I started my indie fantasy author journey in 2013. I layout books myself, design the maps and covers and upload them to sites like Amazon, KDP, Smashwords, IngramSpark and Lulu. But, I also work with a small press publisher for things like ISBNs, editing, promotion and getting into bookstores. I’ve Read more…
I got into book cover design for fun. Mostly, I couldn’t afford to hire a freelance designer so I had to figure out how to do a lot of stuff myself. Now, design has been added to the things I do to relax. I photograph, play video games, open photoshop Read more…
Your bio picture holds a lot of power. It will become one of your most-prized assets in a book cover, website, or marketing materials. In this article, we’re sharing tips for taking flattering bio pics you’ll actually like, and that can best represent your writing style and genre. Bio pics Read more…
Have you ever tried researching your genre’s audience? Just Googling fantasy readers? You won’t find a lot. Most of the content is usually dated or you can’t vet them. I’ve tried using those databases you can only access through your school or local library. Even then, it’s difficult to find Read more…
Welcome to the Week in Links, a roundup of the latest articles for fantasy, sci-fi and horror readers and writers. Not a lot of Marvel chatter this week. Most, my feed was all about Game of Thrones. A little secret, I don’t watch it. I don’t walk into stories knowing Read more…
Have you ever seen a beautiful infographic and wonder how it was made? Here is your guide. Anyone could get some benefit to creating infographics, especially authors. Book Promotions It would be nice if I could hire a designer to create character and land artwork. But, I can’t. I don’t Read more…
Welcome to the Week in Links, a roundup of the latest articles for fantasy, sci-fi and horror readers and writers. Writing and Book Marketing Writing Tips: The 4 Stages Of Writing A Book From First Draft To Publication 12 Easy Tweaks that Could Lead to Outsized Improvement in Your Content Read more…
Welcome to the Week in Links, a roundup of the latest articles for fantasy, sci-fi and horror readers and writers. Note: I’ve included some Infinity War reviews for those who are interested. I haven’t read them. I usually don’t read reviews before I see the movie. Some say spoiler-free, some don’t. Read more…
Not too long ago, I noticed my Pinterest account gets 1 million monthly viewers. This isn’t like Twitter where I have 4,000 followers but only like 5% of people visit my blog. Pinterest has been magic for my blog. It’s not perfect. I still have a lot to learn. Certain Read more…
Time for some social media auditing. Sounds dull. It really isn’t. Time to look at my accounts and see what’s working and what’s not. This is not about what’s selling books because honestly, none of them are. Well, actually, you can’t really tell that. One or two social networks might Read more…
