Very few Indie Authors can do it all — write their book, maintain their author platform, market, proofread, the list of necessary activities is long and daunting. It’s a rare author who has the skill and the time to execute Read More …
Here are five awesome indie author resources I have identified over the past three years. I’ve tweeted about a few of them in the past, bookmarked all of them, and use them on a regular basis. One I’ve blogged about Read More …
There has been a great deal written on author branding, particularly with regard to author platforms and the major social media channels. These branding discussions seem focused on the blog or author platform level, However, I have not seen anything Read More …
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 …
This is the second in my series on using Wattpad to promote your writing and get it in front of more readers. In part 1 I provided an overview of Wattpad and now I’ll explore setting up your account and Read More …
Hello Everyone! This is part 16 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 …
Most of us write because we want to have our stuff read. To have our stuff read three things must be done: Make the writing available to people Inform people of the writing’s existence Get people to actually read the Read More …
Update: August 2017. I’ve just discovered I cannot count. I actually only presented five tips. Ooops! One of the main ideas behind having an author platform is to provide your fans and readers a central location where they can find Read More …
Like other author-bloggers I create content. There are a lot of applications out there that I can use do that, and I admit to being distracted by bright, shiny, new tools that come along. Video, audio, graphic, text, you name Read More …
If you write fantasy, particularly epic fantasy, you’ll need to think about world building — crafting the set principles and constraints that govern your heroine’s environment: political, social, technical, magical, geographic, climatic, and the like. There are a huge number Read More …
