by Amelia Levillain | Marketing, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, Tech for Writers, tools, Writing
Since the creation of the various artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, MidJourney, and the like, people have responded in two ways. The first is “I’ll never use this”, and the second is the excited response by those first adopters who rush into using everything new with a natural curiosity. Should you use AI-Generated Images for book covers? Before you embrace the newfound world of AI-generated images and create your first or next book covers, there is an important thing you need to consider. And that is copyright. It’s a very important topic that you need to consider. So, let’s talk about it.
by Amelia Levillain | Marketing, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, Tech for Writers
The other day, I watched a video about an author designing their own cover, which was great—I do that too. But what bothered me was the misinformation about printing and colour formats. So in light of all of this, I decided to share with you, the things you need to know before designing your own book cover.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, business, First Draft Tips, Marketing, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self-Publishing, Tech for Writers, tools, Writing
In the April Behind the Scenes Author Diary, I mentioned that I screwed up my amateur sleuth mystery series; well, a solution might be at hand. So, in this episode, I discuss my plans for my James Lalonde Amateur Sleuth Mystery series books three and four and a new shiny object. On top of this, I discuss a few self-publishing updates, including changes to the KDP print pricing, the new KDP categories, and selling direct with WooCommerce.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, Outlining Your Novel, Productivity, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self-Publishing, Tech for Writers, tools, Writing
As you can guess from the title of this show, I chat with Dave Chesson from Kindlepreneur about his new all-in-one writing software, Atticus. For those who don’t know, Atticus is a brand new all-in-one writing software for writers launched at the end of 2021. That’s when the reviews of the software first launched.
by Amelia D. Hay | Author Platform, Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, business, Season 2: Writing Adventure During a Pandemic, Self-Publishing, Tech for Writers, tools, Writing
In this episode, I share how after months of frustration with the slow speed of my website, I took the plunge and moved web hosts. And, I discuss along with the results of another free promotion on Kobo, and my experiments with pre-orders on Amazon.
by Amelia D. Hay | editing, Outlining Your Novel, Revision, Self-Publishing, Tech for Writers, tools, Writing
Welcome to the second Ask Me Anything on Writing Episode, in this video tutorial I will discuss how to use scrivener to organise, write, revision, and edit a novel.