Authorcraft Book Club

Amazon Knows Who Your Author Friends Are

Jul 9, 2015

If AmazonÔÇÖs commitment to monitoring your shopping, reading, and social networking habits werenÔÇÖt enough of a bellwether for this bit of news, hereÔÇÖs a thing for you: Amazon knows who your writer friends are and no, you canÔÇÖt post reviews for them. HereÔÇÖs...

Lusitania Novel Wins Historical Fiction Prize In The United States

Jul 8, 2015

The M.M. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction Announced The winner of the M. M. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction was announced today at the Historical Novel Society Conference in Denver. Originality of subject and characters, depth of research and excellence of...

Tips for Overcoming WriterÔÇÖs Fatigue

Jun 30, 2015

WriterÔÇÖs fatigue and writerÔÇÖs block are similar concepts. Whereas blocks can happen at any point in the writing process, even before youÔÇÖve begun, fatigue normally occurs after extended periods of writing. The condition is frustrating, emotionally draining, and...

Book Review site

Jun 18, 2015

Hello AuthorCraft, my name is D Michelle Gent, IÔÇÖm a writer, author, editor (and a few other things besides). IÔÇÖm running a website aimed at helping Indie and Small Press published Authors. I was first published by my husbandÔÇÖs small press company Gingernut...

VAT changes are a real blow to self-published authors

Jun 9, 2015

The closure of the loophole whereby Amazon routed EU online sales through Luxembourg has had an unintended negative effect on writers Anna Baddeley Until 1 January this year, a self-published author or small independent publisher had a couple of choices for where to...

When, How and Where to Promote Your Content on Social Media

Jun 8, 2015

by┬áAaron Agius Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. I canÔÇÖt do that. But sometimes I feel just as skilled when I can manage the multiple arms of content marketing. The process requires so much: coming up with ideas,...