Author Blueprint

Finalist in 2020 Booklife Non-fiction contestAre you considering self-publishing your first book? Naturally, you have questions and concerns? This book has your answers. It integrates both the publishing and the marketing to provide you with a complete project plan to market your book while you publish it.Most books on publishing deal with publishing by itself. Most books on marketing deal with marketing as a stand-alone project. I think there is a better approach. Publishing and marketing should be considered as an integrated project. That is what this book does: it treats publishing and marketing together to create a complete project plan.

Do you have a story in you?Do you know how to write it or how to tell it? Creating Stories has the answers. Hank Quense, the author of more than twenty books, tells you how to do it. He believes that stories come from the melding of three elements: getting ideas, story design and story-telling. Ideas have to come from the author. Creating Stories covers the last two. The book concentrates on developing characters including such rarely discussed requirements such as a dominant reader emotion and the character's biography.Plots are also covered in depth and a number of graphics are included to illustrate complex points. Another topic discusses subplots and how to utilize them and how to nest them within the main plot.A separate chapter discusses the relationship between the plot and the emotional arcs.Other topics covered are: character arcs, scene design, point-of-view, writing voice.

Don't try to market your book without finding a mentor! So, what if you had an experienced author to guide your marketing plans?Author Hank Quense has self-published and marketed over 30 books. He's written and marketed both fiction and non-fiction. He also lectures and holds webinars on self-publishing and on book marketing. Imagine developing a detailed marketing plan for your book and then implementing it.n this book, you'll learn: -How to develop your author's platform material -How to write your marketing content How to engage in marketing activities How to get more book reviews What kind of events to hold How to get publicity How to use (or not use) advertising. What other authors say about book marketing Buy this book and begin telling the world about your book!

Self-publishing a book is difficult. This book simplifies it by breaking down a self-publishing and marketing project into 10 steps.This step-by-step process will get your book published and initiate the pre-launch marketing.Hank Quense has written and self-published over twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of the Author Blueprint Series of books. The Series concentrates on providing valuable guidance on fiction writing, self-publishing and book marketing. Self-publish a Book in 10 Steps is Book 6 in the series.The book details such vital tasks as developing a compelling book description, building an author platform and getting book reviews to list a few.Learn the ten step process that will self-publish and market your book!