Having a platform even before you launch your first book isn't unheard of. You'll just have to play the social media game and get people to take...
I'm fully with you on this. The way I see it, the fantastic becomes both more real, and more fantastic, when it's anchored in a solid foundation...
I don't have a solid suggestion for you on how to fix this, but what you describe sounds like it might be a case of idea debt. There's a good...
Something that comes up now and then are questions about vanity presses or self-publishing companies. These are widely regarded as scams, but they...
One option that's tailored for authors is prolificworks.com. It lets you upload your book, and gives you a link to provide readers. Through this...
I don't have a newsletter myself, but I'm subscribed to a few (two or three), and I know a number of authors who have their own. Here on the...
I've had similar thoughts, but still not gotten around to it. The most common rewards, as far as I've heard of, are free stories of varying...
That was my initial plan when I started working on Lost Dogs. It was just meant to be a bunch of short stories that went together to tell a longer...
Is it the ideas that lose their appeal, or the characters? If you can create a character you care about, might it not be easier to stick with...
I've been hearing about The Hero's Journey for almost as long as I've called myself a writer (so, a while), but not until today, did I hear about...
This is almost exactly how I started out as well. I had next to no idea about storytelling when I started out, but I had a great world to play...
At some point in the last few years, I had a realisation about the enjoyment of watching sports. Sure, understanding the game, and appreciating...
The idea is that the shorter sentences makes it feel as if the events of the story are happening faster. It doesn't actually change your reading...
