Motivation: What Characters Really Want – Better Characterization, Part 4
Throughout this series we’ve covered a variety of ways to build a better character using their actions, their dialogue, even their senses. We can add rich depth to our characters with these tools, elevating them from two-dimensional constructs to three-dimensional...
Inside BookBub with Carlyn Robertson // Self Publishing Insiders // EP030
Episode Summary BookBub is one of the most recognizable and most powerful resources for authors to promote themselves and their work to a willing, world-wide audience. Carlyn Robertson—BookBub's Product Marketing Manager—joins us to talk about the service and how best...
Sensory Perception – Better Characterization, Part 3
In the real world, we tend to only notice the input of our senses when something is wrong. Typically our sensory perception is passive. Our eyes, ears, nose, and skin are always feeding our brains some sort of signal, but that input isn’t always at our top level of...
Absolutely Prolific Writing with Dean Wesley Smith // Self Publishing Insiders // EP029
Episode Summary From film and TV adaptations to short stories to hundreds of stand-alone novels, Dean Wesley Smith is the role model for the prolific writer. His work includes fiction and non-fiction, with incredible, useful...
Character Action: Show & Tell – Better Characterization, Part 2
When it comes to character action, the old advice is still the best advice: Show, don’t tell. If you haven’t heard that from a creative writing course, or every writing craft book ever, you’ve probably heard it as sage internet wisdom. Heed it well, dear writer,...
Building an Indie Publishing Empire with Michael and Judith Anderle // Self Publishing Insiders // EP028
Episode Summary Everyone talks about "building an empire," but only a few take action and do what's needed to actually build one. Michael and Judith Anderle took a simple idea—write 20 books to make $50K—and turned it into a massive-scale publishing giant that has...
