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KWL Live Q&A – Multiple Streams of Income with Lisa Lang Blakeney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjzgWx2B0w ARTICLE https://www.kobo.com/kobo-writing-life/blog/kwl-live-q-a-multiple-streams-of-income-with-lisa-lang-blakeney EMBED THOUGHTS 3:00 Blakeney was in journalism but wanted to be a writer before. 2013 seriously writing, 2015 first novel 5:00 Took her a long time to write the first book, she wasn't sure. Had a lot of nonfiction. The first book she had been writing for a long time. 6:00 Her talk at romance author mastermind was invigorating 7:00 Why did she go wide? For many authors the easiest route is to be exclusive. She originally selected the easiest path which was a mistake. The first book was pulled from am*zon cause it had a racy title, it shocked her. So her series was obliterated overnight. That was when she decided to go wide. LISA's BOOKS ON KOBO https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/search?query=lisa+lang+blakeney&ac=1&acp=lisa+lang+blakeney&ac.author=lisa+lang+blakeney&sort=Temperature&fclanguages=en 9:00 All income streams add up, it is not as hard as you think 10:00 When she went wide first, she looked for other authors going wide. The good thing is many niche community groups exist. She just learned that even in am*zon you can put your books in libraries. Being active in writing groups to seek information. When she works with new authors the first thing she finds is they are isolated, they don't speak to other authors. She feels you have to do that. 12:00 Wide for the win is a great group you will start with the big five: Kobo/Apple/Google/Barnes and Noble/am*zon https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/writinglife https://press.barnesandnoble.com/ https://authors.apple.com/publish https://support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3289675?hl=en 14:00 if it is overwhelming to be on all five, then use an aggregator 15:00 Multiple streams of income mean , for google work on SEO of books, for kobo or barnes and nobles that means promotions. 19:00 For apple you have to wait but for others it is top of the month 20:00 It all starts with the building of the newsletter 21:00 always have a part in your newsletter like your treating someone as if they have been their for the first time 22:00 Best way to get kobo is to mention in your newsletter 25:00 Audio was more expensive than translation 28:00 Germany has been her most profitable translated genre for her, and in romance. She translates in French/Italian Translations https://lisalangblakeney.com/translations/ 29:00 If money is the goal and it doesn't seem overwhelming. All translations is the same as English, just having someone translate. 31:00 she found her first translator through a referral . Looking reviews, asking who they worked before, and you pull the trigger. 34:00 In France many books are translations of English while in holland many still read english. She earned her money in translation quicker than in audio. 35:00 Don't translate until it sells in English 36:00 What is setting smart goals? The downside of all the groups is you get a ton of information. Take time and give specific tasks for days 39:00 She loves marketing while she has to be in the zone to write. so the journey is unique for all writers. 42:00 How important is direct revenue? I didn't have huge hopes for a direct store. But she did it. Loe and behold direct sales is a big deal. She doesn't put half the energy some authors do and it is her second biggest income stream and stems from the newsletter. 45:00 she sets monthly goals, then her direct sales store is the lever to make magic happen Her ebooks sell the most from direct sales 46:00 when she found out she was a six figure author it was an accident. She spends more time now auditing herself and having revenue + writing goals. 48:00 she will release 4 books a year. 49:00 we all started on book funnel, the support was there for writers or readers. That is unheard of today. 50:00 she hasn't done a kickstarter. 51:00 Her newsletter really started growing with actual people who are going to read it? Every time you write a book, you need to make bonus material. 52:00 What do you wish you knew when you started? If you want to sustain a business you have to find more eyes. One thing about the business of writing, early adopting of things helps you. 57:00 she has a place for kobo writers to grow https://lisalangblakeney.com/kobo-live/
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Ne Zha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwBIY-EK7h8 my comment Thank you for introducing Ne Zha's origins. Yes, I see how Ne Zha has transformed into a new character. I wonder Ne Zha did outside China in non Asian audiences. Do you know a way to find out? Movies need to be quiet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEAQm8Op3Hw my comment Milius + Donner were purposeful film storytellers who came from a time where quiet was common in more movies than meets the eye. But so many directors were raised on movies that were never quiet, it has formed their artistic sense. I like Dungeons and Dragons honor among thieves and the last guardians movie too. YEs, peter Jackson is a purposeful storyteller as well. He can know what silence says. Good point on Inside Out 2. Did Inside Out 1 have more silence? I already subscribed but I am paying attention. The problem then is the execs. But that is an old problem in Hollywood or film making. How do you get money from the coiffeurs of the Hollywoods of the world absent the influence of the coiffeurs owners? Forbes statistics are brilliant. 1200 malls closed in twenty years. I had to research what a lifestyle center is, it seems to me, just a tiny mall. 5,700 movie theaters shut down. Excellent industrial assessment. simple/honest/straight forward My question to you is , with the modern culture in the usa cementing, even though you are raised in north America, have you ever considered going to china?
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Enjoy https://youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?si=aon1HSmo2V8-EWgK REFERRAL
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Deep Space Nine is my favorite Star Trek show and yes, I love Sisko but it is the storytelling + characters. I think it is the best series in that way. and yes I love Discovery, and yes I love Michael Burnham, but it is the voyage. Discovery went more unknown places than any star trek since VOyager while absent Voyager's overall storyline which I think hurt the show... Voyager should never had made it back home , and started a federation in the delta quadrant. https://youtu.be/DxgDqv-Uqnw?si=1AQQ8wiDCJQKhOfz
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Released this album almost a month ago HONEYPOP: Reloaded ! It’s a pop inspired album that me and friends produced! from @bo0-wh0re in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793609253275467776/released-this-album-almost-a-month-ago-honeypop #bo0-wh0re #blackartistoftumblr
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, ~ James Baldwin from @ayeolaomolara in blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793599890054873088 #ayeolaomolara #blackartistoftumblr
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big mouth drawing practice from @qtcomicsblog in midnighthour https://www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/793552661248147456/big-mouth-drawing-practice #qtcomicsblog #midnighthour The image has been manipulated for public viewing
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T'amila business wear from @qtcomcisblog in blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793551918165262336/tamila-business-wear?source=share #qtcomicsblog #blackartistoftumblr
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glenda vajmire from @qtcomicsblog in midnighthour https://www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/793551306617962496/glenda-vajmire?source=share #qtcomicsblog #midnighthour The image has been manipulated for public viewing
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drawing in the brickleberry art style from @qtcomicsblog in midnighthour https://www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/793549710197751808/drawing-in-the-brickleberry-art-style?source=share #qtcomicsblog #midnighthour The image has been manipulated for public viewing
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The Disconnect of Being a Dark-Skinned Black Woman from @momentswithmani in blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793549850668154880?source=share #momentswithmani #blackartistoftumblr
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An episode of Domestic triangle Episode: “Camp Chaos” ~ from @qtcomicsblog in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793428204736184320/an-episode-of-domestic-triangle-episode-camp #qtcomicsblog #blackartistoftumblr
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I found an old, truly rough sketch that had a little bit of potential in it and decided to try to give it some life. from @renlo in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793302690987933696 #renlo #blackartistoftumblr
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Haven't posted in a while but wanted to come back with something for the Peterson triplets! from @peachyblkdemonslayer in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793275582498603008/havent-posted-in-a-while-but-wanted-to-come-back #peachyblkdemonslayer #blackartistoftumblr
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Character sheet for Sling one of my original characters. from @noway78 in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793272554919952384 #noway78 #blackartistoftumblr
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Anatomy is not great but I'm getting better from @hhapik in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793255560185348096 #hhapik #blackartistoftumblr
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Blackartistoftumblr August 2025 top post roll https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793499274260430848/august-2025-top-post-roll #blackartistoftumblr #toppostroll
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Midnighthour August Top post roll https://www.tumblr.com/communities/midnight-hour/post/793501361771773952/august-2025-top-post-roll #midnighthour #topposttoll
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Where is Norma Rae now? MY EXAMPLE STORY https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-is-Norma-Rae-now-1223570786 THE CHALLENGE- only a 250 word comment to enter by September 31st 2025 https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Where-Are-They-Now-Norma-Rae-Norma-Rae-1216944037 AUDIO https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793533276775235584?source=share https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/793533249354940416/where-are-they-now-norma-rae-norma-rae-by
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ALL Entries for the CLOSED August Birthday 2025 Literary Challenge from @Crliterature on DeviantArt Voting will commence and awards will be given, but give all the writers a congrats!!!! https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/August-Birthday-Writing-Challenge-1222529726 MY EXAMPLE PDF https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Biround-Mornings-1229347827 Regular Text or Audio https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/August-Birthday-Writing-Challenge-Example-1223660370 Reader which do you like, did you enjoy? LIST from @meedrowh The birth of a legend - Aria Brinn https://www.deviantart.com/meedrowh/art/1225203000 from @twomig Rebirth https://www.deviantart.com/twomig/art/Rebirth-1222276045 from @supersader9 Misfits High: A New Year https://www.deviantart.com/supersader9/art/Misfits-High-A-New-Year-1230787578 from @aland1w Cinderellas Little Glass Shop https://www.deviantart.com/aland1w/journal/Cinderellas-Little-Glass-Shop-1230687958 from @night--bloom Short Story Contest Entry: Upon a Tiny Girl https://www.deviantart.com/night--bloom/art/Short-Story-Contest-Entry-Upon-a-Tiny-Girl-1232661524 from @ope1ativ3 MIRRORS - A Tale of Tomorrow's Past https://www.deviantart.com/ope1ativ3/art/MIRRORS-A-Tale-of-Tomorrow-s-Past-1231908594 from @sunlits Party Animals: A Deviantart's Tale https://www.deviantart.com/sunlits/art/Party-Animals-A-Deviantart-s-Tale-1234417855 from @peeepod TIME https://www.deviantart.com/peeepod/art/TIME-1235928763 from @oboltus208 Not Without a Reason https://www.deviantart.com/oboltus208/art/Not-Without-a-Reason-1236392167 from @princeoffire Vampire Confrontation https://www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Vampire-Confrontation-1236508270 #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #deviantart
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Thoughts I have a discord, if you want to read work before it comes out or conceptual , come and join my discord and I will place you in the appropriate channel. Remember to say hi in the emergency channel, which is public for incoming. If you don't say hi I may miss your presence and not move you where you need to be. https://discord.gg/jX7vKxgQ Now everyone CELEBRATE! Der Tchrumpfs are seven years old! Seven years ago we were introduced to these little orange people. https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/der-tchrumpfs If you want to read Der Tchrumpfs , join Kobo for free, the app is free, and the app is available on any device to have fun reading. https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044586534-Learn-how-to-create-and-sign-in-to-your-Kobo-account Kobo Audio Book Sale- from 12am September 1st to September 30th https://www.kobo.com/p/binge-worthy-audiobooks-sale?utm_source=KWL&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=KWL+Sale+2025 Some of my books on sale https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-visasiki-complete-version https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/poetry-or-more-2017-jul-dec https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/poetry-or-more-2017-jan-jun https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/poetry-or-more-2015-2016 https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-king-of-paradise-1 Enjoy my Book Reviews on AALBC , please tell me your thoughts of any of the book reviews or if you know the books, my review of them. Miles of Style from Lisa Braithwaite https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/470-book-review-miles-of-style-eunice-w-johnson-the-ebony-fashion-show-from-lisa-d-brathwaite/ Adam and Eve make a big mistake from Jean Ann Field Ridley https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/471-book-review-adam-and-eve-make-a-big-big-mistake-but-god-fix-it-from-jean-ann-field-ridley/ Soil Sisters Magical Garden Adventures from Bobbi side Thomas Simmons https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/472-book-review-soil-sisters-magical-garden-adventure-savoring-the-soul-of-mother-earth-from-bobbi-j-simmons-thomas-simmons/ I wrote you 37 letters from Dee Miller https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/473-book-review-i-wrote-you-37-letters-from-dee-miller/ The Gardins of Eden from Rosey Lee https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/474-book-review-the-gardins-of-edin-from-rosey-lee/ Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill from Davida Siwisa James https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/475-book-review-hamilton-heights-and-sugar-hill-alexander-hamiltons-old-harlem-neighborhood-through-the-centuries-by-davida-siwisa-james/ Freedom at Dawn from Leah Schanke https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/476-book-review-freedom-at-dawn-robert-smalls%E2%80%99s-voyage-out-of-slavery-from-leah-schanke/ A Gardin Wedding from Rosey Lee https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/477-a-gardin-wedding-from-rosey-lee/ The following are books I recently added. I will place books in my community calendar, so if you have any books of yours you want me to place in said calendar, do tell. The Sword from Shawn Alleyne https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/468-the-sword-from-shawn-alleyne/ Paths of Bimshire from Shawn Alleyne https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/469-paths-of-bimshire-book-one-path-of-the-hunt-from-shawn-alleyne/ Please follow either calendar's below in your apple or google calendar or whatever calendar services you use. RM WORK CALENDAR - my newest labors, please participate or share Der Tchrumpfs 08/24/2018 Sudowoodo at the Library in the poster The Two Statians Coffee and Coloring with DeviantArt My Reply to "Permission to Stop Burning Out" from Alicia McCalla My Extended Reply to "Who will solve Black cinema’s marketing crisis?" from Maya S Cade CENTO Series episode 119 https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/week/2025-08-30/ RM COMMUNITY CALENDAR - some news about this or that FIYAH's SINNERS SAINTS HAINTS exclusive issue submission started 2025 https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/week/2025-08-30/ If you want to give me a $1 tip for my craft , newsletter, or for simply being me, you can at the following place https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 If you want to support my writing share or acquire the following book Sunset Children Stories from Richard Murray https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories The Visasiki on sale September 1st to September 30th https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-visasiki-complete-version REMEMBER the Kobo Audio Book Sale- from 12am September 1st to September 30th . Kobo is free to join and the app is available on all devices and free to get. They do subscriptions as well. https://www.kobo.com/p/binge-worthy-audiobooks-sale?utm_source=KWL&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=KWL+Sale+2025
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Entries for the August Birthday 2025 Literary Challenge from @Crliterature on DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/August-Birthday-Writing-Challenge-1222529726 Which do you like, did you enjoy? LIST from @meedrowh The birth of a legend - Aria Brinn https://www.deviantart.com/meedrowh/art/1225203000 from @twomig Rebirth https://www.deviantart.com/twomig/art/Rebirth-1222276045 from @supersader9 Misfits High: A New Year https://www.deviantart.com/supersader9/art/Misfits-High-A-New-Year-1230787578 from @aland1w Cinderellas Little Glass Shop https://www.deviantart.com/aland1w/journal/Cinderellas-Little-Glass-Shop-1230687958 from @night--bloom Short Story Contest Entry: Upon a Tiny Girl https://www.deviantart.com/night--bloom/art/Short-Story-Contest-Entry-Upon-a-Tiny-Girl-1232661524 from @ope1ativ3 MIRRORS - A Tale of Tomorrow's Past https://www.deviantart.com/ope1ativ3/art/MIRRORS-A-Tale-of-Tomorrow-s-Past-1231908594 from @sunlits Party Animals: A Deviantart's Tale https://www.deviantart.com/sunlits/art/Party-Animals-A-Deviantart-s-Tale-1234417855 from @peeepod TIME https://www.deviantart.com/peeepod/art/TIME-1235928763 #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #deviantart
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Ascension, every now and then I think back to my childhood religious education and how I imagined souls leaving bodies at the sound of the trumpet. from @charpnatl in BlackArtistofTumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793158299420868608 #charpnatl #harp #music #blackartistoftumblr
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Before During After a musical expression of helplessness in this current world. from @charpnatl in BlackArtistofTumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793235468465717248 #charpnatl #harp #music #blackartistoftumblr
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Patreon is the best way to support my work and to stay updated on what I’m creating. Subscribe today to receive these stickers and art print from @ayeolaomolara in Blackartistoftumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/793238007325065216 #ayeolaomolara #artmail #patreon #blackartistoftumblr
