Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers Update from Jami and Sara on Lessons Learned From Her First Kickstarter
Episode 139 / Jami updates us this week, sharing about the difficult time her family has been through as well as how grateful she is to be an indie author, which allowed her to spend extended time with her sister before she passed away.
Sara’s Kickstarter is over and it exceeded all her expectations! Sara shares what she learned from running her first Kickstarter, including:
- She needed more graphics than she realized
- It’s a good idea to run the pre-launch page for weeks or even months
- A low funding goal can help your launch
- Sara had to help her list understand what Kickstarter was, how it worked, and why she was doing it
- She created stretch goals on the fly and will put more planning into it next time
- Sara took the Kickstarter Accelerator course and recommends it (#affiliate link)
Links:
Becca Syme’s YouTube Quitcast episode
Sara on The Rebel Author podcast talking about cozy mysteries
Daniel Willcocks’ 50K Writing Camp for NaNoWriMo
Kickstarter Accelerator course (Affiliate link)
🚀 Jami’s Launch Plan https://www.jamialbright.com/authorservices
❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5
🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/
📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/
The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast
Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainians https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9QQhmcpa_dlxQY-GEqBiIbIZk-_J1MgQX_BxLI3F84/edit?usp=sharing