Has Coronavirus Affected my Book Sales?
And what can I do about it? There’s no beating about the bush. COVID-19 has affected the sales of pretty much everything, from cleaning products to crude oil. Some go up, and some go down.
Category: Tips
Lateral thinking and plot twists.
From classroom activity to one of my best methods for killer endings. Ever read a book and hit one of those twists that just change and redefine your understanding of everything you’ve read up to
Are you ready to Face the Bookocalipse?
Facebook is coming down hard on Amazon links. I know because Jeff Bezos came to me in a dream… Maybe I have my Alexa too close to my head when I sleep. And lately it’s
Evil Characters (and how to breed them)
Because in the end you want the bad guy to die not because he’s evil, but because he’s such a damn cliché. Bad guys these days always seem to share the same DNA: Troubled past,
Of Authors and their Egos
A writer’s life is all about being larger than it. So you’re an indie author, right? Well congrats, pat on the shoulder and get in line with the others. Good luck for your whatever fiction/nonfiction.
The Man who Created Languages
An insight into J.R.R. Tolkien’s many invented languages. Before you read any further, let’s see if you know the answer to this question: How many languages did Tolkien imagine were spoken in his fictional world?
Writing Simulation Theory Sci-Fi
The science and logic of the simulation theory behind Matrix type novels. Ever since the Wachowski brothers’ film, “The Matrix” and the nearly contemporary albeit wildly less-successful flick “The 13th Floor”, the idea of us
Realistic Magic Systems
Guest Post by Joanna White For those of you who want to make or develop a magic system but aren’t quite sure where to start, it’s a lot easier than it seems at first. Maybe
To Blog or not to Blog.
How I set up my own author presence on the Web, wth a little help from the experts. Being an author is not just about writing books. I mean, it should be, and you should
Cartography for Noobs
Map making software for authors. Just back from a web-wide search for a decent cartography app. I scoured the web and lo! I came up with not one, but three cool options! The first two