Finding Balance

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. This post is going to be short and (hopefully) sweet. Many writers and would-be authors around the world are knee-deep in NaNoWriMo. While I chose not to take part this year, I have done it in the past. It’s not something you just decide to do. No matter …

Engaging With Your Readers

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. In my last post, I wrote about essentials for your author website. Today, let’s talk about engaging with your readers. We work hard to build our blog readership, which we hope will lead to people purchasing our books. There are no hard and fast rules, and you’re probably …

Author Website Essentials

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. Several months ago, I wrote a post about making your blog user friendly. If you missed that post, you can click here to read it. Today, I want to talk about essentials for your author website. Yes, as a professional author you need a website. Now, before you …

Drum Roll, Please

Hey, SE Readers. Joan here. Since it's Tuesday and not one of our normal posting days, you can probably guess we have something special to say. Not only that, the post title tells you we have a  BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. Today we're celebrating because Story Empire is growing again. We are flying high and over the …

Make Your Setting Realistic

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. Let’s talk about settings. We’ve all heard the adage, “Write what you know.” Most of us assume our book should be something we’re familiar with. If you have a medical background, you might write medical thrillers. Former military or a military spouse? Maybe you want to write military …