Dark Fantasy & Grimdark Author
Tell us a little about yourself & your background I am a lover of experiences. I want to try everything once. Writing allows me to experience many amazing situations, people, and places. Worlds unknown to me and lives I can only live through story. I’ve always been a writer, from stories and poems to journalism…
A writer's notebook is a super helpful tool for any writer, whether they write YA, lit fic, fantasy, romance - whatever. By 'writer's notebook', I don't technically mean a notebook for writing in. You can obviously write in your notebook but I use a writer's notebook for storing information, inspiration, scraps of notes etc. A…
Welcome back to another post in the marketing for authors series. Marketing is, as we've mentioned before, such a huge aspect of the business. In order to generate sales of your fantastic novels, marketing is imperative. It doesn't matter if your novel is the next F Scott Fitzgerald... if you're not marketing, no one's going…
A slightly different post this time... we've hit 250 likes on the Facebook Page! As a thank you for all of your continued support I'm hosting a giveaway! I cannot thank you all enough, I formed this website & the social media accounts a year ago last week & it's been fantastic! The Bloody Maiden…
Tell us a little about yourself & your background I have been performing since I was three years old, and I suppose I’ve been a storyteller ever since. I grew up in North Carolina studying theatre, went to college for Musical Theatre/Shakespeare studies, and moved to Orlando, Florida in 2012! Since I got here, my…
Things are not as clear cut as they used to be. Previously, traditional publishing meant you wrote the book, the publishers sorted cover art, editing, marketing & had the control. Self publishing meant you covered costs for everything and didn't have the resources available to presses. Now everything is different. The publishing industry is becoming…
Something that everyone in the writing business (not necessarily trad) will have to deal with eventually... writing a blurb. I don't know about you but the thought of it fills me with fear. But it's got to be done, so I scoured the internet for tips on the basics to get myself, & you lovely…
S. M. MITCHELL 