Inside Inkers Con: Writing Mastery and Insights with Alessandra Torre, Episode #114
Alessandra Torre is a Bestselling author who’s written twenty-three novels, including multiple New York Times bestsellers. Her first book, “Blindfolded Innocence,” was a hit, rising to the top of the eBook charts on Amazon. It attracted the interest of major publishing houses, landing Alessandra her first print deal with Harlequin HQN. In 2017, her New York Times bestseller “Hollywood Dirt,” was released as a full-length film by PassionFlix. Torre is also the founder of Inkers Con, an annual authors’ conference. In 2019, Alessandra co-founded Authors A.I., a company that uses artificial intelligence to help authors with their development and editing process. In this episode of Mitlin Money Mindset™, Alessandra shares some great takeaways about getting your book noticed and read. She also shares why she's passionate about helping new and aspiring authors. You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... How Alessandra became a NY Times best-selling author [3:38] The impact E.L. James has had on the industry [6:13] The importance of a book’s description [8:08] What motivated Alessandra to become a hybrid author [11:49] What are the benefits of self-publishing? [14:27] Why Alessandra used a pen name for some of her books [16:46] The best piece of advice that Alessandra can give new authors [19:15] What prompted Alessandra to provide free resources for authors [15:13] InkersCon: The conference for self-published fiction authors [26:56] Learn how Alessandra’s book “Hollywood Dirt” became a movie [29:30] What Alessandra did today that put her in the mindset for success [33:58] Connect with Alessandra Torre The website (for authors) The website (for readers) On Instagram On Twitter On Facebook Bio Alessandra Torre is New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author. Alessandra has written twenty-three novels, including multiple New York Times bestsellers. Her first book, “Blindfolded Innocence,” was a breakout hit, rising to the top of the eBook charts on Amazon where it attracted the interest of major publishing houses and garnered Torre her first print deal with Harlequin HQN. Less than twelve months later, Torre signed a second six-figure print deal, this time with Redhook (Hachette) for the Deanna Madden series, an erotic suspense trilogy. In 2017, her New York Times bestseller HOLLYWOOD DIRT, was released as a full-length film by PassionFlix. Torre’s novels have been translated in eighteen languages and are distributed in over thirty countries. Torre is the creator of Alessandra Torre Ink - an authors community and online school with over 20,000 members. She is also the founder of INKERS CON, an annual authors conference. As a self-publishing advocate, Alessandra speaks frequently to universities, conventions and author groups. She has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK, as well as guest-blogged for the Huffington Post and RT Book Reviews. She is also the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.com. In 2019, Alessandra co-founded Authors A.I., a company that uses artificial intelligence to help authors with their development and editing process. In November of 2020, Authors A.I. launched BingeBooks, an online community that helps readers discover their next great novel. Listen in for some great takeaways about how Allessandra has seen such great success as an author and how she’s helping authors everywhere. Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset Show are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site. Connect With Mitlin Financial podcast(at)MitlinFinancial.com - email us with your suggestions for topics or guests https://mitlinfinancial.com Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Linkedin Follow on Facebook Subscribe to Mitlin Money Mindset™ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts