I've been working on a side project recently that deals with a lot of fantasy from days gone past. If you asked me what my inspirations were for any given book I've written, chances are I would not mention a movie I'd seen when I was 8 years old. But as I research for said … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Childhood Inspiration
If a reader lands on your website, by mistake or with purpose, give them a message that is clear on a landing page that is clean, professional, and brand appropriate. 5 Things Your Website Needs to Do Sell your books. If someone is searching you out, they're probably looking for your series order or what … Continue reading Writing Hacks: The 5 Things Your Website Needs to Do
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Stock photos and video: Where to find it and how you can use it. The internet is a sea of … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Stock Photos
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Book Branding Book Branding and Author Branding are important aspects of marketing your books. Author branding includes not a single … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Book Branding
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Indies spend a great deal of time marketing their own work. If you don't have a background in design or … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Promo & Design
Editing, self-editing, beta reading, and revising are each their own huge topics, but here are a few quick tips to help you improve your MS polishing techniques, whatever they are. Self-Editing (before it goes anywhere) Over-used Words A good piece of advice I got early on was to stop using THAT. I completely didn't get … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Editing
5 quick tips to keep your word counts high: 1. Start early in the day So many of us have to-do lists eight miles long. I get it, I really, really do. But if you don't make writing a priority, it will not get done. Start your day with a quick word sprint, and then … Continue reading Writing Hacks: 5 Quick Tips to Keep Your Word Count High
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. A reader recently asked me about finding inspiration and ideas, and I've been thinking about it since. Coming up with … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Where Ideas Come From
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Keeping up consistent word counts can be tricky. Reward and/or accountability systems are a great way to stay on top of … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Reward Systems
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Quality is not an act, it's a habit. Building a writing routine is a great first step to consistently creating … Continue reading Writing Hacks: Build a Routine
