Coffee With Cole: The Digital Writing Podcast

Writer Q&A - How To Be A Successful Fiction Author

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Oct 31, 2025
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Centralize Your Author Identity

  • Do publish under one name if you want to build a recognizable author brand and have projects represent you.
  • Consider multiple pen names only if you want to operate like a publisher or run many genre-specific imprints.
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Use Content To Validate Ideas

  • Test nonfiction ideas by publishing lots of content and expanding what already performs well.
  • For fiction, publish short works and use platform-specific channels (like Amazon) as test beds.
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Choose A Publishing Channel Strategy

  • If you choose Kindle exclusivity, treat Amazon as the publishing channel and pump out many short books to find winners.
  • If going wide, combine steady production with social content and distribute across stores.
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