by William Miller | Feb 20, 2017 | Writing
For most people, the biggest barrier to publication, is actually sitting down to write a book. Writing a book is hard work and it takes time. The vast majority of people who claim they want to be writers—they tell every one they meet about their awesome idea for a...
by William Miller | Jun 25, 2025 | Writing
Series fiction readers are addicts. Once they’re hooked on your characters and world, they want more. Not next month, not next year—right now. They’ll binge-read your entire series in a weekend, forget to eat, ignore their responsibilities, and dream about...
by William Miller | Jun 16, 2025 | Design, Writing
Bottom Line Up Front: Most indie authors lose massive amounts of money because they make predictable, expensive mistakes that can be avoided with proper planning. Authors who succeed understand that publishing is a business, not a hobby, and they invest strategically...
by William Miller | May 30, 2025 | Writing
Bottom Line Up Front: Binge-watching culture has fundamentally altered reader expectations for pacing, chapter structure, and series release schedules. Smart thriller authors who adapt streaming narrative techniques—short chapters with cliffhangers, accelerated...
by William Miller | Mar 30, 2023 | Writing
The AI revolution is here. What does that mean for fiction authors? If you listen to the doomsday alarmists, AI technology is either set to put us human authors out of business, or end the world as we know it. Nuclear Catastrophic GIFfrom Nuclear GIFs Allow me...
by William Miller | Mar 6, 2023 | book cover design, Design, Writing
Cover design is the number 1 key to marketing success for indie authors. Cover design is the most important part of book marketing for indie authors. I’ve talked before about the importance of cover design when it comes to marketing your book—it seems to be a topic of...
by William Miller | Feb 13, 2023 | Writing
AI and fiction writing: separating myth from reality for authors. By now we’ve all heard that AI technology is going to take over the world. And let’s be honest, some of the things you hear can be a little… frightening. The idea of robot overlords is...
by William Miller | Feb 8, 2023 | Writing
Attention all Jake Noble fans! Go behind the scenes with this short interview. Discover the secrets of crafting a thrilling plot, creating complex characters, and keeping readers on the edge of their seats. This interview is filled with insights and personal lessons...
by William Miller | Jun 18, 2022 | Writing
Good stories are built from good sentences. The best plot in the world, the most interesting characters, fall apart if you don’t know how to string together a sentence. For over a year now, I’ve been in charge of selecting stories for publication in Savage Realms...
by William Miller | Apr 20, 2022 | Writing
My Thoughts on Plot (Everything Wrong with the Hero’s Journey) the article? That’s an interesting digression from my novel. 🙂 And I have lots of thoughts about plot, but maybe not enough for an article. The main thought is that it’s a literary “Sacred Cow.” I...
by William Miller | Dec 4, 2021 | Writing
If you want to make a living as an author, you need to study and become an expert in 5 very important foundational areas. These five foundations are key to becoming a best seller. All of the authors I know, who are making a living with their fiction, have these 5...
