Character Action: Show & Tell – Better Characterization, Part 2
When it comes to character action, the old advice is still the best advice: Show, don’t tell. If you haven’t heard that from a creative writing course, or every writing craft book ever, you’ve probably heard it as sage internet wisdom. Heed it well, dear writer,...
Building an Indie Publishing Empire with Michael and Judith Anderle // Self Publishing Insiders // EP028
Episode Summary Everyone talks about "building an empire," but only a few take action and do what's needed to actually build one. Michael and Judith Anderle took a simple idea—write 20 books to make $50K—and turned it into a massive-scale publishing giant that has...
Protagonists and Point of View – Better Characterization Part 1
Characterization is one of those essential pieces of writer's craft—the sort of thing that’s difficult but crucial to master. You can have a profound plot, but without good characters driving it, the thing goes nowhere. Likewise, if you happen to be a discovery...
D2D Payment Splitting for Authors and Collaborators // Self Publishing Insiders // EP027
Episode Summary Splitting the royalties on your box sets, coauthored books, and collaborative projects just got a lot easier, with D2D Payment Splitting! In this episode of SPI, the D2D team talks about this new and incredible feature, and how you can start using it...
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Part of our job, at Draft2Digital, is to ensure that any distribution partnerships we offer are structured and maintained to a set of standards. We do this so that authors can continue to receive the same level of high quality that we’ve always offered, and can...
The History You Made: The D2D 2020 End-of-Year Roundup
As we come to the close of 2020—a year we can all agree will live in the collective memories of the entire world—it’s a comfort to realize we have more to celebrate than we may have thought. In the self-publishing world, there were some remarkable and incredible...
