You would think that the hardest thing about being an author is the writing of books, but it's far from it. Writing books is easy because it only involves you, your brain, and your characters. The hardest thing about being an author is marketing the damn book once it's written and released.Marketing as a self-published … Continue reading The Never-Ending Journey of Marketing Self-Published Books
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Book Covers: How? Why? When?
Recently I've been thinking about book covers and what other authors do to create theirs. As usual, I asked my followers on Twitter for their thoughts: Don’t judge a book by its cover, the old saying goes. But let’s face it, we all do. A cover is usually the first thing that you see of … Continue reading Book Covers: How? Why? When?
Chapters: To Name or Not to Name
Chapters, some books have them, some don’t, and everyone has an opinion on them, so I asked my fellow writers over on Twitter for their thoughts. Below are some of the responses. As you can see, the responses varied. Some people like short ones, others long, others don't care as long as they work with … Continue reading Chapters: To Name or Not to Name
Who Lives Beneath: A VSS365 Story (Part II)
This is the continuation of my Twitter story written through the daily VSS365 word prompts. You can read Part I here. Follow me on Twitter @GaxTZ to catch up each day. I climb up into the graveyard but have to prompt John to follow. From the way he is acting, I'm starting to think he's … Continue reading Who Lives Beneath: A VSS365 Story (Part II)
Who Lives Beneath: A VSS365 Story
I've been doing the VSS writing prompts on and off for a year or so now, but like most people, I tended to do separate little stories, scenes or poems. But when it came to September, I had an idea. If you don't know what I mean by VSS365 writing prompts let me quickly explain. … Continue reading Who Lives Beneath: A VSS365 Story
Another Week is Ending.
It's been a productive week, but I'm ending it with toothache, earache and generally feeling like warmed up crud. When I've not been doing bits and pieces around the house, I've been preparing more blog posts, and I've managed to get a fair few banked and scheduled. As far as work on novels, I've not … Continue reading Another Week is Ending.
Reviews Are In…
...well the first one is anyway. It's been a slow burn release but Blindsighted is starting to get out there. Sales are low, but Kindle Unlimited pages are coming in quicker and the other day I had my first review over on Goodreads - and it was a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. It was also a text review … Continue reading Reviews Are In…
Friday Houseday
The end of another week. But this Friday marks something very special for us. Today is the day we get to go around our newbuild house for the first time. For the past few days, I’ve been resting up and have spent most of my time playing various games – mainly Oddworld: Soulstorm, Borderlands 3 … Continue reading Friday Houseday
Friday Delight
Friday again. Another week is done. It’s the weekend and all that jazz. It’s been another long week at this end. Things with the house are slowly drawing to a close as we’re hoping to be in by the end of April. And my third book, Blindsighted, was released on Wednesday. I spent the bulk … Continue reading Friday Delight
When Can You Call Yourself an Author?
This is a question that bounced around my head for a while. Before I talk about how I felt and when I decided to use the word author, I asked the writing community of Twitter what their thoughts were; This question was something that prayed on my mind quite a bit when I started writing … Continue reading When Can You Call Yourself an Author?
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