Authors Shouldn’t Have to be Tech Experts
Last week, I took a call from an author who was launching a charity alongside a testimonial book. The author asked for help setting up the charity program, and of course, designing it to compliment the book. In this post, I share some details from that experience....
Happy July 4th From The Author Spot
I took my Osmo Pocket 3 to the park and made this special holiday greeting for ya'll. Hope your holiday was great! - TJ Video Transcript Hey out there. Happy fourth of July. I decided that since it’s a holiday, I’d record in the park. And if you...
Your Author Website is Built on Rented Land – Don’t Lose it to a $15 Mistake
Here at The Author Spot, we often describe our services as solutions for technology-challenged authors. Over the years, we realized that authors are not necessarily computer geeks, and vise versa. We at The Author Spot, however, collectively have over 45 years of tech...
Write Messy When Messy is Right
Writing fiction is different than writing non-fiction. The believability of your fiction’s characters depends on their dialect and inner thinking matching the character’s personality. To achieve believable characters, each character must think, speak, and behave in...
How to Kill Your Fiction One Verb at a Time
Before I became a writer, I was a reader. I was weaned on the classics like Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke. Yeah, I know. My age is showing. But my point is there were so many great adventures, and all of them were built on exceptional writing. Then...
To Amazon or Not To Amazon?
When my first book was published, I couldn't wait to see it listed on Amazon. In my mind's eye, I imagined the listing and grew excited, but reality was holding back a few disappointments that I wouldn't realize until my journey traveled a bit farther down the Amazon...
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