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…
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…
3 Tips to Improve Description
In today’s video, Chris gives three tips on how to improve description in your writing. These tips include what Chris calls the power of inheritance, showing how the character is impacted, and using the scenery. For more details and some examples of each of these, check out the video below!
Plot Gardening Released on Audiobook
Chris’s latest book for writers, Plot Gardening, has been released on Audible! Learn to plot without sacrificing creativity What separates great novels from mediocre ones? Story. Authors that master this vital skill keep their readers and listeners up at night, and suffer the deluge of ‘when is the next book coming out’ emails. Whether you…
Chris Fox on the WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast
Chris recently appeared on the WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast. Kitty Bucholtz, of the WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast interviewed Chris about his recent non-fiction book, Plot Gardening. In today’s episode, Chris explains how his new book, Plot Gardening, will help you get started on a new book or series idea in a way that helps you…
Quick Tips: 3 Rules to Writing an Effective Reader Magnet
In this week’s video, Chris gives three rules for writing an effective reader magnet. What is a “reader magnet”? It’s a piece of writing that you give away for free in exchange for readers signing up for your mailing list. The reader magnet should be relevant to your other works, and Chris talks about how…
Horrible Writing Podcast Featuring Chris Fox
Chris Fox recently appeared as a guest on the Horrible Writing podcast. Chris talks about mindset and how it can help you achieve your goals in life. He also discusses depression and some tips on removing toxicity from your life. Check out the Horrible Writing #39 podcast to listen!
How I Got Started as an Indie Author
In this week’s video, Chris talks about how he got started as an author. He discusses some of his early pitfalls and challenges and how he got to where he is today. Many of the challenges he faced are still relevant to authors today. Check out the video below for more!