Sometimes I blog about topics that aren't about writing, like the design posts or the Texting or Email for Work? post. The following is the result of the trial run I conceived in November 2019 and started in January 2020. The test involved unsubscribing from an...
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Author DIY Graphic Design – The Design Process
Complete Author DIY Series The Basics of Design Colour Theory Typeface Layout Tools and Technicalities Design Process BONUS: Print Book Formatting Bravo! We have made it to the final blog post in the Author DIY Graphic Design series. Now we can apply everything we...
Author DIY Graphic Design – Tools and Technicalities
Complete Author DIY Series The Basics of Design Colour Theory Typeface Layout Tools and Technicalities Design Process BONUS: Print Book Formatting These are all very theoretical based, and we have yet to discuss graphic design tools and technicalities. The theory is...
Author DIY Graphic Design – Layout
Complete Author DIY Series The Basics of Design Colour Theory Typeface Layout Tools and Technicalities Design Process BONUS: Print Book Formatting The layout is a critical part of all design projects. It is the final gatekeeper of how the public eye will perceive your...
Author DIY Graphic Design – Typeface
Complete Author DIY Series The Basics of Design Colour Theory Typeface Layout Tools and Technicalities Design Process BONUS: Print Book Formatting Typefaces are a critical visual part of our work as writers. Open up any book, and you will see that the texts have...
Author DIY Graphic Design – Colour Theory
Complete Author DIY Series The Basics of Design Colour Theory Typeface Layout Tools and Technicalities Design Process BONUS: Print Book Formatting Following the Author DIY Graphic Design – The Basics post back in July, the series continues with part two: Colour...
Author DIY Graphic Design – The Basics
Complete Author DIY Series The Basics of Design Colour Theory Typeface Layout Tools and Technicalities Design Process BONUS: Print Book Formatting In the digital age of self-promotion, we are constantly producing content of all types online and offline. Production has...
Book Event Promotion
Do you have an event coming up? A book reading, launch, or signing? Great! Now we need to discuss your book event promotion. How are you going to get people to know about it? We briefly chatted about this in two previous blog posts, What To Do at a Book Launch and The...
In Defense of Literature
SAN DIEGO – At my own peril, I’ll venture a thesis: there’s a difference between good writing, on the one hand, and successful writing, on the other. They can coincide, but as often as not, they don’t. Bear with me, I promise I’m not one of those effete literary snots...