If you are giving your book away for free you might find that it’s surprisingly hard to find thousands of … More
Category: Author Resources
Free Writing Contests in 2019
As a writer it can be hard to find the extra crash for entering competitions to get your name out … More
Short Story Writing Contests for 2019
UPCOMING SHORT STORY CONTESTS THAT YOU CAN ENTER! Entering competitions is a fun way to get ides for short stories … More
How Long Does It Take To Write A Book?
Stephen King says you should be able to finish the first draft of a book in 3 months. Still most … More
Questions For When You’re Stuck in Character Development
i like to ask myself questions about my characters when i am stuck in story. This helps me to create … More
How Kindle Unlimited Pays You
It’s importantly to know how you are paid. As a KDP writer that takes part int he Unlimited program it … More
Some Reading Statistics and a quick theory
So I read books about writing to improve my craft and I write fiction. I’ve written some self help and … More
What makes a strong character
I often ask myself if characters are weak or if they seem unrealistic. I always ask myself if I could … More
Story Structure
Beginning Middle End Seems simple right? But it’s far from it the first few times you actually sit down to … More
Let’s Talk Flash Fiction with Layden Robinson
I interviewed Layden Robinson on Twitter the other day. We both enjoy writing flash fiction so I asked her a few … More
Evolving Your Writing
As we write and learn more about our craft, as writers, we often time seek perfection. We look to craft … More
The Day I Learned What Gratuitous Meant
When I was in college I took a creative writing class. At the time I wanted to be a writer … More
The Best Way to Help or Thank an Author
I keep seeing this and other images like it on Twitter. It’s 100% true. Most readers don’t leave reviews. It’s … More
Why is it so hard to Sell Books?
According to Forbes somewhere between 600,000 and 1,000,000 ebooks are published every year in the United States alone. Imagine being … More
turning a blog into books
I’ve read a few methods, mostly for nonfiction, of ways to write blog posts like chapters. In doing so you … More
Author Marketing – Key Words
I haven’t been posting often on this blog. I haven’t been using Facebook or Twitter much either. I’ve been doing … More
December Recap
In December I polished up a novella for release in January. Bernard’s door is the story of an archeologist heading … More
The Why? – Book Marketing
When I was young I didn’t like math because when ever I asked why I needed to learn it I … More
6 Books To Learn Good Writing From
Writing can be difficult to tackle. That’s why it’s important to learn from the success of those who came before … More
Networking Helps You
I recently launched a book. It’s been out for about 2 weeks now. I’ve been utilizing Amazon PPC (pay per … More