Linda Dunn
@dunn4authors.bsky.social
Hawaii-based author's assistant offering personalized, confidential services to streamline the author platform and strengthen the author brand.
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One-Sheet for Authors
A one-sheet is an information-rich, single-page introduction to you, the author, and your book.
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One-Sheet for Authors
A one-sheet is an information-rich, single-page introduction of you, the author, and your book.
What goes on it? Who would you share a one-sheet with? How could it benefit an author?
Receive your complimentary One-Sheet guide here:
A one-sheet is an information-rich, single-page introduction of you, the author, and your book.
What goes on it? Who would you share a one-sheet with? How could it benefit an author?
Receive your complimentary One-Sheet guide here:
I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
—Sue Grafton
—Sue Grafton
December 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
—Sue Grafton
—Sue Grafton
Feed Your Focus
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that are important.
#AuthorStrategy
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that are important.
#AuthorStrategy
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Feed Your Focus
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that are important.
#AuthorStrategy
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that are important.
#AuthorStrategy
My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
-Johnny Mathis
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
-Johnny Mathis
Goal setting starts with a pad of paper, a pen and you.
—Gary Ryan Blair
—Gary Ryan Blair
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Goal setting starts with a pad of paper, a pen and you.
—Gary Ryan Blair
—Gary Ryan Blair
Reposted by Linda Dunn
New followers?! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dan Hanly and I'm an #author of dark #fantasy and mystery stories. My debut The Great Leap is out now! A group of teenagers, having been banished from their town, are forced to live in a magical, primaeval forest www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2RKZGDT
The Great Leap: A Dark Medieval Fantasy Novel (Children of Inauron Book 1) eBook : Hanly, Dan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Great Leap: A Dark Medieval Fantasy Novel (Children of Inauron Book 1) eBook : Hanly, Dan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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October 17, 2024 at 9:17 PM
New followers?! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dan Hanly and I'm an #author of dark #fantasy and mystery stories. My debut The Great Leap is out now! A group of teenagers, having been banished from their town, are forced to live in a magical, primaeval forest www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2RKZGDT
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
—James Branch Cabell
—James Branch Cabell
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
—James Branch Cabell
—James Branch Cabell
Authors, does sending out newsletters tie your stomach in knots?
-Is it content?
-Is it management software?
-Is it subscriber acquisition?
-Is it building landing pages?
Set aside time to deal with this pain.
-Is it content?
-Is it management software?
-Is it subscriber acquisition?
-Is it building landing pages?
Set aside time to deal with this pain.
December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Authors, does sending out newsletters tie your stomach in knots?
-Is it content?
-Is it management software?
-Is it subscriber acquisition?
-Is it building landing pages?
Set aside time to deal with this pain.
-Is it content?
-Is it management software?
-Is it subscriber acquisition?
-Is it building landing pages?
Set aside time to deal with this pain.
Do you have an ace up your sleeve for book marketing?
If you aren't fully confident in your book marketing skills, it may be in your best interest to book a discovery call with someone who specializes in book marketing.
If you aren't fully confident in your book marketing skills, it may be in your best interest to book a discovery call with someone who specializes in book marketing.
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Do you have an ace up your sleeve for book marketing?
If you aren't fully confident in your book marketing skills, it may be in your best interest to book a discovery call with someone who specializes in book marketing.
If you aren't fully confident in your book marketing skills, it may be in your best interest to book a discovery call with someone who specializes in book marketing.
Who will appreciate your book review for another author?
•a potential reader
•the author
•other like-genre authors
Leave a book review today.
•a potential reader
•the author
•other like-genre authors
Leave a book review today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Who will appreciate your book review for another author?
•a potential reader
•the author
•other like-genre authors
Leave a book review today.
•a potential reader
•the author
•other like-genre authors
Leave a book review today.
1. Books are easy to wrap.
2. Books don’t need batteries.
3. Books don’t hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night.
4. Books never come in the wrong color or size.
5. Books never need ironing.
6. Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.
2. Books don’t need batteries.
3. Books don’t hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night.
4. Books never come in the wrong color or size.
5. Books never need ironing.
6. Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.
December 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1. Books are easy to wrap.
2. Books don’t need batteries.
3. Books don’t hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night.
4. Books never come in the wrong color or size.
5. Books never need ironing.
6. Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.
2. Books don’t need batteries.
3. Books don’t hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night.
4. Books never come in the wrong color or size.
5. Books never need ironing.
6. Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.
Every Christmas Eve, the Icelandic people practice something called 'jolabokaflod,' which translates to Christmas book flood.
Jolabokaflod involves giving books as presents on Christmas Eve, so that friends and family can spend the cozy night in curled up with a good story.
Jolabokaflod involves giving books as presents on Christmas Eve, so that friends and family can spend the cozy night in curled up with a good story.
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Every Christmas Eve, the Icelandic people practice something called 'jolabokaflod,' which translates to Christmas book flood.
Jolabokaflod involves giving books as presents on Christmas Eve, so that friends and family can spend the cozy night in curled up with a good story.
Jolabokaflod involves giving books as presents on Christmas Eve, so that friends and family can spend the cozy night in curled up with a good story.
Go All Out
Go all out = give it your best
You need to set a plan in motion with your social media efforts and give it your best.
Go all out for 30 days and see what happens. You can do it.
Go all out = give it your best
You need to set a plan in motion with your social media efforts and give it your best.
Go all out for 30 days and see what happens. You can do it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Go All Out
Go all out = give it your best
You need to set a plan in motion with your social media efforts and give it your best.
Go all out for 30 days and see what happens. You can do it.
Go all out = give it your best
You need to set a plan in motion with your social media efforts and give it your best.
Go all out for 30 days and see what happens. You can do it.
Reposted by Linda Dunn
Poetry captures the nuances of life, from the mundane to the extraordinary, in a way that is both profound and beautiful.
It teaches us the importance of economy of words, conveying complex ideas and emotions with simplicity and grace.
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetrySky
It teaches us the importance of economy of words, conveying complex ideas and emotions with simplicity and grace.
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetrySky
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Poetry captures the nuances of life, from the mundane to the extraordinary, in a way that is both profound and beautiful.
It teaches us the importance of economy of words, conveying complex ideas and emotions with simplicity and grace.
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetrySky
It teaches us the importance of economy of words, conveying complex ideas and emotions with simplicity and grace.
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetrySky
The most thorough way to generate leads is from your newsletter.
The biggest hurdle with this is getting people to sign up for your newsletter.
The biggest hurdle with this is getting people to sign up for your newsletter.
Generating Newsletter Leads
How does an author gain newsletter subscribers, How to generate newslettter subscribers
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December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The most thorough way to generate leads is from your newsletter.
The biggest hurdle with this is getting people to sign up for your newsletter.
The biggest hurdle with this is getting people to sign up for your newsletter.
Hello, it's me.
How often do you create video content?
Some of your followers will engage more with video content.
You can't disappoint them, can you? Step up your game.
How often do you create video content?
Some of your followers will engage more with video content.
You can't disappoint them, can you? Step up your game.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hello, it's me.
How often do you create video content?
Some of your followers will engage more with video content.
You can't disappoint them, can you? Step up your game.
How often do you create video content?
Some of your followers will engage more with video content.
You can't disappoint them, can you? Step up your game.
Hello, it's me.
How often do you reach out to a follower?
Choose several that engage with you and check in with them.
You will create a connection you just can't beat. Step up your game.
How often do you reach out to a follower?
Choose several that engage with you and check in with them.
You will create a connection you just can't beat. Step up your game.
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hello, it's me.
How often do you reach out to a follower?
Choose several that engage with you and check in with them.
You will create a connection you just can't beat. Step up your game.
How often do you reach out to a follower?
Choose several that engage with you and check in with them.
You will create a connection you just can't beat. Step up your game.
Feed Your Focus
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that matter.
#AuthorStrategy
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that matter.
#AuthorStrategy
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Feed Your Focus
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that matter.
#AuthorStrategy
When you feed your focus, you focus your attention on the tasks that matter.
#AuthorStrategy
Reposted by Linda Dunn
Time after time…
#NewOrleans #Detective #BayouWitch #DarkRomance #Vengeance #UnexpectedTwist #TrueLove #Loss #Bittersweet
#Duology:
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#NewOrleans #Detective #BayouWitch #DarkRomance #Vengeance #UnexpectedTwist #TrueLove #Loss #Bittersweet
#Duology:
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
—Jerome K. Jerome
—Jerome K. Jerome
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
—Jerome K. Jerome
—Jerome K. Jerome
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
—Lewis Carroll
—Lewis Carroll
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
—Lewis Carroll
—Lewis Carroll
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
—Harvey Mackay
—Harvey Mackay
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
—Harvey Mackay
—Harvey Mackay
Authors, have you identified your reader?
Once you have a very specific, identifiable persona, you can work to engage that person on social media.
Once you have a very specific, identifiable persona, you can work to engage that person on social media.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Authors, have you identified your reader?
Once you have a very specific, identifiable persona, you can work to engage that person on social media.
Once you have a very specific, identifiable persona, you can work to engage that person on social media.
Book marketing and social media posting may fall by the wayside if the author doesn't allocate time for these activities.
Through the use of time boxing, an author can stay on top of marketing and/or social media.
Schedule a time box for your tasks and watch your progress.
Through the use of time boxing, an author can stay on top of marketing and/or social media.
Schedule a time box for your tasks and watch your progress.
December 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Book marketing and social media posting may fall by the wayside if the author doesn't allocate time for these activities.
Through the use of time boxing, an author can stay on top of marketing and/or social media.
Schedule a time box for your tasks and watch your progress.
Through the use of time boxing, an author can stay on top of marketing and/or social media.
Schedule a time box for your tasks and watch your progress.
Go all out = take action
How might this apply to your social media and book reviews?
Take action by regularly requesting a book review from your followers. Take action by sharing your excitement over a new review.
Sometimes they just need a nudge to leave their own review.
How might this apply to your social media and book reviews?
Take action by regularly requesting a book review from your followers. Take action by sharing your excitement over a new review.
Sometimes they just need a nudge to leave their own review.
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Go all out = take action
How might this apply to your social media and book reviews?
Take action by regularly requesting a book review from your followers. Take action by sharing your excitement over a new review.
Sometimes they just need a nudge to leave their own review.
How might this apply to your social media and book reviews?
Take action by regularly requesting a book review from your followers. Take action by sharing your excitement over a new review.
Sometimes they just need a nudge to leave their own review.