Novelnook

08/12/2014

Folks - I have been considering bringing back Novelnook in light of Amazon's recent push to eliminate Indie Authors and their eBook potential. There was a time when I was considering working with Amazon but that ship has sailed and now I have nothing holding me back from bringing Novelnook 2.0 to fruition.

I wanted to reach out to our community at large and see if this was something people were still interested in. A consolidated, state-of-the-art eBook publishing service that charges NO fees (except those pesky Paypal / Credit Card services of course) - meaning you get 100% of your profit from all sales.

I've also progressed in my personal career to a full-time web developer and designer- which means our website would be... well awesome. SEO would be top notch and would boost your books above most other websites in organic search results.

Lot's to think about here - but I wanted to get the general vibe from our community of writers. Is there anything else out there better? How can we make Novelnook the best that it can be? Any feature requests?

Cheers for now,

- Colton

07/04/2013

Mastering The Written Word

I want to Master the Written Word! Do you? The idea of mastering the written word takes a lot of time and effort. My belief is that anyone – you, me, the guy down the street, that has an aspiration to be a great writer - must study the written word of…

06/30/2013

Narrative Modes in Fiction - Telling Your Story Writing Essentials

I came across this article by Editor Beth Hill. It struck me immediately because I know there are a lot of writers out there who don’t understand the basic building blocks of writing a story. I see it all the time in the slush pile at Every Day Fiction.…

06/25/2013

NovelNook Writing Contest - Sponsored by Bellakentuky

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06/13/2013

It's a Summer Vacation (or not)

Summer is here! and that means but one thing for me… I have to work harder than ever! I’ve tried to include details about myself here at NovelNook.com. I hope I’ve kept that balance of, just enough to seem interesting, but not so much that you feel like…

06/11/2013

How to Perform a Clichéctomy - or - How Not To Write the Obvious

Don’t Write The Obvious! Over the weekend, my wife and I attended a family function in Florida. As we drove down Interstate 95, my wife asked, so what did you do this morning? (I was out of bed several hours before her.) I told her, among other things,…

06/06/2013

The Wacky World of Literary Devices!

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06/04/2013

Analyzing Videos - An Amazing Way To Improve Your Writing

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05/30/2013

Writers The Value Added Marketing of your First Line

Value Added Marketing as explained by Shrek Video courtesy of ryanmorrison31 Marketing Has Layers Marketing is the message that brings buyers to your story. Imagine marketing as an onion. Now place yourself in a book store. You’re walking along the aisle…

05/28/2013

Authors Allow Yourself to Let Go and Fly Free

I Want To Let Go and Fly Free But it’s a difficult task for me. Today, I want to talk about something that is a personal issue when it comes to writing my manuscripts. I suspect that I’m not alone in this dilemma. Perhaps, we could consider this group…

05/23/2013

Don't Shoot Yourself In The Foot, Authors

Authors Think MARKETING from A-Z You’ve spent a lot of time writing your book. You’ve edited, and edited, and now it’s time to get that story out in front of the public and let the sales begin! But… A new story begins The story that I’m about to tell you.…

05/21/2013

The Story Arc of Noah's Ark

The Story Arc If you read any amount of the self-published material that’s available in the marketplace, you start to realize that there a lot of authors who do not understand some of the basic principles of storytelling. One of these principles is, the…