Publishing my book and audio book by Vie Portland

From Eyes to EarsI’m Vie Portland and I’ve published my book, La Vie Est Belle: Learning to live hopefully ever after, as both a book and an audiobook.

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Clean up your text: Revision, beta readers, editor (25 hours)

Once you finish your messy draft, you need to clean up your text before you send your book to be formatted for publication!These four steps for doing this

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Your messy draft (40 hours)

Writing your messy draft, aka first draft, is by far the most time consuming part of the process. The main challenges you'll face at this stage are all

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You can be an author: The myth of the natural writer

When you hear that someone is writing a book, do you imagine that they're spending hours and hours every day in front of their computer typing away? Do

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Do you know enough to write a book?

Would-be authors ask me whether they know enough to write a book all the time. It’s in the top 3 concerns people have about writing a book –

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Quick fix pitfalls for authors

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve seen a lot from me about how to make writing easier and how to keep your book from

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5 Reasons You Need to Write a Book

Whether you’ve ever written a book or not, on some level you know you should write (another) one. Books allow you to be more expansive than other information

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Overcoming Impostor Syndrome

When you sit down to write a book, whether it’s your first or your 20th, you’re likely to wonder whether you can do it. If this is a

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