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Category: Indie Author

Why Your To-Do List is Failing You (And What to Do Instead)

Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash Back in the nineties, my first mentor and boss, Kai Romanchak, promoted me to director of technology and training for a large travel agency in Dallas. Along with the title, she handed me what I can only describe as the most beautiful planner I had ever seen—thick, crisp pages, […]

Webinar Replay: Stop Paying the Success Tax – Why I UseFluentCRM

Hey friends! Following up on last week’s FluentCRM deep dive (and, of course, my spirited rant about not building on rented land). I’ve got the webinar replay ready for you—but first, let’s talk about what’s coming next in the newsletter. What’s Coming Next in the Author Automations Newsletter Ever had someone ask, “How do you […]

FluentCRM Webinar: Makeup Session

Hey Friends! Let me apologize again for the goof last week with Zoom. I relied on Zoom’s registration to tell me who to notify that I was SNOWBOUND in New Orleans and needed to cancel, and it lied and told me there were no registrants! Here’s the makeup session information for tomorrow. Note: It’s a […]

Automation Tools That Promise to Fix Your Inbox (Do They?)

Photo by Justin Morgan on Unsplash For years, Inbox Zero was my white whale. You know the dream: a pristine email dashboard, no unread messages, and the satisfying clarity of knowing everything is handled. I’d read productivity books, implemented color-coded labels, and set up folders for everything from article submissions to conference planning. It was […]

Take Back Control: How FluentCRM Simplifies Your Email Marketing

When you rely on third-party platforms for your audience—whether it’s TikTok, Facebook, or even email marketing services—you’re basically handing over the keys to your business. They own the platform, they set the rules, and sometimes, they even control the relationship with your customers. Recent events, like the TikTok ban, highlight just how fragile this setup […]

The ESP vs. CRM Debate: Which Tool Do Authors Actually Need?

Theater Kids, Am I Right? When my youngest daughter was 13, she was a full-fledged theater kid—always rehearsing lines, managing props, and turning chaos into art. One night, she asked her dad to grab something from her purse. He reached in and pulled out a roll of pink sparkly duct tape. He held it up, […]

A Proper Welcome to the Paid Version of Author Automations

First off, thank you—like, seriously, THANK YOU—for subscribing. Your support means everything (and it may or may not have made me do a happy dance in my office. Spoiler: It did). I’ve spent years untangling the chaos of technology and automation to make it actually work for real people—authors like you who want more time […]

Under 2 Minutes to Make Your WordPress Less Hackable

If WordPress had a therapist, it’d probably get the same feedback over and over: “Work on your insecurities.” And no, I don’t mean the existential kind—I mean the “oops, I just got hacked” kind. Good news: You can massively reduce your site’s hackability with just two simple tweaks. Ready? n n n Read moren n […]

Automate Meta Descriptions with ChatGPT: How I Optimized 492 Pages in 45 Minutes

It’s the Twixtmas week and I’m on deadline to finish a first draft, so OF COURSE I tackled something I’ve been avoiding for weeks—missing meta descriptions on the website. If you’ve ever realized your SEO is suffering because of some invisible problem, you’ll know the feeling. Here’s the deal: When we migrated IndieAuthorMagazine.com from WordPress […]