You've been picked up by TFP! Now what?

If you're here, you're probably one of the Three Furies Press authors. As such I am going to base this on what we share with and teach our authors. 

We like to keep things in order. And by we I mean Me, actually. I like having a plan for everything and for that plan to be in order. That's why we start with 0 Get Started. That's a folder we put together to help you with what your next steps should be once you've signed on with a publisher. But maybe you need a bit more info on that. No problem, let's break some stuff down.

If you're looking for a handy dandy book to read through and get some outside perspective, I highly recommend this one by Katie Salidas. 

The very first thing you should do as a brand new author is tell people. Shout it from the rooftops! TFP even gives you a simple graphic to share around to let people know that you are now a signed author with a publisher. Show it to everyone. Post it everywhere. 

If you don't have a website, make one. Even if you're like me and know nothing about websites you can set up free easy to use ones, like this one on blogger.com. 

Once you have one, you can set up a link tree to all the places where people can find your books. Where are those places? Well that's what you're going to set up next!

Get ready to be an author with a product, your book, to sell. How can you do that? Sign up for author accounts!

http://goodreads.com/

https://storyoriginapp.com/

https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/profile

https://www.bookbub.com/home/

https://www.prolificworks.com/

This will probably take you a few hours total. But it will come in handy to have everything done and ready to go early. That way when your book is up for preorders there will already be an author account to attach to with all these places. So get these ready early, and you will save yourself a hassle later.

Storyorigin, prolificworks, and bookbub are all places where you can reach out to readers. Either to find reviewers, sales/ad opportunities, or find people who will be interested in your mailing list. 

If you're a brand new author and this is your debut novel, you may not have a mailing list yet, and that's fine. It's also a topic for a different day. For today, just get these websites set up and ready to go so you have a solid platform for your authoring business.