Writing a Series: When You Realize That Your Sequence of Novels Doesn’t Make Sense. A guest post by Nathan Dodge Those that know me from the Superstars seminars know that I signed a contract for Shadow Warriors, the first novel of a YA SF series at this year’s SSWS. In brief, the series is a sequence…
When a new movie comes out, or a new toyline releases, or a new TV show takes off, it’s common to see plenty of licensed merchandise on store shelves, hoping to cash in on the “hot property” of the day. Most of us have probably encountered “hack” novelizations of movies, toy tie-in kids’ books, direct…
When I first started indie-publishing my books, I set the goal to release eight books in eight months. Crazy. Especially since I write huge books. I did have several of them completed, but revisions, covers, and lots of other things weren’t done. Plus, I like releasing physical copies (both paperback and hardcover). So that goal…
A guest post by Heidi A. Wilde. When I was first asked to submit a post about knowing when to quit your goals I had mixed feelings. Aren’t we supposed to never quit? “Winners never quit and quitters never win” and all that? But the more I thought about it, and read other people’s thoughts…