My Word file (yes, it’s still a Word file) has been fully formatted for a couple weeks now. But I left something off when I finished modifying it, and now it’s time to go back. After hours spent changing styles and fixing the last few errors, I made a placeholder for two vital pieces of…
I’m not sure what it says about my 11-year-old self that I not only loved Invader ZIM from the day it premiered, but found the episode where ZIM steals other children’s organs to be one of my favorites. Even back then, I could appreciate dark humor and pushing boundaries. And this was happening on Nickelodeon!…
Last Saturday, my friend spent nearly six hours finishing up the cover. It’s a long process. Up until that point, here’s how it went: first, she asked for cover ideas since she wasn’t reading the novel. Next, I came up with the initial ideas, sketching them out and realizing how horrible an artist I’ve become.…
I’ve already written a few posts about what inspires me and my upcoming novel, so I thought I’d take a break from Inspiration Breaks and instead tell you about my biggest challenges when writing. If you read the title, then you already know what it is: humor. Comedy. More specifically, it’s intentional humor. Funny moments…
Preparation is over. Everything has been read, researched, and revised. Now it’s time to get ready to actually launch the eBook. As of right now, the launch window is right around the beginning of July. Possibly even July 1. But this all depends on whether the cover is finished in time and if I’ve signed…
I have been working with my friend on designing a cover. After weeks of brainstorming, I came up with an idea and sketched it out. Now, I haven’t drawn much since elementary school, but even trying to make that sketch match what was in my head was embarrassing. It’s awful, and though I may post…
I have looked up to J.K. Rowling since I learned her personal story when I was younger. She was poor, struggling, and pulled herself up with nothing but her own writing talents. It was so inspirational that I wound up summarizing her plight as an answer for a standardized test in high school. She is…
After some reading and investigating, I have come to an important decision for launch. I should emphasize that it is just one. There are still others I haven’t decided on. For the first 90 days, at the very least, my eBook will be an Amazon Kindle exclusive. Yay? It has been my intention for most…
How do you summarize 100,000 words and make it sound enticing? It’s the question I’ve faced as I worked on a blurb for my upcoming eBook. A blurb would be second only to a cover in getting someone out there to purchase something I’ve written. So I’ve been working hard on it. And anguishing over…
If it wasn’t clear from the first post on this blog, I am an enormous fan of Kingdom Hearts, and of the man behind it, Tetsuya Nomura. Seeing how my upcoming novel is a YA Fantasy, it was deeply inspired by Nomura’s works. “But they’re just video games?!” you may exclaim. True, but to me,…
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