Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Hi, SEers. Mae here. Can you believe 2020 is almost over? It’s been an insane year, certainly not the best for a number of reasons. All of that aside, I hope you had a fantastic Christmas with family and friends, and I wish you a blessed and happy New Year’s. This is the time when …

The Benefits of Working Ahead

Good morning story Empire readers, PH here with you today and wishing you a good week. We are already well into the year and before we know it summer will be upon us and the last half of the year after that. It seems like things move very quickly these days and that's because we …

Dual Use of Meta-content Part 3: Reader Guides

Good morning Story Empire readers, PH here with you today following up on my previous posts regarding dual use of the meta-content you generate when developing your books. If you would like to read the previous posts for this series, you can find them here and here. Continuing from last time when I got into …

Dual Use of Fiction Meta-Content Part 2

Good morning Story Empire readers. PH here with you today getting back to using meta-content from your novel development as a way all of communicate to readers about your book. You can read the first post in this series where the concept of creating content with dual-purpose is discussed in more detail. Today, I wanted …

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 …