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 Levillain | Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, tools
So, you’ve finished writing your first or next book, and you’re working with an editor. But you’ve realised that you need a book cover. And you’re on a budget, so you’ve started browsing premade book covers but can’t find something that suits your story. This led you to commission a custom book cover, even though it’s a little out of your budget. In this blog post, I will share tips on how to work with a book cover designer so that you can get the best possible cover for your book.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, editing, Marketing, Point of View, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, tools, Writing
At present, I’m struggling to sell book two in my amateur sleuth mystery series, and I’m going into detail about my experiments to get this bookselling and my issues with publishing direct to Barnes and Noble upon the advice of going wide webinar. Let’s just say that I regret leaving Draft 2 Digital. And I discuss how I’ve screwed up my amateur sleuth mystery series.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, business, Productivity, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, tools, Writing
This year, I’ve decided to start my podcast by looking back at everything I achieved in 2022. After that, I will discuss the products I loved in 2022 and will continue to use in 2023. I will also not dive too deeply into metrics like hours or word count because that’s not helpful. In fact, as a coach, I hate metrics because it doesn’t contribute anything of value, especially in the writing space. Everyone writes differently. Some people need to write slowly, think and research as they write. And if that’s you, it’s okay to write that way and slowly build your backlist. But I’ll hop off my soap box now.
by Amelia D. Hay | Authorpreneur Podcast, BTS Podcast Diary, Plot and Story Structure, Season 3: How to Outline a Story, Self Publishing Services, Self-Publishing, tools, Writing
In an upcoming episode of the authorpreneur podcast, I discuss how I stopped supplying my three-act structure Scrivener template to my email list and the reasons that led to the decision. As I was editing that episode, I had an idea.
