I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #15: Don’t you think it’s more interesting to ask why a chronically ill or disabled character might not want a magical cure?? 👀

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #15: Don’t you think it’s more interesting to ask why a chronically ill or disabled character might not want a magical cure?? 👀
#Books #YaFantasy #ChronicIllness #ChronicPainRep #DisabilityRep

New Blog Post: #12 Why Isn’t Trad Publishing Marketing Books with Disability Rep as Such?? More Competitor Research Findings: Why Isn’t Trad Publishing Marketing Books with Disability Rep as Such?? Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #12 Why Isn’t Trad Publishing Marketing Books with #DisabilityRep as Such??👀

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I'm genuinely asking. If you have an answer, please let me know!

#AmPublishing #BookMarketing #BlogPost

New Blog Post: #11 The Reason I Think Querying Didn’t Work Out For Me 😭 Okay, I Promised I’d Get Into It. The Reason I Think Querying Didn’t Work Out For Me 😭 Here Goes... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #11 The Reason I Think #Querying Didn’t Work Out For Me 😭
Okay, I Promised I’d Get Into It. Here Goes...

Did you have the same experience?? 👀

#QueryFail #WritingCommunity #SpoonieAuthor

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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #14: The global numbers are harder to find, but I know there are teens, just like I was, in every country in the world who are chronically ill and want to see someone like them represented in YA fantasy. Even if it’s not exactly the same, some experiences are shared, right??

#14: The global numbers are harder to find, but I know there are teens, just like I was, in every country in the world who are #ChronicallyIll and want to see someone like them represented in #YaFantasy. Even if it’s not exactly the same, some experiences are shared, right?? #RepresentationMatters

New Blog Post: #10 What To Do When Someone Else Has Your Pen Name 😭 Setting Up Google Alerts Led to a Pen Name Crisis, So What’s An Author To Do?? Here’s What I Did... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #10 What To Do When Someone Else Has Your Pen Name 😭
Setting Up Google Alerts Led to a Pen Name Crisis, So What’s An Author To Do?? Here’s What I Did...
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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #13: According to the CDC, approximately 27% of children in the U.S. have a chronic condition, and 1 in 15 have multiple chronic conditions. And I’ve never seen a YA fantasy where the main character has multiple chronic conditions like I do 🥺.

I'm Indie Publishing Because #13: According to the CDC, approximately 27% of children in the U.S. have a chronic condition, and 1 in 15 have multiple chronic conditions. And I’ve never seen a #YaFantasy where the main character has multiple chronic conditions like I do 🥺. Have you?? #ChronicIllness

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #12: Sometimes disabilities are dynamic. They change day to day. And when you're being hunted by the fae they change HOURLY. 😬

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #12: Sometimes disabilities are dynamic. They change day to day. And when you're being hunted by the fae they change HOURLY. 😬 #YAFantasy #Dis #SpoonieLife #OwnVoices

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New Blog Post: #9 Google Alerts: My Secret Weapon for Spying on (Uhh I Mean… Researching) the Competition Subtitle: How you can stay up-to-date with real-time alerts on other authors in your genres... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #9 Google Alerts: My Secret Weapon for Spying on (Uhh I Mean… Researching) the Competition
How you can stay up-to-date with real-time alerts on other authors in your genres...
#AmPublishing #AuthorStrategy #WorkSmarterNotHarder

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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #11: Grieving who you were and the hobbies you've lost is a totally normal part of being chronically ill, and I wish it was represented in books more 🥺.

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #11: Grieving who you were and the hobbies you've lost is a totally normal part of being chronically ill, and I wish it was represented in books more 🥺. #YAFantasy #RepresentationMatters #ChronicIllness #Disability

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New Blog Post: #8 Back to Social Media. Picking the Platforms that Make the Most Sense (For Me) Subtitle: How to choose which social media platforms to invest time and energy in... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #8 Back to Social Media. Picking the Platforms that Make the Most Sense (For Me)
How to choose which social media platforms to invest time and energy in...

#AuthorStrategy #AuthorSocialMedia #BookMarketing #WritingCommunity

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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #10: Chronic illness symptoms don’t stop just because the fae are hunting you. In fact they might just get WORSE! (Who am I kidding?? They’re definitely gonna get worse 😬).

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #10: Chronic illness symptoms don’t stop just because the fae are hunting you. In fact they might just get WORSE! (Who am I kidding?? They’re definitely gonna get worse 😬). #YAFantasy #Spoonie #ChronicIllness #Books

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New Blog Post: #7 You Know What Else My Indie Pub Research Revealed? Interesting Author Website Finds Subtitle: Do any of these finds surprise you?? I definitely didn’t know you could do some of these things... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #7 You Know What Else My Indie Pub Research Revealed? Interesting Author Website Finds
Subtitle: Do any of these finds surprise you?? I definitely didn’t know you could do some of these things...
#PublishingJourney #WritingCommunity #WritersHelpingWriters #AuthorPlatform

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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #9: Some people's bodies can't tell the difference between having a guidance counselor appointment and being chased by a wild animal. And where is that rep in YA fantasy?? 😅

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #9: Some people's bodies can't tell the difference between having a guidance counselor appointment and being chased by a wild animal. And where is that rep in #YaFantasy?? 😅
#ChronicIllnessRep #Books #DisabilityRep

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #8: I read another YA fantasy book where the only chronically ill person is the villain and they do terrible things to force the magic-wielding hero to heal them (I won't say which book but 😭). Whyyyyy??? And I used to love this book too. 😭x 100000.

I'm Indie Publishing Because #8: I read another YA fantasy book where the only #ChronicallyIll person is the villain and they do terrible things to force the magic-wielding hero to heal them (I won't say which book but 😭). Whyyyyy??? And I used to love this book too. 😭x 10000
#RepresentationMatters

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New Blog Post: #6 Do You Know What Social Media Strategies Successful Indie Authors Are Using?? Subtitle: How to take your list of successful indie authors and research what social media strategies are working for them... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #6 Do You Know What Social Media Strategies Successful Indie Authors Are Using??
How to take your list of successful indie authors and research what social media strategies are working for them...
#WritingCommunity #AuthorStrategy #WritersHelpingWriters
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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #7: Because sometimes it takes YEARS to get diagnosed and I’ve never seen that struggle represented in the YA fantasy space 🤔 (And I’m not talking some mysterious fantasy illness. I’m talking about a very real, absolutely-happens-in-real-life illness). Have you??

#7: Because sometimes it takes YEARS to get diagnosed and I’ve never seen that struggle represented in the #YaFantasy space 🤔 (And I’m not talking some mysterious fantasy illness. I’m talking about a very real, absolutely-happens-in-real-life illness). Have you??

#ChronicIllness #SpoonieRep

Maisiemmeyers.com/indie-publishing-while-chronically-ill/5-who-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up-aka-market-research-amp-social-media-chaos

New Blog Post: #5 Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up (AKA Market Research & Social Media Chaos) Subtitle: Ever wonder how some indie-published authors seem to magically break into the market?? Yeah, same. This post is all about finding authors in your genre who are doing things right... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #5 Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up (AKA #MarketResearch & Social Media Chaos)
Ever wonder how some indie-published authors seem to magically break into the market?? Yeah, same. This post is about finding authors in your genre who are doing things right...
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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #6: According to the National Library of Medicine, around 1 in 5 kids in the U.S. have a chronic illness or condition but despite some (really amazing!) books with chronically ill main characters getting traditionally published, there’s not nearly enough out there represent all conditions or 20% of U.S. kids 🥺.

#6: According to the National Library of Medicine, around 1 in 5 kids in the U.S. have a #ChronicIllness or condition but despite some (really amazing!) books with chronically ill main characters being trad published, there’s not nearly enough out there represent all conditions or 20% of U.S. kids 🥺

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New Blog Post: #4 Can I Pull Off a TikTok Strategy? (A.K.A. Studying the Big Names in Indie Publishing) Subtitle: This week, I studied self-published authors who made it big. The common theme? Many got there via TikTok/BookTok. That… might be a problem for me... Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #4 Can I Pull Off a TikTok Strategy? (A.K.A. Studying the Big Names in Indie Publishing)
This week, I studied self-published authors who made it big. The common theme? Many got there via TikTok/BookTok. That… might be a problem for me...😬
#AuthorStrategy #WritingCommunity
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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #5: When the cute new boy looks at you like that–all frazzled and slightly annoyed–and you thought the heart palpitations were bad before 😅. I want to see more #SpoonieProblems in books

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #5: When the cute new boy looks at you like that–all frazzled and slightly annoyed–and you thought the heart palpitations were bad before 😅. I want to see more #SpoonieProblems in books

#AmWriting #YAContemporaryFantasy #ChronicIllnessRep

I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #4: When I was in high school, I'd have traded every book I owned in a back-alley fae bargain for one with cursed, unremovable sticker goo in the middle of the cover to find a chronically ill main character in a YA fantasy series like me. #NotKidding #StillMight 😬

I'm Indie Publishing Because #4: When I was in high school, I'd have traded every book I owned in a back-alley fae bargain for one with cursed, unremovable sticker goo in the middle of the cover to find a chronically ill main character in a YA fantasy series like me. #NotKidding #StillMight 😬

New Blog Post: #3 Do you Have an Author Platform?? Subtitle: Something every author needs: How to build your Author Platform (and not panic about it) Maisiemmeyers.com

New Blog Post: #3 Do you Have an Author Platform??
Something every author needs: How to build your Author Platform (and not panic about it)
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I'm Indie Publishing A Little Less Invisible Because #3: Sometimes being chronically ill, it's hard to tell if you’re feeling regular, chronically ill out of breath, or dang that boy is cute and making eye contact out of breath, or if it’s more like you need to lie down and/or consult a hospital out of breath 😅 And why does that never happen in books?

I'm Indie Publishing Because #3: Sometimes, it's hard to tell if you’re feeling regular, chronically ill out of breath, or dang that boy is cute & making eye contact out of breath, or if it’s more like you need to lie down and/or consult a hospital out of breath 😅 Why doesn't that happen in books??