Part 4 in the How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch video series is up today. In this video, Chris continues development on World of Cliche. He fleshes out many sections of the plot, including adding both characters and events. Listen to Chris walk through his plot so far in the video below:
Making it as an Author in 2018
In this week’s video, Chris talks about how to get started as a self published author in 2018. First he discusses the technology adoption lifecycle and how this pertains to the state of self publishing right now. The good news is that it’s still going strong and you can be ahead of the curve if…
How to Plot Your Novel From Scratch Part 3
Today’s video is the third in the series that shows how Chris plots his novels. Chris shows some more of his process and talks about how he found his protagonist. He fleshes out the character a bit and adds in some more background elements to his story. Watch the video below to see how the…
2017 Income Report
In today’s video, Chris talks about his income for 2017 and breaks down where the numbers come from. Curious to see where a self published author’s income comes from? Check out the video to see an analysis of last year, including graphs for individual months and why numbers go up and down. Chris also talks…
How to Plot a Novel From Scratch Part 2
As a follow up to last week, in this week’s video Chris continues giving tips on how to plot a novel from scratch. Taking his novel idea from last week, World of Cliche, Chris fleshes out his ideas a bit, creating a few characters, a setting for the novel and more details about how the…
How to Plot a Novel From Scratch, Part 1
In this week’s video, Chris takes a look at how to plot a novel from scratch. He starts with an idea he has for a novel (World of Cliche) and goes over his process on how to start plotting out an idea. If you’re having trouble starting to plot your novel, take a look at…
Quick Tip: How to Show Instead of Tell
In Chris’s latest video, he gives tips on how to show instead of tell in your writing. He explains why showing is helpful in writing and gives a few examples on how telling can be replaced with showing. Check out the video below to get Chris’s tips and improve your writing!
How To Write 7,000 Words A Day: Interview With Bestselling Indie Author Chris Fox
Chris was recently interviewed by author Tim Knox on Tim’s YouTube Channel. In the interview, Chris talks about his writing business, how he consistently outputs 7,000 words a day, how he writes to market, and more. Check out the interview below: Subscribe to Tim’s YouTube Channel
How to Sell Audiobooks in 2017
The topic of today’s video is audiobooks. Chris talks about selling audiobooks via Audible. His focus in this video is how to achieve a successful launch on Audible and how he did that with Tech Mage. Curious how to do this and what it can do for your book? Watch the video below for more…
SFFMP 156: Finding Success with a Cross-Genre Book Launch with Chris Fox
This week Chris was interviewed on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast about the launch of his newest novel, Tech Mage. Here’s some of what we covered: What made Chris, the Write to Market guy, decide to take on a new cross-genre series that he wasn’t positive would sell well. How you choose what…