by Alex P. Berg | Oct 22, 2015 | Fantasy, Literature, Thoughts on Writing
If you’ll recall, when I was starting out I published my One Month and Three Month published author introspectives, to give other budding authors an idea of the highs and lows of being an author and perhaps what to expect. I thought about writing one at six months,...
by Alex P. Berg | Aug 3, 2015 | Thoughts on Writing
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a long time. Like, a seriously long time. I think I first mentioned the idea to some friends on Facebook back in April. But I got sidetracked with a book release, and then I got sucked into the writing of a new novel, and...
by Alex P. Berg | Jul 30, 2015 | Fantasy, Literature, Thoughts on Writing
So first things first, let’s get the obvious part out of the way. I have a new novel available! It’s called The Black Mast Murder, and as you might have guessed based on the cover, it’s a pirate novel. But what sort of pirate novel? Grim and dark?...
by Alex P. Berg | Jan 28, 2015 | Thoughts on Writing
Roughly a year ago I attended a conference called Superstars Writing Seminars, or Superstars for short. It’s a writing conference focused not on the craft of writing but rather the business of being a successful author, and attending the conference was, quite simply,...
by Alex P. Berg | Jan 18, 2015 | Fantasy, Literature, Thoughts on Writing
A couple months ago I wrote a One Month Published Author Introspective post, where I tried to share some of the insights I’d gathered in the brief month during which my first two self-published books had been available for purchase. I think it was a useful exercise,...
by Alex P. Berg | Jan 7, 2015 | Thoughts on Writing
So I recently finished reading Sean Platt’s and Johnny B. Truant’s Write. Publish. Repeat., which is absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who’s even remotely interested in self-publishing, or publishing of any kind for that matter....