How Setting Influences Your Novel’s Mood
By integrating sensory details, weather, and character perspectives, authors can effectively craft mood and ultimately enhance readers’ emotional engagement with the story.
By integrating sensory details, weather, and character perspectives, authors can effectively craft mood and ultimately enhance readers’ emotional engagement with the story.
Selling books as an indie author involves more than writing; it requires effective marketing and reader engagement. Holly Spofford exemplifies this by connecting authentically with her audience, utilizing humor, and leveraging her unique status as a local author. Her approach fosters community and enhances book sales through memorable interactions.
Ideas to Market Your Book on Instagram Marketing your book on Instagram can be an exciting journey that not only promotes your work but also engages a community of readers and writers. Here are some creative ideas to make the most of Instagram’s features and… Read More »20 Creative Ways to Market Your Book on Instagram
Publishing on BookBaby and Kindle are two different options for self-publishing a book. BookBaby is a self-publishing platform that offers a variety of services for authors, such as editing, cover design, and formatting. They also distribute books to various retailers, including Amazon’s Kindle store. Kindle… Read More »Publishing on BookBaby vs. Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
I’m totally onboard with the clients and projects I take on—which means I’m not just the book editor, but I also champion the books I edit by including them as part of my portfolio, my website’s Latest News page, and my social media channels. You… Read More »How Kristen Corrects-Edited Books are Promoted
Every successful novel is made up of several pillars—character development, conflict and plot, setting, pacing, and so on—and these elements work together to create an engaging, hard-to-put-down book. Each of the pillars relies on the other, just like a building. The same is true about… Read More »The Pillars of Writing: Everything You Need to Write Great Fiction
Lots of self-publishing authors say that writing the book is the easy part, because after writing and publishing comes marketing. And it’s hard! With the self-publishing market being so saturated, you need to do everything you can to get your book in front of readers.… Read More »Contests to Enter (and Win!) for Self-Published Fiction Books
Setting is the location and time in which the book’s story takes place. A novel’s setting can include geography and time period, and can take place on Earth (past, present, or future) or in a made-up world. A novel’s setting is one of the elements… Read More »How to Avoid Infodumps in Your Novel
If you’re a self-published author, you need to do everything you can to get your book in front of readers. Audiobooks are the fastest growing faction in publishing, and for the past eight years, audiobook sales in the US has had huge increases year over… Read More »Self-Publishing? Here’s How to Create an Audiobook
A book’s blurb is the description of the book that entices readers to buy. Essentially, it tells the reader what your book is about without giving too much away. In paperback books, the blurb is located on the back cover. In ebooks, the blurb goes… Read More »What is a Book Blurb?