This week, Chris once again appeared as a guest on the Novel Marketing Podcast. This time the topic was how to write 5,000 words per hour, which is the title of one of his books. Here are some of the questions/topics covered in the interview: Why is fast writing so important? How do authors write…
Two New Videos: 3 Tips For Dealing with Criticism and Profitably Adding Subscribers to Your List
This week, Chris added not one, but two new videos! The first is a motivational video, in which Chris describes three tips for dealing with criticism. Authors naturally encounter criticism, and coping with criticism can be difficult. Chris goes over his tips for how to deal with it. Check out the video below for the…
Novel Marketing Podcast – How to Write to Market With Chris Fox
Chris recently appeared as a guest on the Novel Marketing Podcast, discussing how to write to market. Here are some of the questions covered in the interview: What does it mean to write to market? Why would authors want to write to market? What about the selling out question? What mistakes do authors make when…
War Mage: Magitech Chronicles Book 4 Released on Amazon!
Book 4 in the Magitech Chronicles has been released on Amazon! Continue reading the adventures of Voria, Aran, Nara, and Crewes, as they fight against the Krox in the newest installation! The Krox have finally reached their end game, and the sector will never be the same. Their relentless fleet darkens the skies of New…
Mailing Lists for Authors Part 3: Coming Up With a Plan
In this week’s video, Chris talks about how to come up with an overall plan for mailing lists and autoresponders. He shows the spreadsheet organization of his lists to track outstanding work needed, autoresponder sequences, and the last time links were updated for every book in his backlist. Check out the video below for more…
Worldbuilding #5 – How to Make Character Names That Don’t Suck
In this week’s video, Chris talks about how to create unique character names that fit the genre and have the right feel for your book. He goes over four ways that names have developed throughout history and how you can apply them to your own characters. For more details, check out the video below!
The Creative Gap
In today’s motivational video, Chris talks about what he calls the “creative gap.” The creative gap is the gap between what a creative person sees in their head versus what comes out when they try to create something. How do you narrow that gap to produce better work? It mainly comes down to practice and…
How to Really Make it as an Indie Author With Chris Fox
Chris was recently interviewed on the Author Like a Boss podcast, a podcast for indie authors wanting to learn book marketing, self publish their books, and make a living with their writing. The topics touched on in this episode with Chris include: How much readers care about who publishes the stories Why women writers are…
Mailing Lists for Authors Part 2: Starting a Re-Engagement Campaign
Today’s video is the second part in a series on mailing lists for authors. In it, Chris talks about how to start a re-engagement campaign with your mailing lists. What is a re-engagement campaign? Over time, people who have signed up to your mailing lists may lose interest and stop reading the emails. A re-engagement…
Mailing Lists for Authors
In today’s video, Chris talks about how he uses mailing lists as an author. This is the first video in a series about mailing lists, and you can see a few details about the different lists Chris uses. Check out the video below for more!