IAD Ep06: Decision Fatigue and Reducing Overwhelm

Indie author diaries

Decision fatigue is the reducing ability to make good decisions after you've been making a lot of decisions. It's easy to feel overwhelmed as an indie author because of the sheer amount of decisions you need to make to put your book into the world. In this episode Lisa & Sarah look at a detailed list of 60 different decisions indie authors need to make in the following areas when releasing a book and getting started as an indie author: *writing the book/ story *everyday writer life *publishing the book *creating the book, design, layout and interior *business decisions *website decisions (including the pages an author website needs) *newsletter decisions *marketing decisions and choosing ad platforms (including releasing the book) Sarah and Lisa also discuss some strategies to reduce overwhelm and they also share some of the decisions they've made along the way to help reduce decision fatigue and overwhelm in their day-to-day author life.