Welcome to Indie Author Mondays, where I feature articles and interviews about the exciting field of independent author publishing. This week I feature an author interview with Cheryl Shireman; she’s spunky, she’s independent and she’s full of vim and vigor. I’m inspired just interviewing her. Enjoy!
by Beth Barany · Published September 12, 2011 · Last modified September 11, 2011
Welcome to the weekly Indie Fantasy Author Spotlight. Today we feature Tom Barczak, author of Awakening Evarun. Thanks for stopping by, Tom! I enjoyed your interview! Yes, write on! ^*^ Beth: What got you...
by Beth Barany · Published August 17, 2011 · Last modified August 15, 2011
Welcome to Q & A Wednesdays by Book Mentor, Ezra Barany. Ezra answers the question, “What are you glad you did with regards to self-pubbing? And what do you wish you had known before...
Lots and lots of chocolate, hard rock music, long walks, and wacking a sticking against a punching bag. And writing! Because as my clients and students know: Writing begets writing. Yes, it’s the time...
We writers know our story circles around three things: plot, setting, and character. I’d like to talk about character. I know you have heard a dozen different ways to create characters, but how about one more time, only with a different take on them.
Just a quick shout out to all the cool online communities I’m part of that support my life as an indie author: Shewrites.com: If you do join — yes, it’s free — connect with...
Welcome to my series of Interviews with Indie Authors. Today I feature — quite proudly — the release of my husband’s suspense novel, The Torah Codes. In celebration of the day, we’re doing a...
Guest Columnists / Writing Craft / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published March 24, 2011 · Last modified March 23, 2011
Welcome to our bi-weekly posts from guest columnist, Bobbye Terry. This week she asks some great questions for world building your series. We’re curious to hear your tips too! Share your thoughts with us! Thanks!
Welcome to our weekly installment on how to create your indie author success! This week I have a guest post from an award-winning author, Suzanne Tyrpak. Her latest book, Vestal Virgin, a historical thriller...
Many authors think that the writing and publishing is the hard part. But actually your work is just getting started. Are you making time to market, connect with your readers, or even communicate to your readers and tell the world that your cool book is available or soon will be?! If you just take a few steps regularly — 15 to 30 minutes a day — you’ll find more readers, create more opportunities for people to tell their friends about you and ultimately sell more books!
Guest Columnists / Writing Craft / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published March 17, 2011 · Last modified March 16, 2011
Authors have a job to do and they have to fool readers in order to do it. In good writing, the author seems to disappear and the reader gets lost in the story. It’s as if the story is telling itself. Yet author convenience, or author intrusion, breaks through the story veil and doesn’t let the reader get caught up in the story.
Author Career / book marketing / Book Promotion / Indie Author Series
by Beth Barany · Published March 14, 2011
Hot off the presses! I recently asked my friends at the Indie Authors Unite on Facebook (and their site) what their #1 marketing tip was. Here’s what they had to say!
Welcome to my weekly series on Resources for Indie Authors. Yes, these tips and strategies apply to all authors! We want to sell books, right? But we’re anxious about how to actually make that...
What is self-publishing really? And is it the right choice for us as writers? I had these questions too, and have done much research, and more importantly have taken the plunge. I am the...
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