Jan 27Member-onlyThe Best Colours for a CaminoRecently a favourite Camino author, Joanna Penn, shared a blog on how she chose her cover for her book. It was excellent, and very much in sync of how I believe we should research book covers that attract the right readers, and, how sometimes, you should follow your intuition too…Colorpsychology3 min readColorpsychology3 min read
Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyThe Holy Year of 2022 ends on Dec 31st and the Door of Mercy closesScraping in through the Door of Mercy What is the Door of Mercy? The Door of Mercy is a door to the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela that is only open in a Holy Year. In Santiago, a Holy year is when the Saint’s Feast day, July 25th, falls on a Sunday. That happened in 2021, however, the Pope declared that it would…July 25th3 min readJuly 25th3 min read
Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyHow to be a Pilgrim on The Camino (and at Home)How to be a Pilgrim on the Camino (and at Home) The Eight + 1 Things you Need to Know to Feed your Pilgrim Soul What makes a successful pilgrimage isn’t distance traveled but commitment to the journey itself, and you can do this with me, whether you are walking on the Way or at home. Hear the call and respondCaminodesantiago4 min readCaminodesantiago4 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyThe 30-day series: Establishing your Author BrandIt is never too early to establish your author brand. Get professional covers and graphics One thing that can destroy your brand is amateurish covers and graphics. While you can use Some tools, like Canva, for other graphics like your posts in social media or your emails always use a book cover professional for your…Books And Authors2 min readBooks And Authors2 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyThe 30-day series: Outlining and Writing QuicklyAn Idea and Outline for Your Book Today Spend some time brainstorming. You can try just drawing out a mind-map but first you need a main idea for your book, and an outline that shows each chapter, and a bulleted list for each chapter.Outlining2 min readOutlining2 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlySix-Step System to a Bestseller RelaunchThe Camino Ingles: 6 days (or less) to Santiago was both my first camino and my very first bestseller. But the learnings continue — it needs to be updated regularly, and so I have actually gone back to Spain and walked it again, after the authorities re-routed the path for…Virtualbooklaunch3 min readVirtualbooklaunch3 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyThe Camino Ingles: The Sixth Edition is Ready for Readers and PilgrimsBook Re-Launch - The Camino Ingles on 2022-07-26 Watch Book Re-Launch - The Camino Ingles on 2022-07-26 via @adilovideoadilo.bigcommand.com It’s LIVE — The sixth edition of my very first book! Amazon managed to squeeze in my Camino book update at the last minute of the feast day… My book is updated to 2022. Usually, I dont have much trouble updating the book. …Caminodesantiago2 min readCaminodesantiago2 min read
Dec 30, 2022Member-onlySix Steps to Set up an audiobook for (nearly) freeThis is the first step on my six steps to relaunch a book. Because this is an experiment I’m using AI voices from Amazon. This is the quickest, and cheapest way to convert an existing book to an audio format. Fiction and business books do really well as audiobooks, travel…Audiobooks2 min readAudiobooks2 min read
Sep 22, 2022Member-onlyIf I knew then what I know now as a bestselling authorIn 2023 you will regret not starting your book today "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves that we are underlings" William Shakespeare Can you believe it’s nearly the last quarter of 2022? It is time to take a step back and reflect on what you have done in the past year and what you…Pastyear6 min readPastyear6 min read
Jul 30, 2022Member-onlySix Steps to a Sales Page that Sells your BookThe Six Steps to Sales Page Domination This is the second step on my six steps to relaunch a book. And yes you will surprised at how many authors do not know the Amazon book page is meant to SELL your book! And unfortunately, other peoples books — but you have a lot of that precious real…Amazon4 min readAmazon4 min read