How to Self-Publish Your First Book is a quick and simple guide with one mission: to encourage those who always thought of writing a book but didn't know where to begin because getting it published sounded all too hard. Heidi was working as a makeup artist for many years, until one day in 2007, she decided to write the 'how to' book on makeup - something that was practical and easily implementable. However, she soon discovered that writing didn't come as easy to her as picking up a makeup brush. After nearly calling it quits throughout the many challenges faced at every twist and turn of the process, in the end perseverance prevailed and - although she felt she didn't know what she was doing - her determination to finish what she started eventually lead to her book's national success. Buoyed by this experience, Heidi documented the route she took as a self-taught author and wrote a book on how to write a book, and all she had learned about what not to do in the process of bringing a book to market. After both books were picked up and sold through major book stores Australia-wide, she has gone on to successfully publish a further four books. How to Self-Publish Your First Book will arm you with the confidence to start small and work your way up. You don't have to know everything! Just focus on what you want to share with the world.

Heidi Yi has worked as professional make-up artist and beauty therapist in QLD and NSW.

She has won both makeup and business awards and, in 2007, achieved great success when launching her own brand of cosmetics, called Heidi Yi.

Passionate about makeup and helping clients achieve the most beautiful results possible, in 2008 she wrote and self-published the first edition of pro make up by heidi, which was picked up by a distributor and appeared in 500 bookstores Australia-wide.

In 2018, Heidi published a revised and fully updated edition, re-named Pro Makeup and Essential Skincare for Everyday Beauty.

Buoyed by her self-publishing success, Heidi wrote a how-to book on the process, which was also updated in 2018 and re-published as How to Self-Publish Your First Book.

Capturing all her learnings from her steady business growth, she encapsulated them into her next book, Big Tips for Small Business.

Embracing this new medium for her work, Heidi retired her popular online video tutorials, Make-up Tutorials by Heidi, that were designed specifically to help Asian women with common makeup mistakes and turned it into a practical guide called, Let's Talk Foundation!

Heidi has just completed her fifth book, a deeply personal account of her journey back to health after cancer, called The DeTerminator: From Powder Puff to Chemo.

All products are available for purchase through her website www.heidiyi.com