Indie Publishing - Part 7: Indie Author Resources

There is one other online resource for indie authors that I would be remiss if I failed to mention - and that is Derek Murphy, who has published a number of successful novels of his own as well as numerous "how to" guides for the aspiring indie author.

Derek Murphy maintains his own website, including a blog and newsletter:
https://www.creativindie.com/
http://urbanepics.com/pc/

As well as his own YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/holyblasphemy123

He was also the founder of the YA Author Alliance on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/YAauthoralliance/

A number of Derek Murphy's guides for aspiring indie authors are available for free, including Book Marketing is Dead - among others:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HC6HQ70/

Any indie author, fantasy-fiction or otherwise, owes it to themselves to review Derek Murphy's guides, and collect their own notes regarding some of the steps they should be taking to reach their respective audience. To summarize just a few of his guidelines:

• Produce a good product that has a market
• Ensure that you have a beautifully illustrated cover that is easily identifiable as part of your respective genre
• Have a sales description or blurb that draws readers in and converts passing interest into readers
• Build an author website or platform that helps to sell you as an artist as well as your publications
• Be collaborative: helping others will help you to grow your own network and reader interest

There are many more items that I could add to this list, but I will close by encouraging other indie writers to explore for themselves the many resources that Derek Murphy has assembled.