How to Get Universal

Hello SErs, Harmony here 🙂 A while ago, I tried using universal links to take interested folks to my books' sales pages ... the links didn't work. So, I gave it up as a bad job. Recently, an author on Twitter told me off for not using universal links. Duly chastised, I took another look. …

Five For Friday Book Share

Hey to all the Story Empire readers and welcome to our latest Friday post. Today, I'm combining a couple of the features we run on Friday's for a heaping helping of books. We don't normally do much to toot our horns about our books on this site, but I wanted to make everyone aware of …

Book Cover Friday: The Feed

Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 Today is book cover Friday, and I thought I'd compare two versions of a cover for the same book, THE FEED, by Nick Clark Windo. The first is for the hardback edition:               The second is for the paperback edition:         …

Are You Legal?

Hello SErs. Harmony here 🙂 Today, I'd like to take a look at designing a book cover for your latest master piece while ensuring you don't break one of the many copyright rules. Whether you make the cover yourself or hire a designer, a good chance exists that you'll use a stock image for it. …

How to Hone Your Elevator Pitch

Me-me-me-me. Uh-hmmm. Since I'm warmed up, here's my best singing demonstration. April fool's joke, Story Empire readers, I'm not going to show off my singing pitch today (I hear those cheers to escape that fiasco and they are well-taken). Nor am I going to demonstrate my best baseball pitch. No, today, I'm discussing honing a …