Every Author’s Four-Letter Word #Mktg

Hi, SE'ers. It's Jan Sikes here with you today. You can ask any author anywhere and most likely, you're going to get a grimace when you mention the word marketing. We are writers. Writing is a solitary profession. So, it is not easy to step out of our comfort zones and launch into marketing our …

How to make 3D #bookcovers for #FREE

Hi SErs! Harmony here 🙂 Today, I'd like to take a look at how to make mock-up 3D book covers for free. I used to use photoshop and scripts for all of this, but the program is both expensive and laborious to learn. Here, I show you a much quicker, easier, and--best of all--free way …

WRITING AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Photo courtesy of Canva Hello SEers! Denise here to talk about social media and book sites. Over the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time promoting not only myself but other authors on social media. Here are my top eight suggestions of sites for authors to use. Photo courtesy of Canva Twitter: Here’s …

How to Make a Video Using Canva

Hi SErs! Harmony here 😁 Today, I have another Canva tutorial for you. This one is all about using Canva to make a free and easy video, which you can use for all sorts of promotional purposes ... including a book promo trailer. For this tutorial, I'm using Canva online rather than my App on …

A Different Approach to Social Media

Greetings to all the Story Empire readers today. I'm posting late since I appear to be lost in some sort of time warp from finishing up a manuscript revision. My apologies for the delay today. September begins several months of higher books sales and many authors are working now on more active approaches to promotion. …