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

A self-published author offers a road map for making your dream come true.


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.


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 the main topics for self-publishing success: 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.


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!


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


About the Author

Lisa May Bennett
Lisa May Bennett is the author of the memoir "My Unfurling: Emerging from the Grip of Anxiety, Self-Doubt, and Drinking" and the nonfiction title "Yes, You Can Become an Author: Writing, Self-Publishing, and Marketing Your First Book." She’s worked in communications and marketing for decades and explores her personal ups and downs in the Substack publication, Active Voice. Finding Dad, due out in November, is Lisa’s first novel, and she plans to follow it with many more.