Posts Tagged ‘indie author’
My Publishing Journey: One Month Later
Last month, I released my debut novel, Fire & Flight, the first in my young adult fantasy series, the Heirs of Tenebris trilogy. It’s still crazy to think that I’m a published author and that the book I spent nearly seven years writing is just out there. In the world. For all to read…I’m still wrapping my head around it! Now you may be wondering to yourself, “so, what are you doing now? What’s it like being a published author?” and those are all questions I intend to answer right here, right now.
Read MoreLocal NJ Author Releases Debut Novel, Achieves Bestselling e-Book Status
Brianna R. Shaffery, a New Jersey native, published her debut young adult fantasy novel Fire & Flight earlier this summer on July 19th, and quickly climbed Amazon’s bestselling charts to #1 in five free e-book categories.
Read MoreMy Publishing Journey: Cover Design and Formatting Fire & Flight
Last week, I broke down the editing process for the first book in my epic fantasy series, Fire & Flight — Heirs of Tenebris trilogy: Book 1, and thought I’d share what happened behind the scenes of my cover design and book formatting process.
Read MoreMy Publishing Journey: The Editing Process
I hope to help other authors like myself come to their own decision, so here’s a little more insight into the publishing industry through my own experience. So here’s another installment of my publishing journey! This time, I’m sharing my experience going through the professional editing process with my debut novel.
Read MoreMy Publishing Journey: Fire & Flight’s Launch Week
As many of you know, the first novel in my epic fantasy series, the Heirs of Tenebris, released last week on July 19th. Knowing that Fire & Flight is out in the world and that there are actually people reading the novel I poured my heart and soul into is mindboggling. I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to the fact that I’m a published author of a young adult fantasy book, but I’ll certainly never forget my launch week. Aside from the posts I shared on social media promoting my book release, I wanted to share my actual publishing journey with you and talk about some of the things that had happened behind the scenes of Fire & Flight’s debut (and mine too)!
Read MoreIt’s ALMOST release day!
With just a week away until the release day for Fire & Flight, I thought I’d share some important details before the big day!
Read MoreReviews = An Indie Author’s Success
Fire & Flight – Book 1: Heirs of Tenebris trilogy, my debut young adult fantasy series, is set to release in less than a month on July 19th, and with release day approaching, I’d like to talk about the nitty gritty of self-publishing: reviews.
Read MoreIntroducing the World of Fire & Flight: Raverins
Learn about the raverin, another creature from my young adult fantasy series, the Heirs of Tenebris.
Read MoreWhy I Chose to Self-Publish
Many of you may be wondering why I decided to self-publish my young adult fantasy novel, Fire & Flight, over traditional publishing the first of many books to come in my author career.
Read MoreIntroducing the World of Fire & Flight: Taddles and Taddlings
Have you ever sat by a peaceful pool of crystal clear water and studied what may be swimming beneath its surface? When visiting the world of my young adult fantasy novel, Fire & Flight, if you look close enough in the gentle streams and brooks throughout the Shadow Forest, you may see the young taddlings…
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