Character Archetypes: The Hero

Hi Gang, Craig here today. Put on your tinfoil hats, because I’m about to create a wormhole in the writing world. Once Upon a time, I wrote a series about The Hero's Journey, also known as the Writing Monomyth. It was fun, I got some good comments, then I came up with various expansion packs …

How to Publish with KDP: Part Two

Hello SErs. Harmony here. As promised earlier, here is the second installment in the post series dedicated to taking a step-by-step look at how to get your finished manuscript from your computer and on sale on Amazon in both ebook and paperback. If you'd like to take a look back at the planned outline in …

The BookBub Experience

Hello, Story Empire readers! We seem to be sharing our November experiences this week. Wednesday it was Joan's lessons from NaNoWriMo but today it's another book trip where you get to see what can happen on the sales side of things. This isn't a brag, but more of an inside view from a top promotion …

Lessons From NaNo ~ Planning Ahead

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. Some of you know I participated in NaNoWriMo back in November. (Thanks, Mae!) In case you aren’t familiar with this annual event, the goal is to write 50,000 new words in a month or 1,667 words per day. Could I accomplish the 50K goal? Last January, I began …

Resolutions for Writers

Hello, SEers! You’re with Mae today, and I’ve got a New Year’s question for you—did you make any resolutions? I rarely do. Well, at least not any I take too seriously, but this year I got to thinking about resolutions specifically for writers. Let’s take a look at a few. WRITING Well, duh! This is …