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While these are all important things - which the authors themselves regularly write and talk about - it's also important to recognize that your author journey is a marathon, and not a sprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna Penn and Mark Leslie Lefebvre have been in the business long enough to see authors burning out and leaving the writing life because they turned what they love into a hamster wheel of ever more production and marketing tasks they hate. It doesn't have to be this way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection of tips on how to be a more relaxed author - and return to the love that brought you to writing in the first place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the 'relaxed' author?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou are not alone. 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You create intellectual property assets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish at your own pace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish wide (or don't)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSell direct to your audience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't let piracy and plagiarism derail you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeal with cancel culture, bad reviews, and haters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind a community who support your publishing choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Relaxed Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocus on the basics first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimplify your author brand and website\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimplify and automate your email\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind one form of marketing you enjoy and can sustain for the long term\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut book 1 in a series free or permafree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoose social media that suits you - or don't use it at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvertise in campaigns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutsource when you can\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbrace who you are. 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