Mark Dawson’s Self Publishing Formula podcast recently interviewed Chris about his book Relaunch Your Novel: Breathe Life Into Your Backlist. He explains how to get more sales by relaunching the books in your backlist. Listen to the podcast for more info! You write a book. It sells. You’re pleased. But every time you repeat the…
Craft: Emergency Plot Surgery
What happens when you need last minute plot surgery on a preorder? Chris recently encountered this exact problem with his upcoming book, Tech Mage. In this video, he talks about how his beta readers revealed massive problems with his beta draft and what exactly you can do when you run into this situation. Check out…
Quick Tips: How to Find Beta Readers
Have you struggled with how to find beta readers that will actually read your books and provide useful feedback? In this Quick Tips video, Chris gives some tips on how to find these readers to help you improve your books before publishing. Check out the video below for details! Sign up to the YouTube mailing…
Write to Market: The #1 Mistake I See Authors Make
In this Write to Market video, Chris discusses the #1 mistake authors make when writing to market. The quick version? The authors that are succeeding at writing to market approach it like a chef, mixing familiar ingredients together in new and interesting ways. The authors who are struggling are often approaching it like line order…
Chris Fox on Just Add Hustle Podcast
Chris recently appeared on the Just Add Hustle podcast. He shares his story and recipe for writing productivity. In this episode you’ll discover: How Chris Fox went from broke, overweight and depressed to successful, full-time writer. The belief change Chris used to transform his life. The writing system Chris uses to regularly crank out 3,600…
Worldbuilding #4- How to Construct a Fictional Language
In today’s video, Chris talks about some methods you can use to create your own fictional language (or way of speaking), discussing things like word patterns, suffixes, sounds, etc. He gives some great examples using existing languages as well as speech patterns and accents in his own writing. Check out the video below for more!
Press the Line Released on Audible
For those of you who have been waiting, the audiobook for Press the Line, book 3 in the Ganog Wars series, has been released on Audible. Imperalis has been lost. The Nameless Ones have returned. The Coalition refuses to fight, leaving the Ganog to wage a war they cannot win. Betrayed and cut off, Khar…
Worldbuilding #3- How Does Your Magic System Work?
Chris’s worldbuilding video this week discusses magic systems. He asks a series of questions that can help you determine how your magic system works. Using common examples like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, he explains how the answers to these basic questions can affect things like how many magic users there are, how…
Story Works Round Table #13: Plotting Science Fiction with Chris Fox
Chris was recently interviewed at SWRT about plotting science fiction stories. Highlights include: How important is the science to science fiction? Does the science need to be integral to the plot? Conventions in sub-genre’s of science fiction. What are reader expectations for characters and subplots? More conventions of other sub-genres. How can you break with…
Relaunch Your Novel Released on Audible
Relaunch Your Novel, the latest in the Write Faster, Write Smarter Series, has been released on Audible. Learn how to breathe life into your backlist in this book for writers! Listen now on Audible!