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Welcome to Paul's Podcast Diary for Saturday 3rd November, 2018.
This diary charts my self-publishing journey – the ups the downs, the successes and the failures.
Everything goes into this diary, week-by-week, but you'll also find it a source of great tips, resources, tools, podcast recommendations and so on.
If you're new to the podcast and want to easily access the back catalogue of podcast diaries, in chronological order, please check out this page.
If I ever miss something out, or you'd like more information, just drop me an email at paul@paulteague.com.
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This Week's Talking Points
1) Using Trello for author planning:
Snap!
I've got my story ideas on there too, but also everything from my to-do list to my release schedule and things like marketing tips too… pic.twitter.com/3rejvrzHhn— Craig Lea Gordon (@CraigLeaGordon) October 24, 2018
2) Great article on Amazon affiliate link usage for authors:
https://blog.geni.us/2018/03/23/amazon-associates-guide-to-getting-account-banned/
3) Patrick Sherriff's NaNoWriMo video:
Check out Patrick's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQo8uX8npnC7DjZ-19JRsGg
4) Great article on Amazon affiliate link usage for authors:
https://blog.geni.us/2018/03/23/amazon-associates-guide-to-getting-account-banned/
5) My path to publication – 20 things which led to the publication of my first book
1 – Exercise book
2 – Mr Plum & Mr Apple
3 – Letter from Penguin
4 – Letter from Pan
5 – Reading Enid Blyton books at primary school
6 – TV – Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers/6 Million Dollar Man/Space 1999
7 – Writing plays at secondary school – A Christmas Carol – winning house drama on my script
8 – Tealby Newsheet
9 – James Hadley Chase [Apologies for the cover!]
10 – School magazine
11 – English A level texts
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12 – Radio 1 competition
13 – English Degree texts
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14 – Theatre Studies/Crucible
15 – College magazine editor
16 – Dissertation text – Dempster WillyNilly
17 – Teaching – poetry magazines/visiting authors/writing assemblies
18 – Radio – writing at speed/constructing a story
19 – IM – PDF books sold with products
>> The Secret Bunker visit … it all began with The Secret Bunker!
Find out what happened next! My diaries start just after I wrote The Secret Bunker & The Grid trilogies – you can pick up the story here.
This Week On Social Media
I listen to your podcast in all the most glamorous places, @PaulTeagueUK pic.twitter.com/sSyBME8eJQ
— Tim Lewis @ Stoneham Press (@StonehamPress) October 27, 2018
@PaulTeagueUK Listening to your dairy while watching the local annual half marathon in Abiko, Japan. We’re bananas for self-publishing (can you tell I used to write captions for local newspapers?) pic.twitter.com/EkVS3eg6pJ
— double r double f (@PatrickSherriff) October 28, 2018
@PaulTeagueUK I remember Space 1999 and UFO. To add context, my Doctor is John Pertwee.
— Edwin Downward (@edwindownward) October 28, 2018
This Week’s Self-Publishing News
The Alliance of Independent Authors news update:
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