Writers – Harness Your Media Presence
STOP Before You START Jumping into the social and networking scene before you have a real sense of direction could foul you up in your future marketing efforts. The time to pause is NOW. Get out your...
View ArticleWriters – Get What It Takes For Success
Show Up Pay homage to your souls passion by showing up to make use of it. Face it, your desire for success and fame will never be realized if all you can manage to do 90% of the time, is daydream about...
View ArticleSketching Up Characters – 005
I had a client request for an octopus on a map I’m creating. This sketch took about 45 minutes and ended up looking pretty good on the map. He’s only the third octopus I’ve ever drawn, and the only one...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Romanovsky Stain
“The Romanovsky Stain” is the first of a series of five spy thrillers coming from an expert in the field. Duke has really brought this story to life. I can’t wait for people to get their hands on this...
View ArticleHow to Find Your Themes
When you tell someone a story, why are you doing this? What compels you to create lies that have about them the ring of truth; what drives you to invent people and places and events and create a...
View ArticleHow To Price Your eBook
It's way too easy for us indie authors to devalue what we're selling. Way too easy. If we don't rack up downloads right away, we go into pricechopper mode, as if our work is the equivalent of a can of...
View ArticleAn Exciting Cover Reveal
I wanted to create a cover that was entirely unique, that would look a little strange, and that would capture the colors of a seventies acid trip. It's meant to be a bit surreal, like the story of the...
View ArticleCover Concept Contest: Vote for your Favorite Cover
This is a design I have been working on recently which will be a movie poster as well as a book cover design contest. Most of the designs closely follow my clients vision for the manuscript. I have to...
View ArticleA Guide To Book Cover Design
Let’s be honest, we all judge a book by its cover most of the time (and there are legions of blogs dedicated to the pastime). Books with good graphics, eye-catching font and good quality covers sell...
View ArticleVote for Your Favorite Sci-Fi Cover
Each premade cover design package comes with your Trade Paperback cover, your free eBook cover, plus two free 3D covers for use on your website or in your social media marketing methods.
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