by TheWinterwolf | Feb 15, 2023 | Author's Life, Writing Tips and Tools
What Exactly is a Mary Sue? You’ve all read the story. The protagonist is a fantastic person. Their devil-may-care attitude and unwillingness to abide by the rules make them completely incompatible with real life, and yet everyone loves them anyway. A casual perusal...
by TheWinterwolf | Apr 20, 2017 | Author's Life, Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
The life of a writer is a difficult one. Finding motivation to sit and work on your own projects is one thing. Finding the time to do so is another. One thing that helps is proper time management. In other words, setting a deadline for yourself on when things will...
by TheWinterwolf | Nov 4, 2016 | Author's Life, Marketing Tips
In 2014, Taylor Swift made headlines when she wrote, “There are a few things I have witnessed becoming obsolete in the past few years, the first being autographs.” Apparently, the iPhone generation prefers selfies over signed photos, especially when social media sites...
by TheWinterwolf | Oct 7, 2016 | Author's Life, Marketing Tips
Here’s the thing no one tells you about getting published: it can take longer than writing the book. Blogger Elizabeth Evans even quoted the waiting game as two of the five things that you don’t know about book publishing (“don’t hold your...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 19, 2016 | Author's Life, Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
When Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid first debuted in 2004 and Lemony Snicket’s eleventh novel in A Series of Unfortunate events was published later that same year, another great book was about to hit shelves — The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 14, 2016 | Author's Life, Marketing Tips, Resources
If you’re an author who has recently signed a contract with a publisher, then chances are you’ve heard the term “book launch” thrown around once or twice. No, this isn’t a second book marketing campaign, but rather your...