Happy Monday, folks! Continuing on from last week's post, today I'm sharing a few more tips for Canva! Quick Tips 1.| Want to add a text box to your design? Sure, you could go the long route...or simply press the letter T! (Not while inside a current text box of course, silly.) And bingobango you've … Continue reading Canva Tips, part two
Guess what.... Today I have a video for you. YUP. You read that correctly. A VIDEO. (Let me preface this with an apology for my extremely nervous voice and small lapses in coherence...I was quite nervous.) Here's part five of the DIY Cover series. Assembling in Photoshop Thanks for watching! xoxo I know I'm not … Continue reading DIY Cover Design, pt. 5
We're not far from wrapping up this series. If you're just joining us, check out Part One, Part Two, Part Two.Five, and Part Three. All right, it's time to turn over our book and concentrate on the back. There is a LOT of information you might choose to put on the back of your novel. … Continue reading DIY Book Covers, Pt. 4
Happy Monday, folks! Let's get down to brass tacks, shall we? If you haven't seen the first two posts in this series, please direct yourself to them first. Part One Part Two Now, I know last week I said we were going to move on to spines and back covers today...but I've had a few … Continue reading DIY Book Cover Design, pt. 2.5
If you've been following this blog for a while, you may remember a post of mine from a while back discussing making your own book covers. If not, and you'd like to check it out, here it is. This is going to be a fairly lengthy blog series, and I hope you're in it until … Continue reading DIY Book Cover Design, pt. 1
Today's writer resource post is going to be a little different. It doesn't have the flash or whimsical appeal of the fun stuff like design. It doesn't usually incite excitement. It is probably something writers avoid even more than they do marketing. Legal sh!t. Does an indie author need to worry about the legal aspects … Continue reading Writer Resources: Legal Stuff
I wasn't supposed to blog about this today. I had intended on blogging about another resource, but as I was writing it, I realized I didn't quite have enough information and it felt incomplete. So, here goes plan B. It's a three-fer. The resources I'm introducing you to tonight will help as you dive into … Continue reading Writer Resources: Marketing Edition
“Would you dare to walk with the beast on the dark side of the moon?” - Demetri Daskova The other day I was firing off what I had hoped would be the last few emails before I could punch out for the day and come home. It was all standard stuff: Warning about system updates, … Continue reading The DNA of Bad Cliffhangers
To recap our discussion last week, we went over the general trajectory of social media sites for the coming year to hopefully pinpoint where to devote your social media time...but what do we do while we're there? Before we dive into the particulars today, let me make a statement on how I feel about social … Continue reading Social Media, Take Two
Is self-publishing the illegitimate half-sister to traditional publishing? Or is it just the misunderstood cousin who not everyone likes to see show up at the reunion? What's really in the homemade pasta salad?
Aila Stephens 