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Episode 65, release date Monday 29th May, 2017
Robert Scott-Norton writes high-octane sci-fi thrillers and is the creator of The Tombs Legacy, a universe of fiction.
A lifelong fan of Stephen King and Doctor Who, it was perhaps inevitable that his work would sit somewhere between horror and sci-fi.
Robert’s books all take place in this same story universe – The Tombs Legacy.
His debut sci-fi novel, The Face Stealer, is the first book in a series and sets up this fictional universe.
A second series, set in the future, looks at Southport one hundred years from now as repercussions from The Face Stealer start to be felt.
Find out more:
Robert's books on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robert-Scott-Norton/e/B00GGH0GUU
Follow Robert on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210319.Robert_Scott_Norton
Follow Robert on Twitter https://twitter.com/robscottnorton
Robert's LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertscottnorton/
Robert's InstaFreebie author page https://www.instafreebie.com/discover/author/3813/robert_scottnorton
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Talking points:
1) Terrance Dicks, Dr Who writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrance_Dicks
2) NaNoWriMo (highly recommended!) http://nanowrimo.org/
3) Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing by Dean Wesley Smith http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/killing-the-sacred-cows-of-publishing/
4) The Creative Penn podcast (highly recommended!) http://www.thecreativepenn.com/
5) Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/
The Smashwords style guide https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
6) Draft2Digital https://www.draft2digital.com/PaulTeague/
Books2Read booking linking service https://books2read.com/
7) Scrivener https://paulteague.com/scrivener [My affiliate link]
8) Chris Fox's 5000 Words Per Hour here [Affiliate link]
9) A Week in The Life of an Indie Author http://robertscottnorton.net/writing/a-week-in-the-life-of-an-indie-author/
10) Time management techniques:
David Allen's Getting Things Done http://gettingthingsdone.com/
Zen Habits https://zenhabits.net/
11) Nick Stephenson's Reader Magnets http://amzn.to/2oVHkTq [Affiliate link]
12) Email marketing services:
Mailchimp https://mailchimp.com/ (I don't really like this!)
MailerLite https://paulteague.com/mailerlite (I'm moving to this service, this is my affiliate link)
13) InstaFreebie
InstaFreebie https://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link]
Use Zapier to automate the InstaFreebie process https://zapier.com/
14) Book cover websites:
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This Week’s Self-Publishing News
The Alliance of Independent Authors news update: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-most-sales-or-most-reads/