YASIV is a free tool that allows you to look at the popularity of and connections between books based on reader purchases on Amazon. YASIV stands for “Yet Another Similar Items Visualization.” What exactly does this tool do? Here’s a screenshot to help illustrate why this is so cool. I searched for The Faerie Summer,…
Kaitlyn, a young apprentice witch, dreams of saving her people from a dangerous dark wizard. Knowing herself to be untrained, she nevertheless summons a powerful magical relic, expecting her master to accept her offering and become the hero of their land. Unfortunately, she’s forgotten to consider the price the magic will exact. …
Instafreebie allows you to run giveaways while collecting email addresses from everyone who enters a giveaway. Authors can also team up and put together group giveaways. Your authro p One nifty feature of Instafreebie is that your author profile page exists even if you don’t have an active giveaway – and you can create your…
The voices had showed up during puberty. Jasper was now 52 and counting. It was too long to live with the grief and anger of the dead. Too much to learn about the terrible end of life in myriad forms. He did not want to know the different ways someone could die. But someone had…
AbleGamers is a nonprofit charity that aims to improve the overall quality of life for those with disabilities through the power of video games. The SF&F Binge Reader Bundle gives you the option to donate a percentage of the purchase price to AbleGamers. While that bundle won’t be around forever, future bundles on both StoryBundle…
Nine-year-old Max has always noticed things that other people don’t see. That’s why he’s been told he has the eagle’s eye. But when Max witnesses something scary that no one else knows, will the eagle’s eye be a burden or a guide? “The Flipside #4: Eagle Eyes”…
Here’s an example of a situation where you might want a border around an image… This is the very first book cover I ever designed. I spent hours and hours picking the artwork, font, and colors, ordered a paperback proof, made even more tweaks, and then I finally published it. I’m not sure how long…
Witches, familiars, and demons clash in this Halloween adventure. Solitary Wiccan practitioner, Leanne, loves Halloween and dressing up for the children. She never loses sight of the fact that it’s a holiday. Unfortunately, as she’s preparing her late evening spells, someone calls up a demon who lands in her yard. Fortunately for Leanne, her cat…
There are lots of reasons why you might want to make the background of an image transparent. Perhaps you have an image with a white background that normally appears on a white page, but you know it might appear on a page where the background is gray. Or maybe you’re combining multiple images into one,…
Gerald Riggs has been a good father and husband. He’s lived a good life, a safe life. He’s stayed between the lines. He and his wife raised their boy to be the same way. Now that Daniel’s matured, finished school, and gotten out on his own, he’s gone missing. Gerald has to look past the…
