What is Con Crud? In this week’s video, Chris talks about having to recover after going to a convention (also known as “Con Crud”). He also gives some updates on the next Magitech Chronicles book, Krox Rises, and his plans for his upcoming 15 Day Novel Writing Challenge. Check out the video below for all…
Why Do You Write?
In today’s video, Chris poses a question to all his viewers: Why do you write? Chris takes the time to explain his own motivations for writing and then asks his viewers the same question. Check out the video below and then comment with your own reasons for writing!
How Important is Chapter Length?
In today’s video, Chris addresses the importance of chapter length in your novels. In his experience, he’s found that readers tend to prefer shorter chapters. Check out the video below for more details and to hear what Chris has to say about it!
Quick Tip: How to Make Your Writing Funny
In his recent video, Chris talks about how to inject humor into your writing. He gives a simple pattern for doing so, as well as a few ideas for finding more humor techniques. Check out the video below for more details!
15 Day Novel Challenge Intro
In this week’s video, Chris describes a new challenge he has planned, the 15 Day Novel Challenge. In a few weeks, he’ll start the challenge to write and edit Dark Lord Bert in a total of 15 days. Check out the video below for more details about the challenge!
How to Plot a Novel From Scratch Part 5
In this week’s video, Chris continues his series on how to plot a novel from scratch. Since it has been a while since the last plotting video, Chris goes back to his World of Cliche and talks about how he has fleshed out the story, setting, and characters in the meantime. He shows how letting…
The Power of Affirmations
In this week’s motivational video, Chris talks about the power of affirmations. He explains a bit about what affirmations are, how to use them, and how they can actually help you achieve your goals. Check out the video for the full details!
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…
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!