Aspiring authors have it tough. Large online sellers like Amazon have driven down book prices. Those with an already made platform can still succeed, but to cut costs, publishers have cut publicists and marketing. Indie authors and small press authors are familiar with doing their own leg work. Perhaps seeing their success is what drove... Continue Reading →
WARLOCK OF ROCHESTER: Book 3
Writing a series that isn't a serial can be difficult. Books become formulaic, and to some degree, the same characters in either an overarching battle facing minor bosses to reach the final big boss is necessary. However, with detective novels, a writer can risk doing the same case with a different cast over and over... Continue Reading →
PRINT!!
Both HIGH SUMMONS and GRIMM REMAINS are now available in print! Check it out: "HIGH SUMMONS reads like a young Harry Dresden with the same wit and charm...A must-read for lovers of urban fantasy!" - 5⭐ review Readers Favorite High Summons (AMAZON) - http://a.co/697fALj "Eli Celata once again enthralls readers with Jon's story, striking the... Continue Reading →
Cover Design
Cover artists, graphic designers – the masters of the thumbnail. Even though the books are the authors’ babies, the image translation is up to someone else. Someone we might not know. Someone who might not have even read your book. First phase, don’t leave anything to chance. Find commercially free images to give the artists.... Continue Reading →
Internet Cliques?
Social Media – the cliques of the internet. While the pack of internet folks moves from one to the next, there’s always some that stay behind. Memes joke about the two sides of Tumblr – of Pinterest. Digital anthropologists study them like physical civilizations. I stare and slink away back to dead bodies. Dead bodies... Continue Reading →
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