Business and Accounting for Authors (Indie Author Guides, #1)

You have a dream … … become a full-time author.

Your book is finished and your finger hovers over the publish button. Your dream is about to become a reality. Have you set up the foundation for success? Too often authors wait to consider their writing as a business. Most beginning authors, and far too many experienced wordsmiths, don't have any idea what it takes to manage the business side of their career. There's more to being an indie author, or authorpreneur, than just writing books and uploading them on the distribution sites. This book will help! You'll learn to:

• Set up your business
• Track your money
• Know what you own and what you owe
• Build an accounting system
• Analyze your business for growth

• …and much more! No matter where you are in your writing career, it's never too late to treat your writing like a business. You'll love this easy-to-understand guide, because it will simplify a process that many find daunting. Get started today! As a fantasy author, and a former Certified Public Accountant, Tora Moon knows what an author needs to manage their money and business. She has used this expertise to help her make sense of her own writing and publishing career. Her information isn't limited to spreadsheets and money management. She provides you with resources to help you be successful in your writing career.

Auteur

Tora Moon writes all genres of fantasy and especially loves to write stories which allow the reader to journey into worlds full of magic and escape their ordinary lives for a time. Ancient cultures and religions, mythology, and folklore fascinate her and find their way into her stories.

Besides reading, some of her hobbies are sewing, crocheting, and making wire-wrapped jewelry. Her love of travel has taken her to several countries and saw her living in an RV for several years. She makes her home in the southwestern desert with her feline companion.

You'd like to know more about me than that little official tidbit? So what else to say about me?

Like most fiction authors, I fell in love with the written word and stories when I was a child. I loved The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Island of the Blue Dolphin.

As a teenager I found Dune, Conan the Barbarian, the Xanth series, and the Dragonriders of Pern (which is still my all-time favorite series). After that, much to my mother's literary disappointment (she studied British Literature in college), my genre of choice was fantasy, science fantasy, with a bit of science fiction thrown in.

I write what I love to read: all genres of fantasy, paranormal romance, and a bit of science fiction. I love stories like Star Wars which mix magic and science into science fantasy. I like a little love and romance to sweeten the pot, but not enough to make it sickly sweet.