What Authors Should Know About The Book Cover Design Process
The Value of A Beautiful Book CoverImportant featuresIndustrial Espionage Other tips The Value of A Beautiful Book Cover Most books evoke a feeling the instant you look at them. In the perfect...
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Table of contentsMarketing Versus SellingAn Ideal ReaderSocial Media ContentGiveaway contentUse The Cover of Your BookBuild An Author WebsiteBook reviewsARCReader SitesPaid advertisingPlan Your Book...
View ArticleHow To Write The Motivated Villain
Compared to the hero, a villain needs explaining on the author’s part. I suggest you design him with care to justify at least some of his vile actions. The villain is the driving force of your story’s...
View ArticlePost-apocalyptic Survival on Kindle Store and Character Writing Tips
Nuclear war plunged them into perpetual winter. The survivors must rely on their wits and courage. Beware—you never know who wants to stab you in the back. If you’re a fan of Snowpiercer or the Mad...
View ArticleSupernatural Suspense and Tips for Writing a True Story
The woman laughed, and Rayne shivered as another wave of cold engulfed her. Lucinda’s expression once again became stoic. “They burned to death in a blast of fire — a trademark of Marchosias, the...
View ArticleThe Bad-ass Women of The Apocalypse
Unforgettable Charlize Theron as Furiosa in Mad Max Fury Road (Warner Bros. 2015) Are you old enough to remember how much the role of females in post-apocalyptic entertainment has changed since the...
View ArticlePost-apocalyptic & Dystopian Worlds
Will Smith roams New York in I Am Legend (2007, Village Roadshow Pictures) Worldbuilding Sometimes finding inspiration to write yet another future world is difficult. Science fiction gives you...
View ArticleSo, You Love Post-apocalyptic Books and Wanna Write One?
Let’s talk about tropes Maybe you’ve already published a post-apocalyptic or dystopian book, and you’re selling like hotcakes? Then you must have dealt with some major tropes of the genre, congrats!...
View ArticleTHE VILLAINS OF POST-APOCALYPTIC DYSTOPIA
If you’re like me, you love villains. A brilliant villain makes the movie or book more interesting. He or she also elevates the stakes and brings the conflict to life. But what lifts a villain to the...
View ArticleAre Zombies Real? Explanations for the Undead
“Unlike many other monsters—which are mostly a product of superstition, religion, and fear— zombies have a basis in fact, and several verified cases of zombies have been reported from Haitian voodoo...
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