Use this comprehensive how-to-guide from M.K. Williams to self-publish and market your first book! The dream is holding your finished book in your hands. The reality… well it can be far from ideal. When you write and self-publish your book there are seemingly thousands of small decisions to make. It can be a lot to manage. Oh, then there are dozens of gurus telling you that their way is the best. With Author Your Ambition you will work through your vision and goals for your book. From there, the decisions on your strategy, which platforms and retailers your book will be on, and how much you budget for this endeavor will be clear. The steps needed to get the book across the finish line with a cover, formatted files, and a solid launch marketing plan are all included. This guidebook takes the guesswork out of starting your author business. Using the exercises and checklists in this workbook, you can choose your own self-publishing adventure. What works for you and your book? Only you know. M.K. Williams has taken almost a decade of experience writing and publishing her own books and helping others do the same and turned her massive set of checklists into their easy-to-use guide. Let’s get started on your author journey today!

Use this easy-to-follow how-to guide from M.K. Williams to demystify the self-publishing process and get your book out to the world! You’ve written your first book and you are ready to self-publish it, congratulations! Now what? What steps do you need to take to self-publish? What are the best strategies? How do you ensure retailers and libraries will carry your book? These are a few of the questions that many aspiring authors ask as they set out on their publishing journey. Aggregating 8-plus years of experience in self-publishing, M.K. Williams has compiled the answers you need into an easily digestible format to walk you through the publishing process. There are lots of online gurus who will throw acronyms, jargon, and advanced strategies at you right out the gate. Williams breaks down the practical steps you must take as you self-publish your first book. This self-publishing guidebook covers everything from editing, formatting, assigning ISBNs, and selecting your publishing platforms. You can get this for yourself or as a gift for the aspiring writer in your life.

Use this concise how-to guide from M.K. Williams to jumpstart your book marketing and lay a foundation for success! You’ve written the best book ever and now everyone will be racing to read it. Or, that was the plan. As a first-time author, you walk a fine line between planning for and marketing your book for success and the crushing reality of low sales. Book Marketing for the First-Time Author breaks down the most important elements that you need to market your book. Master the fundamentals covered here to set your book up for success. M.K. Williams has compiled 5 plus years of experience writing, publishing, and creating successful marketing campaigns for a multitude of books. Before you get excited about the opportunities that will present themselves to you, read this book. Online gurus will tell you that they wrote a book, sent a notice to their email list, and realized 6 figure royalties overnight. They skipped a few steps in their story. First-time authors have a lot of details to manage to promote their books; this book simplifies the process and helps you weed through all the noise to make sure the marketing essentials are covered.

Use this concise how-to-guide by M.K. Williams to bring your self-published books beyond the Amazon ecosystem Everyone is going wide... here's how: The buzzy term in the self-publishing space right now is, "wide." I was doing this before it was a thing. As more authors hear about the benefits of self-publishing on multiple platforms, I find myself on the receiving end of many panicked emails. While the concept is easy to understand the execution requires planning and patience. For those who want to get their book out to as many readers and retailers as possible, I have the tools you need to create than plan. I've condensed my years of experience and best advice into this short and actionable book to help you go from Amazon-Only to Wide Author. This book will cover strategy, platforms, opting out of exclusivity, and marketing for success. Get your free planners throughout the book to help you make and stick to your plan. Ready to go wide?

Start with this easy-to-follow guide from M.K. Williams to get your novel down on paper and your story out to the world! You have an idea for a book! After that first inspired writing sprint the energy wanes. How do you structure it? How do you tell it? How do you finish? So often, when I introduce myself to a new person and they learn that I am an author, they reply back that they plan to write a book one day. I’m always so excited to learn more about their idea and see how I can help. More often than not, they reply that they haven’t written a single word. They ask me, “how do you write a novel? How do you get started?” Over the years I’ve written multiple novels and I have condensed my best tips and practices into How To Write Your First Novel: A Guide For Aspiring Fiction Authors. No matter your plan for publishing your novel, you first need to write the book! I’ve broken down the critical elements to success in two parts: your writing habits and your writing craft. You’ll be able to come back and reference this advice throughout your drafting process and as you look to write additional books. Are you ready to go from aspiring author to author? Are you ready to take your idea and turn it into a book? Let’s get started today!

Feel your heart race as you read this psychological thriller novella from M.K. Williams She’s a femme fatale with creative license, and she is sharpening her pen just for Trevor. Escaping Avila Chase is a story about FBI Agent Trevor Hobbertson, who is having the worst week of his life. Not because a hacker he has been tracking slips through his fingers, but because his ex-girlfriend with an axe to grind is releasing a new book. Try as he might, Trevor just can’t escape the feeling that she’ll be airing all her grievances in her not-so-fictionalized tale. Who is Avila Chase exactly? She’s a femme fatale with creative license, and she is sharpening her pen just for Trevor. In this literary short story, we get a front-row seat to Trevor’s aching paranoia. Is Avila really after him or is this all in his mind? A novella that will leave you haunted, Escaping Avila Chase provides the reader with an uneasy feeling as Trevor revisits his memories with Avila across the city of Philadelphia. A psychological character evaluation, Escaping Avila Chase is a carefully constructed literary novella with a narrator you just love to hate. This short story is rich with imagery and is a book for bookish people. Read this novella today and find out if you too can escape Avila Chase.

Keep the lights on as you dive into M.K. Willliams' debut sci-fi apocalyptic thriller, Nailbiters! If you survived the apocalypse but lost your humanity in the process, did you really survive? When the invasion begins, we all scatter like insects when the lights turn on. Nailbiters is not a post-apocalyptic tale, it is apocalyptic, it follows Dora as the world begins to end and society crumbles. Nailbiters is a story of survival. The first in a hard science fiction series, this story will keep you up at night. On the morning of the invasion, Dora takes off running. She lasts three weeks before she is captured. Follow her story from the open plains of Texas to the desert of California. Readers have called this technothriller “chilling” and “visceral.” Find out why they haven’t been able to put it down. Can Dora survive the invasion with her humanity intact? Read Nailbiters today to find out.

The long-anticipated second installment of dystopian The Project Collusion Series from M.K. Williams is here. Is it still a conspiracy theory if it turns out to be true? Three years after “the outbreak,” Hunter is part of a dwindling crew stuck at sea. Quarantine gets to everyone eventually. One day he is assigned to a small mission to restore their supply pipeline. Once ashore, the mission goes sideways. Fear of the virus that wiped out the global population, roaming packs of survivors, and an ominous Reaper rattle Hunter’s grip on reality. The post-apocalyptic world on-shore reveals new horrors with each step. What really happened to the world and how much did Hunter’s superiors know about it? And what happens with a conspiracy theory turns out to be true? The reality that Hunter has long denied is now unavoidable in this tale of technology gone awry. The long-anticipated second installment of dystopian The Project Collusion Series is here. Fans of Nailbiters have been waiting for the answers to their questions, now they’ll know how it all started. You’ll want to read this one with the lights on.

How far would you go to achieve the “American Dream?” Timothy and Cynthia Lawson are on their way to having it all. But when they move into their dream home on an idyllic cul-du-sac they soon start to realize that not everything is as it seems. They start to realize that they bought more than just a piece of “the dream” when they signed on the dotted line. Did the previous residents go missing or were they murdered? Are their new neighbors planning something sinister? And if so, how can they stop it? This story starts with an explosion, so expect to be blown away. *Featured on the ChooseFI, FIRE Drill, and What's Up Next Podcasts.

Roll the dice, pick a card, tell a lie, hide the truth. Whatever the move, it's all just part of the game. Follow the lives of four very different characters who are all trapped in an insidious game. Each story delves into the intricate web of misaligned motives and obscured half-truths.