So you want to be a writer and create content for a consumer niche in your field… writing blog articles with a reputable company. Great – should be easy right? I mean, you’re looking for an unpaid internship just to get your foot in the door; you’re willing to work for free for goodness sake. The 3 secrets to book...
I love occasionally reviewing movies when they talk about creative or artistic themes. Generally, they romanticize the art and increase the conflict, by repeating harmful stereotypes. People – and most wannabe authors – *love* this stuff because it feels inspiring and reinforces their preexisting convictions. But that’s why...
Recently I’ve been updating and bundling some of my book marketing resources, and I was sure I’d already posted this but can’t find it on my blog. So here it is: If you want to write an email autoresponder/”welcome series” newsletter and need a specific plan and timeline to follow, this should help. I recommend...
While I can only speak of my own experience, it’s not difficult to recognize that many famous creative people were up late “burning the midnight oil.” We can speculate this is because the peace and quiet allows them to fully drink from the solemn well of inspiration. Night is certainly more novel and less profane The 3...
A full breakdown of what you can do on Medium as a writer I’m an online writer, self-published satire author, and all-around perpetual-wannabe polymath. I’ve also carved out an odd little side-niche on Medium.com — I write Meta Medium articles. And no, that “Meta” isn’t related to whatever the hell Facebook wants to call itself to hide...
Today I’m celebrating Chinese New Year’s at my inlaws, eating chicken soup and shrimp on the family farm, feeding wild birds. It’s the year of the tiger: a year for bold risks and action. So I was tickled to find this gem of an anecdote about Dostoevsky, one of my favorite authors: After he lost The 3 secrets to book...
A friend of mine just published a book on accounting for authors and my response was “I can barely make words go; I’m not ready to math.” But that’s partly why, it’s important to make your life easier, especially if you hate spreadsheets and numbers. I was actually pretty good at math in high school, The 3...
Years and years and years ago I started building an online book cover creator tool, which has never quite been finished and broke when they cancelled Flash… but I’m about to launch a revised version and am tweaking the final details. I love to solve simple problems, so I spent a day making some transparent The 3 secrets to book...
To start off, let me acknowledge I’m writing this about the first episode of season two – so some of these tips may be better for a sequel, rather than a first book in a series. It means, for one, that they can spend less time getting to know the characters and making them sympathetic. The 3 secrets to book marketing, and a...
This is the preface to my revised book marketing guide, download the free PDF. Book formatting is the bane of my existence. It’s tedious, and time-consuming, and there are always typos and mistakes, but it’s also a crucial part of the publishing process. That said, it’s possible to do a decent job yourself, if you learn how, and...
I don’t think it’s unusual for anybody to feel like the last two years haven’t been great. I generally agree with the sentiment, if all you’re doing is surviving, that’s enough. I also don’t think we always need to productivize our creativity. There’s a perversion in the modern compulsion to Always Be...
I see this question a lot so here’s a quick answer: Novels are typically 250 to 350 pages; with about 200 to 300 words per page. This will depend on genre and word count. Average novels are 75K to 95K, though some genres can go longer – still, it’s very rare for a novel to The 3 secrets to book marketing, and a haunted...
