Chapter 1 Preview

URL: https://www.mylifemytao.com/?p=3581

Password: THREESkillsGuild!098

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January Short Story Poll

Alright people, we'll be posting more chapters tomorrow from AoB while I get working on the Second Sect from A Thousand Li. Won't see that one finished anytime soon, but you'll have a bunch of chap...

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2020 in Review - Business & Craft Musings

I'm writing this with a few weeks left to the end of 2020 but I can see the shape of the rest of the year already, so I figure I'll do it now while my brain is shot for other wording.

What ca...

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Writing Update and question

So... I have about 20k of AoB 7 done. I can post it up here for you guys in lieu of the other work, since ATL 7 doesn't get started writing till later. It won't be finished though (so you'd literal...

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Marketing Strategy Development: Place (4) - Direct Sales

Direct Sales is what I've placed a number of potential sales options where you (the author) directly interact with the public and attempt to sell your work.

Examples of such distribution opti...

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Marketing Strategy Development: Place (3) - Wide

When indie authors talk about being 'wide', they mean not being exclusive to Amazon. This is, unfortunately, due to Amazon's predominance as a marketplace in the US & many Western European coun...

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Adventures in Clothing Short Story

Some quests require ass-kicking; others require clothing designers.


Here is the newest short story from the System Apocalypse Universe!

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Audible codes

Hello~

Kate here. A Thousand Li: The Second Expedition has just gone live on audible! Woohoo!

Please let us know if you need a US or a UK code. (If you already did, about a month ago, y...

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Marketing Strategy Development: Place (2) - Exclusivity

The Exclusive Option

Alright, you'll see this discussion a lot in author groups discussing going exclusive (or KDP Select, more commonly called Kindle Unlimited due to that b...

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Marketing Strategy Development: Place (1)

Whoops!

Forgot to do the entire Place section before I started doing examples. That was a mistake.

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Place or distribution as it may be is the question of how you're going to g...

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Short Story - Delay and SA 10 writing

Hi guys;

I'm going to have admit that I might not get the short story to you before the end of the month. I just didn't get enough of it written beforehand, it's sitting at around 6k or so an...

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Craft & Business: The First Book Lie & Truth

One of the most interesting conversations that bounce back and forth between authors is that of the first book. Generally, it boils down to this:

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System Apocalypse Chibis!

Whose your favorite? 

I swear, stickers and merchandise will eventually be a thing. Already created for A Thousand Li, just need to get the rest of the site up.

If you are really i...

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Business Post: The Hidden Wishes Series (Analysis 3 - Wide vs KU)

Alright, I'm sure I've mentioned this before about discussing wide vs KU. You can see how I went from being in Kindle Unlimited to going wide later on. There's a few reasons for that, we'll discuss...

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Broken Council - Chapters and December Plans

Hi guys;

So, I wanted to mention a few things. Firstly, Broken Council (first draft) is currently sitting at 22 Chapters and an Epilogue.

That means you should finish all the chapters (...

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Free book: A Healer's Gift LIGHT NOVEL EDITION

Hello,

Kate here. Tao put together something so exciting! You might've already read A Healer's Gift (Adventures on Brad book 1), but you're going to want this version!

The ligh...

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Business Post: The Hidden Wishes Series (Analysis 2 - Failures)

Alright, we've talked about the financial analysis side of the series and why I hesitate to say things like 'failure' when discussing the series. But there are major issues in the series and one of...

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November Short Story Vote

Alright, how did you all like the Questing for Title short? Did you enjoy it? Was it everything you wanted (or not?). 

I had to be a little ingenious to work it around Trademark issues, ...

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Business Post: The Hidden Wishes Series (Analysis 1)

Firstly, make sure you go back and check out the previous post and also, pull out information for the post to review in-line with this discussion.

When I look at a series to see how well it's...

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A Thousand Li: The Second Expedition audiobook

Hello,

Kate here. I wanted to let you know that A Thousand Li: The Second Expedition audiobook is now available. However, we have no idea when it'll appear on Audible.

There ar...

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Questing for Titles: a short story

I've brought you a new short story today! It's set in the System Apocalypse universe.

Available t...

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Business Post: The Hidden Wishes Series (Raw Numbers)

Been seeing a number of posts about sales and launches and what constitutes a success or not and the like. And, while everything is a matter of perspective, I wanted to clarify som...

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Marketing ROI Calculations

Alright, let's talk about Return on Investment for promotional spending. I'm going to look specifically at advertising / promotional cost, and discuss why it's difficult to know what is working and...

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This week's updates

Hello, Kate here.

I'm so sorry! Tuesday went and I... I forgot to update. I'm sure you were looking forward to it... A new chapter of Broken Council is available for everyone now.

Next ...

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Business Post: Short Stories - The Data

Alright, I was going to post about the business data about short stories with details about my sales not just on Amazon but wide, but when I poked into the details I realized that it didn't truly m...

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Some thoughts on Amazon algorithms and marketing strategy

Talking to another writer and thought this might be an interesting little topic.

One of the things about Amazon (as it is currently developed) is that much of the information we have about it...

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Craft Post: A Thousand Li & Taoism

So, many of you who read A Thousand Li realise that Taoism (Daoism) in the books is a huge part of the book. One of the main reasons i wanted to write A Thousand Li was because I wanted to explore ...

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A Thousand Li: Second Expedition Character Art!

So, I thought I'd commission some other art. This is a little younger version of Wu Ying.

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