For those who don’t know, Weber State is a Utah university about an hour north of Utah. In a season where some of the lower division colleges have knocked off some of the major conferences teams, Utah made a statement that they would be having none of that. Travis Wilson passed for 241 yards. He […]
Author: J. Abram Barneck
I have not made any serious efforts to get a publisher. I am going independent because I couldn’t find a service that I needed a publisher for. My book was well-edited without a publishing companies help. I was referred an editor by Brandon Sanderson’s team. Sarah Bylund was amazing. I got great advice on my […]
Was I surprised by the 0-0 score after the first quarter, or that both teams scored less than 20 in a 19-16 defensive struggle? No I wasn’t. Was I shocked that Anae made a game losing offensive play call? Yes, I was. Was I shocked that the clock was mismanaged on the final two drives? […]
It’s hard to know how good Utah and Utah State are this year. Utah State won last years match by a one score difference of 27-20 and went on to lose to BYU but ended with a stellar school best 11-2 record. Utah bounced back to beat BYU, but then injuries took their toll and […]
I enjoy writing. I love imagining and getting my imagination on paper. I was, however, not writing much until a little more than a year ago. In June-ish of 2012, I wanted to read a book I would love. I had just finished Jim Butcher’s latest book, so I started reading different Urban Fantasy books […]
As an author, I want to read my book on my Kindle Fire or on my Kindle app on my phone. My proofreaders also want to read it using Kindle. So before I publish I need to be able to deliver a book to various Kindle devices. The steps are pretty easy. Step 1 – […]
Normally when you write time, such as 10:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m., the a.m. and p.m. should be small caps. Doing so is just one more way to make your novel’s layout more professional. This is a style choice and is not required. In fact, I just finished a book published by a large publisher where […]
So, the eBook for Fire Light is going to be published September 2. It will be published only on Amazon. The print version will be released within ninety days after. No fixed date set.
Title and Cover Options
Update: I obviously went with these: Original post I am struggling to decide on the title and cover for my novel. Here are my possible titles and covers.
I couple days ago, I discussed Painting with Dialogue, which involved changing text where you are telling to text where you are showing using dialog. However, what if the text that you need to change is already dialog. How do you paint the dialog itself? Consider two people conversing. When they talk, do they hold perfectly still? […]