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Book Review: What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank, Brant Forseng, @brantforseng

What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank — A Book Review

Posted onFebruary 11, 2018Leave a comment

Your characters need to eat. In novels with a modern, urban setting this isn’t usually a problem. Hungry? Drive-thru, supermarket, or delivery; there are a plethora of choices. Historical and — more particularly — fantasy novels is where things get Read More …

CategoriesLady Merreth's World, Research, ToolsTagsinformation, Tools, Writing

Four Questions when Writing Part1, @brantforseng, Brant Forseng

Four Questions When Writing — Part 1

Posted onNovember 12, 2017December 27, 2017Leave a comment

There are four questions that any author should be able to answer.  These questions drive success — both writing success and marketing success.  This post is Part 1 one of a two part blog series and addresses two of those Read More …

CategoriesAuthor Promotion, Book Marketing, ResearchTagsAuthor Branding, Marketing

Here are 27 resource links for author email newsletters; how to get started, content ideas, and applications which can help, Brant Forseng, @brantforseng

27 Author Email Newsletter Resources

Posted onJune 18, 20172 Comments

Author email newsletters are one of the most effective methods of ensuring sales of indie-author books. They allow you to connect with readers, provide them with value-add, encourage them to read your work. Over the years much has been written Read More …

CategoriesAuthor Promotion, Research, ToolsTagsAuthor Branding, information, Tools

5 MORE Awesome Indie Author Resources, Brant Forseng, @brantforseng

Five More Awesome Indie Author Resources

Posted onMarch 26, 2017Leave a comment

Five wasn’t enough, so here are five more awesome indie author resources.  Each of the five is a blog that I have visited numerous times for information and enjoyment. While all have at least some focus on marketing and promotion, Read More …

CategoriesAuthor Promotion, Research, ToolsTagsAuthor Branding, Author Platform, information, Marketing, Tools

Gunpowder by Jack Kelly-- a Book Review, Brant Forseng, @brantforseng

Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics — A Book Review

Posted onMarch 5, 2017Leave a comment

Lady Merreth’s world is one where early gunpowder weapons are just coming into their own.  As a writer, I was gratified to stumble across Jack Kelly’s Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Read More …

CategoriesLady Merreth's World, Research, WeaponsTagshistorical occupations, information, research

27 Resource Links for Book Trailers, Brant Forseng. @brantforseng

27 Resource Links for Creating Book Trailers

Posted onFebruary 19, 20171 Comment

I am a big fan of book trailers, and over the course of three years I have collected many links to different book trailer resources. I think they may be useful to others, so here are 27 resource links for Read More …

CategoriesBook Trailer, Research, ToolsTagsAuthor Branding, Author Platform, Book Trailer, Tools

Let's Make a Book Trailer Part 17, Brant Forseng. @brantforseng

Let’s Make a Book Trailer — Part 17

Posted onFebruary 5, 2017Leave a comment

Hello Everyone! This is part 17 of my series: Let’s Make a Book Trailer. The list of previous parts is getting a bit long, so I will merely link to the first and most recent posts:  Part 1 and Part Read More …

CategoriesAnimation, Book Trailer, Lady Merreth, Research, ToolsTagsAnimation, Book Trailer, information, Lady Merreth, Marketing, Tools

Two Books on Genre for Indie Novelists

Two Books on Genre for Indie Novelists

Posted onDecember 4, 2016December 4, 2016Leave a comment

You hear a lot about genre when you get into writing novels. In this post I’ll provide a thumbnail overview of two books on genre that I’ve found enormously helpful in my writing. First, some background: What is genre? According Read More …

CategoriesResearch, Reviews, Tools, WritingTagsinformation, research, Tools, Writing

Authors: Want Success? Do these three things first, Brant Forseng, @brantforseng

Authors, want Success? Do These 3 Things First

Posted onSeptember 11, 2016Leave a comment

So you have decided you want to write fiction and have people give you money for what you produce. Excellent ! I made the same decision. However, now that I am three years into the whole writing/blogging/promoting aspect of producing Read More …

CategoriesAuthor Promotion, Research, WritingTagsAuthor Branding, information, Marketing, research, Writing

Two Flintlocks for Lady Merreth

Two Flintlocks For Your Heroine

Posted onJune 24, 2016Leave a comment

Lady Merreth’s adventures are set in a period roughly analogous to the late 1700s to early 1800s. The faintest stirrings of the industrial revolution can be discerned though military technology is considerably more varied than it was in our world. Read More …

CategoriesLady Merreth, Lady Merreth's World, Research, Weapons, Western WatchTagsheroine, information, Lady Merreth, research

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