BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 4.7.23//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KWL Live Q&A – Planning Your Books and Setting your Goals with Sarra Cannon 05/11/2025 DTSTAMP:20250511T230408Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:273-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n KWL Live Q&\;A – Planning Your Books and Setting you r Goals with Sarra Cannon [ youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@Hea rtBreathings \; B6 notebook : https://heartbreathings.com/my-new-b6-stalog y-writing-notebook/ \; ]\n\n\n\n URL\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N kpvGXVpAF0\n\n\n\n VIDEO\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n THOUGHTS AS I VIEWED\ n\n\n\n 00:01:00\nthe winds in nyc\, between skyscrapers\, feels colder th an the north pole at places\n00:03:00\ncongrats\,great experience [ https: //www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-disappearance-of-vanessa-shaw ]\n00:04:00\n I concur\, a year review is a good thing[ https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.c om/2023/02/2023-art-summary.html] \n00:05:00 \nAsked You didn't preorder i t?\nShe admitted she missed preordering dates\, pre order is best practice \, but what works for her wasn't preordering\n00:08:00 \nWhat planners do you have in the works for 2025?\n00:15:00\nA5 planners\, add pages\n00:17: 00\nPlans tend to be what we want to add. We can't be productive every day \n00:19:00 \nHow to help indie authors use planners?\nAsk what do I need t o track in my planner.\ncoil planners can take up less space. think on how your planner will be used.\n00:22:00 \ndo you put notes in your planner?\ nno she doesn't\n00:28:00\nshe doesn't like writing on the slick surface\, she prefers typing. she likes writing on the kobo device that is rougher\ nKobo journals you can use in the newest\, 2024 \, models [ https://www.k obo.com/ca/en/search?query=kobo+originals+journals&\;fclanguages=en] \n 00:31:00 \nwhat trends should authors be prepared for in the planning?\nMo re authors going wide\, more authors going into audio\, she has been aroun d since 2010\, and she has only three audio books but she is getting audio books of her best sellers done. So many \, direct sales on their own webs ite.\nhow can diversify? sell as in many places as possible. Or do i want to shut out the noise for everyone diversifying and how do i sell my books . \nYou have to plan goals but you have to be yourself\nShe ha a course co ncerning game board strategy\nShe recalls a year she set up three preorder s\, and it didn't work out for her. So she syas who does she really want t o be as an author. Does she want to write every day. Do I want to put out as many books as possible and do i need to relax from burnout. \nShe admit s \,she want a tv show someday. She ask what does that version of me have that she doesn't have now. \n00:37:00\nIt is great saying what you want ou t loud. If you want to know where to start with indie publishing \nEmail u s at writinglife@kobo.com They also have a great help center here: https: //kobowritinglife.zendesk.com/hc/en-us\n00:38:00\nany methods to track a p lan? How to make sure you are still on track?\nQuestion yourself\, why is this going wrong? Biggies tool is review. Usually a couple of culprits. \n Do you like what you write? Have you listened to others and acting on what others want? Maybe your plate is to big and you are burned out?\nHave the courage to be honest with one self.\n00:42:00\nIs their pressure to jump into something new?\nyes\, if i dont do this will i miss that chance. she gives examples where at conferences\, where they did translations and it w orked or kickstarter and it worked. \nso people start to think one has to do all and all gets executed poorly.\nThe ebook is where we tend to start\ , so start there.\nShe knows so many people who are six figure authors and they say\, they are burned out.\nand it is ok\, to nt work yourself to de ath\n00:48:00\nDo you have an example of a milestone you achieved where a planner helped?\nshe has run different courses this year\, she is raising kids\, running courses\, and writing and none of this would had happened w ithout the planner. \nI SAY [ you need to know what tools or strategies ot hers are using but you need to master yourself ]\n00:52:00 \nTalk about yo ur rough draft challenge?\nApril it will be another challenge\n00:56:00 \n great show\, planned well:) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n her websites [ https://sar racannon.com/ \; https://heartbreathings.com/ \; https://www.youtube.com/@ HeartBreathings \;  https://www.youtube.com/@SarraCannon] \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250511 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR