by Lexi Greene | Jun 28, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
Last week, we took a dive into the character alignments of Dungeons & Dragons and how we can consider them when building characters in our stories. Of course, someone’s relationships with morality and society don’t define them as a person. If alignments are our...
by Mark Leslie Lefebvre | Jun 23, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset, Conference
This is the Keynote Presentation created for the June 2023 AuthorTube Writing Conference AWC 2023 Keynote – Premiering on Friday June 23 at 3:30 PM Eastern Advances in digital publishing during the last 15 years alone have provided authors with more opportunity...
by Lexi Greene | Jun 21, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
What was once a nerdy niche hobby, Dungeons & Dragons has become a mainstream phenomenon. With the success of shows like Critical Role and Dimension 20, ties to the Netflix series Stranger Things, and a recent theatrical release, D&D is more prevalent now than...
by Kevin Tumlinson | May 15, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
“So now it’s mean spirited to tell a writer they should get an editor?” The question is a good one, because really, we’ve been telling authors for a long while that they need to have an editor, if they can afford one. Or at least get someone you can trust to give your...
by Sarah Kuiken | May 10, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
You’ve probably heard more than once that beta readers and/or ARC readers are critical to the self-publishing process. Adding to the confusion, you may hear talk of using alpha readers too. What’s the difference between all these reader types? Do you need beta...