Most of what we have, in this age was laughed at. Looked upon as an unbelievable and impossible to achieve goal or invention. In the creator's mind, the thought of bringing a piece of their fictitious place into a reality was possible. Everything starts as fiction, eventually becoming a reality. Don't fear or laugh at … Continue reading Power of Fiction
Category: Discussion
When Will People Notice Me?!
Traveling the U.S., I've come across lots of authors who have self-published through Createspace, Smashwords, Draft2Digital, etc. with no success. After conducting short interviews with them over lunch, I came to an interesting conclusion. A few of them expected their books to sell themselves (which your story has to be made of gold to accomplish) … Continue reading When Will People Notice Me?!
When Your Best Friend Becomes a Job
Growing up, I loved doing a lot of things that I thought would be great ideas to take up career choices. I ventured into playing the Sims and building homes was aboutctfe best thing ever to me. Even creating spacious interiors and layouts, drawing plans on paper to build them on my video game later … Continue reading When Your Best Friend Becomes a Job
Unlocking Your Imagination
What most people don't understand about imagination is that nothing is ever going to be original. You may feel like something is similar to something else and, when it boils down to it, you'll realize that it is. I get reviews and emails from people that tell me that my book character Vanessa Pheros from … Continue reading Unlocking Your Imagination
When to do “It”
"It"... What is "it" exactly? Who cares what "it" is anyway? Do it as soon as humanly possible. We are in a generation filled with technology and thinkers. Technology that makes doing things that once took years to do in only months. The market is flooded with people who may want to do the same … Continue reading When to do “It”
Spare Time/Hard Work
One of the perks of being self-employed is that you get the freedom to stop and go as you please. There's no one saying "Hey... come here... be here at this time... bring my coffee (well maybe you can say it to your employees, if you've got any). One downfall about being self-employed is that … Continue reading Spare Time/Hard Work
Music and Work
When I was growing up, I couldn't figure out why my teachers never liked me wearing my earphones while I did my classwork. Not only was I not able to hear them but... oh wait... Any who, I was asked if I use music as a motivator when I write. My answer: "Yeah, music is … Continue reading Music and Work
Good Places to Start Marketing
There are billions of people worldwide who love to be informed about the newest things or current events happening worldwide, so why is it that people don't see YOU? That's what I used to ask myself every single day as I sat in front of my computer. Every single day was actually about the length … Continue reading Good Places to Start Marketing
Finding Your Writing Place
Being an author wasn't always my dream but it was something that I was secretly good at so I decided to pursue it with great chase. Seeing where you want your books to go (Barnes and Noble, Libraries, feature film) is a great help when your idea is just that- an idea. Actually writing is … Continue reading Finding Your Writing Place
Eye Catching Book (Cover)(Part 2)
Someone looks at the front of your book and says "Hmm... that's interesting. I wonder what the book looks like. Forget about the inside unless the page's borders are rainbow colored with a kind of weird inscription printed on the side." The reader flips around to the back of the book and starts reading an … Continue reading Eye Catching Book (Cover)(Part 2)
