by Kevin Tumlinson | Aug 25, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
If you follow bloggers, YouTubers, and social media influencers for long enough they’ll inevitably provide you with some insight and tips about how they’ve achieved the success they’ve achieved. I follow hundreds of these folks, and often their advice is profound....
by Kevin Tumlinson | Aug 24, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
Characterization that captures the reader’s attention comes down to something I’ve learned from (of all things) marketing: Make the character personable. From a strictly dictionary definition, personable means having a pleasant appearance and manner...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Aug 5, 2021 | Author Essentials, Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary In the self-publishing world we often talk about things like marketing, editing, cover design, building a platform—and all of these are things you do AFTER writing your book. But the actual writing, the writing craft, is even more important....
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jul 8, 2021 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary Writing fiction is work. Helping authors is work. Doing both—that’s a life’s work. In this episode of SPI we dive into the red-sneakered world of novelist and author-shaper William Bernhardt. Episode Notes Author and conference organizer William...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jun 24, 2021 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary Shifting gears as an established author can take a lot of work. It’s basically reinventing yourself while trying to hold on to the audience you’ve built. How does an author start fresh without starting over? In this episode of SPI, we explore the many...