Self-Publish a Book in 10 Steps Book Review

 Many of you know that I'm working on self-publishing an anthology entitled Purrseverance. I am nearly ready to format the manuscript and submit it to my packager. When Self-Publish a Book in 10 Steps by Hank Quense was offered to me for review, I jumped at the chance. 

Book Description

Self-publishing a book is difficult.

This book simplifies it by breaking down a self-publishing and marketing project into 10 steps. This step-by-step process will get your book published and initiate the pre-launch marketing.

Hank Quense has written and self-published over twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of the Author Blueprint Series of books. The Series concentrates on providing valuable guidance on fiction writing, self-publishing and book marketing. Self-publish a Book in 10 Steps is Book 6 in the series.

The book details such vital tasks as developing a compelling book description, building an author platform and getting book reviews to list a few.

Learn the ten-step process that will self-publish and market your book!

Happy 5th Gotcha Day, Tylan!

 

Hi everyone, it's me, Tylan!

Today is my 5th Gotcha Day! Since they don't know when my birthday is (and I'm not telling), we celebrate my birthday today, too. Can you all believe it's been five years since I came to live with the Mom lady because I sure can't! 

Creating Stories Book Review

While I don't write much fiction, I was excited to receive Creating Stories by Hank Quense for review. 

Book Description

Do you have a story in you?

Do you know how to write it or how to tell it? Creating Stories has the answers. Hank Quense, the author of more than twenty books, tells you how to do it. He believes that stories come from the melding of three elements: getting ideas, story design and story-telling. Ideas have to come from the author. Creating Stories covers the last two. The book concentrates on developing characters including such rarely discussed requirements such as a dominant reader emotion and the character's biography. Plots are also covered in depth and a number of graphics are included to illustrate complex points. Another topic discusses subplots and how to utilize them and how to nest them within the main plot. A separate chapter discusses the relationship between the plot and the emotional arcs. Other topics covered are: character arcs, scene design, point-of-view, writing voice.