Yes, You Can Become an Author: Writing, Self-Publishing, and Marketing Your First Book

Picturing your book in print? A self-published author guides you through the steps to make it happen.

Have you always wanted to write a book, or is it a more recent ambition? Maybe you have a completed manuscript but aren’t sure what comes next. Every author-to-be has countless questions and at least a few doubts. Lisa May Bennett knows exactly what it’s like to turn the seemingly impossible dream of writing and publishing your first book into a reality. And now she wants to help you save valuable time and avoid common pitfalls.

Yes, You Can Become an Author introduces a framework centered around taking charge of your future and developing a plan that suits your unique strengths, challenges, and priorities. Lisa believes that with a guidebook in hand, an encouraging cheerleader on your side, and the right resources, you can achieve your publishing dreams.

In Yes, You Can Become an Author, Lisa shares tips from her own journey self-publishing her debut book. She assembles a road map that covers four main topics: Laying the Foundation; Writing and Editing; Self-Publishing; and Marketing, Advertising, and Sales. Chapters include Your Author Identity, Social Media, Cover Design, Profiling and Finding Your Audience, and much more.

There’s a lot to learn and so much to gain, so why not get started today?