Tag: Amazon
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The Review Dilemma
Knowing that someone enjoys my book is deeply fulfilling.
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Should You Bundle Your Books?
For the past few months, I had been playing with the idea of bundling the books in my Consortium series I’ve written so far. I had already bought a pre-made cover from bookcoverzone.com, so I thought ‘what the heck.’ It’s gone more smoothly than I thought possible. One thing I’ve done is put the book…
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WhereHow Now available for preorder
WhereHow, the third installment of my space opera series, Consortium, is now available as an ebook preorder on Amazon. Here’s a preview: At first, neither the ships nor the inhabitants of the ships interfered with them. That changed. WhereHow, Episode 3 of the Consortium The Xyce — the only known indigenous inhabitants from the WhereHow…
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How I Trick Myself into Writing
Even though I love my Work In Progress (WIP), sometimes I need a little motivation. Recently, just for fun, I printed out the full manuscript of the second draft of my WIP. I couldn’t believe how tall the stack of pages turned out to be. I had only worked on my WIP digitally. I had…
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Hope this is a Growing Trend
Ten years ago, my city had so many more bookstores than it does now. Both locally- owned and major retailers took hits, and I hated to see them close. Remember Borders Bookstores? Yes, part of it is Amazon’s fault. Part of it was my fault for buying books online. But it’s so convenient! I still…
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Consortium Series Available Through Kindle Unlimited
Sign up for Kindle Unlimited and check out my books . . .
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Friday’s Findings 04.06.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Loved ‘Ready Player One’? Check out these 8 Books Margaret Atwood’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction Amazon to Spend a Billion Dollars to License “The Three-Body Problem”? Using Third Person vs First Person Novel Narratives What Mystery Propels Your Novel? View my Consortium SF Series at…
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The Final Quarter
I am down to the last 25% of the current draft of my novel which I’m now calling Ziggurat Reach. Whether that is a working title or a final title, I don’t know. I know what is happening in the last part of my novel. I am building up to the story’s climax and all…
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The answer to the question
As a fiction writer, I have always wondered how to break into the publishing companies that announce on their manuscript submission guidelines: “We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. We only look at manuscripts through an agent.” Then when trying to find an agent — a legitimate agent — the agents are only looking for established…
Andrew M. Friday 