Indie author advice was built on burnout.
Publish every 30 days. Never stop. Hustle harder. It treats your energy like something to burn.
Author Revolution is the other way: plan the whole series, publish at a pace you can keep, and deal with the money beliefs and stress that get in your way. Taught by Carissa Andrews, indie author with 30+ books.
You are not the problem. The advice is.
If any of these hit close to home, you're in the right place.
Each one has a place to start.
You were told to publish a book a month. You can't, or you did and it wrecked you.
Rapid Release RoadmapYou have a series idea and no plan.
Plan Your Series ChallengeYou know what to do and you still don't do it.
Mindset and Manifestation coursesYou want to make a living at this without it eating your life.
Strategy and Craft coursesYou're not sure rapid release is even for you.
Read the blogYou're new and don't know what order to do things in.
Indie Publishing FundamentalsAdvice that starts from your real energy.
Plan the whole series first
A lot of overwhelm comes from starting without a plan. When you know how many books, in what order, and what each one has to do, writing gets lighter. I walk you through exactly how to map it.
Publish at a pace you can keep
About four books a year is a pace a working author can hold. We start from your real hours and your real life, then work backward to a schedule, instead of copying someone else's launch calendar.
Work on the inner side too
Money beliefs, a nervous system stuck on high alert, energy that's gone elsewhere. These aren't side issues. If you know the plan and still can't do it, this is the part to look at, and it's where I start.
Pick your starting point.
Everything is self-paced and available now. Start where you are.
Rapid Release Roadmap
Plan, write, publish and promote about four books a year, built to keep going when life gets in the way. Includes a six-week writing sprint, series planning, and a pace calculator that starts from your real numbers.
See what's inside$797 once or 6 payments of $147. Lifetime access and updates. 14-day refund window. No guaranteed results.
Strategy and Craft courses
Eight self-paced courses: publishing fundamentals, rapid release, series planning, AI tools and audiobooks.
Explore Strategy and Craft
Mindset and Manifestation courses
Four courses on money beliefs, energy and alignment, for the part of the work strategy alone doesn't fix.
Explore Mindset and Manifestation
Masterclass Vault
23 on-demand classes on AI tools, manifestation, launch strategy and more. Pick exactly what you need.
Starting at $11
Browse the Masterclass Vault
Masterclass Library Pass
Want everything in one go? All 23 classes and their downloads, with no subscription.
One-time $97
Get the Library PassThe author behind the revolution.
I've been publishing books for more than a decade, and I've built a career that spans 30+ books, multiple pen names, and more creative experiments than I can count.
I started teaching other indie authors everything I knew through online courses, conferences, masterclasses and my podcast. I've taught thousands of authors how to write, publish and last.
These days my creative energy is split between writing fiction and my energy work brand, Manifest Differently.
Go forth and start your author revolution,Carissa Andrews, Author • Coach • Creative Firestarter
279 episodes of the honest version.
The Author Revolution podcast covers series planning, rapid release, money beliefs and the inner side of an author career. A few good places to start:
- 3 Reasons Why the Indie Author Industry Is Setting You Up to FailIndustry and publishing
- Your Nervous System Is Sabotaging Your Author CareerThe inner side
- 5 Things I Had to Unlearn to Embrace AI and Supercharge My Series PlanningSeries planning
- NaNoWriMo Alternative: Sprint Your Way to Creative Success in 6 WeeksWriting sprint
In their words.
“After I finished Carissa’s courses, I am proud to say I self-published not one, but TWO books within a two-month span! And I know with every fiber of my being that if it wasn’t for her courses, I’d still be saying ‘maybe someday’ in regards to my author aspirations.”
“Carissa is well-versed in the knowledge of teaching every stage that you need to go through. Her courses are well planned out and following them is very easy to do.”
“She discussed the information succinctly, elucidating material in a way that it made an easy path to the publishing of my book on Amazon. She really knows how to make it happen for those who are interested. I could not have published without her excellent courses and podcast.”
“The work I did with Carissa, the back and forth, really helped me understand ME. Carissa helped remind me that there isn’t one way to do the work. I needed to figure out what aligned with ME. … She genuinely cares about her students and is willing to go the extra mile for them.”
These are individual students’ experiences, not promises of results.
Where you'll find Carissa’s work
Good questions.
Who is Author Revolution for?
Indie fiction authors, mostly people writing series, who want to publish at a pace they can keep. You might be starting out or years in. What matters is that you want a plan and you're tired of advice that assumes you have unlimited energy.
Do I have to publish fast?
No. Rapid release is one option, and I teach it at about four books a year, which is a pace a working author can hold. If a different pace fits your life, the planning side still applies. You work backward from your real hours, not someone else's launch calendar.
Are you still making new courses?
Not right now. Every course and masterclass here is complete and self-paced, and you can start whenever you like. My creative energy is going into writing fiction (you can find my books at carissaandrews.com and romcomcarissa.com) and my energy work brand, Manifest Differently. That said, I'm open to creating new content if I see a real need or interest. If there's something you wish existed, tell me.
Where should I start if I'm not sure?
Here's where each one lives. If you have a series idea and no plan, start with the Plan Your Series Challenge or 4 Books, 5 Days. If publishing itself is new, start with Indie Publishing Fundamentals. If you know what to do and still can't do it, look at the Mindset and Manifestation courses. If you want a taste of everything for a low price, the Masterclass Library Pass is the easy first step. And if you want the full plan for publishing about four books a year, that's Rapid Release Roadmap.
Who is Carissa Andrews?
I'm an indie author with 30+ books across paranormal urban fantasy, paranormal women's fiction and romcom, and I've been teaching other indie authors through courses, conferences and the Author Revolution podcast. Everything I teach comes from doing it myself.
Plan it. Pace it. Keep going.
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