Your Questions, Answered

  • I’m looking into doing syndication of my signed novels, though I’m from Australia so it complicates matters.

  • Similar to signed copies, I would love to produce such a thing but I’m still early in my journey as an author! Please consider supporting the book in whatever formats you can, and I will do what I can to get an audiobook on the way!

  • Most days, I use Reedsy due to it actively tracking my daily word count, version control and syncing across documents. You can use whatever program suits you best, though!

    Below is a few of the programs I most often turn to;

  • The most important thing about ANY creative field (even streaming) is to identify why you’re doing it in the first place. If you’d like to write because you want to, or to do it for fun, all you need to do is write. There’s places (AO3, Royal Road, Patreon, Reddit, SubStack) to share independent writing, so you can do whatever you want, however you want.

    However, if you want to pursue writing in a professional capacity, you need to be willing to take criticism and critique. You also need to be able to reflect critically on your work, and what you intend to create.

    I often have people tell me they want to write a book but they’re stuck in world-building — ask yourself, are you writing a book, or are you writing an atlas? There’s nothing wrong with the latter, except if you’re trying to create the former.

    I recommend watching interviews with authors you enjoy. YouTube in general is great, though make sure you take the time write amidst the videos, rather than wholly throw yourself into tutorial hell.

    To be a better writer is to become a better reader. Read broadly, read within your favorite genres and read outside your favorite genres. Read long-form, read poetry, read epics, read modern, read classics, read literary, read pulp — you must read. There is story in all forms, games, films, RPGs, comics, manga, anime, cartoons, flip-books, murals…

    Yet at the core, you cannot replace the lessons you learn while reading.

    As for resources I recommend, see below;