Cynthia Woods: The Writer Who Balances Compliance, Creativity, and a Serious Love of Bread
Cynthia Woods spends her days in compliance and her nights writing werewolves, vampires, magical sprites, and old west love stories. Meet the prolific indie author who can't stop creating.
The Rise of the "Ghost Reader": Why Beta Readers Are Ghosting Authors
Author and ghostwriter D.A. Cairns coins the term "Ghost Reader" to describe the frustrating reality of beta readers vanishing before finishing a manuscript.
Indie Author Brendan Onfrichuk on Pulp Sci-Fi, Character Tropes, and Arkolny Armageddon
Sci-fi author Brendan Onfrichuk discusses his love for classic pulp adventures and why he rejects modern tropes to write aspirational, flaw-free heroes.
Failing Forward: The Painful Lessons of My First Self-Published Novel
Jamaican fantasy author Christopher Valentine shares the harsh but necessary lessons he learned from self-publishing his first novel, Damara the Valiant, and how Stan Lee's creative philosophy shaped his writing.
Jellyfish Babies, Severed Arms, and Soviet Paranoia: The 14-Year Journey of Mushroomhead
Scottish author Stephen Toman discusses the chaotic journey of writing Mushroomhead—a non-genre novel influenced by Disco Elysium. Learn how he used scissors and glue to cut 60,000 words and navigate the world of indie publishing.