Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 47
August 31, 2011
Links: Best Of The Web
Rather than Links Of The Week, which was becoming hard to keep up with, I am going to try monthly links posts with the best web links I discover each month. It's easier for me and you, because all the links will be in the same place. So here are some reads I found particularly [ Read More ]
August 29, 2011
Top 10 Tips For Using Social Media Well
If you're at all concerned with marketing yourself or your products, by now you've probably heard a million times how important Social Media has become for marketing yourself and connecting with/building an audience of customers. The challenge can be knowing exactly how to go about it without coming across as pushy or self-centered and alienating [ Read More ]
August 25, 2011
How To Register A Copyright For Your Prose
In the current climate of instant everything, protecting your work is important. Anything you post online or email to a friend could potentially be stolen. So how do you protect yourself? One important method for serious creatives is by copyright. Now copyrighting is handled by the Library of Congress a Federal agency. It's not the [ Read More ]
The Worker Prince Concept Art
We needed some concept art for our book trailer for my debut novel The Worker Prince, and talented Scottish artist Miranda Jean rose to the occasion. It's quite thrilling as an author to see your vision brought to life in this way. Although some details of the images differ from book descriptions, there are some [ Read More ]
August 22, 2011
Why I'm Not A Fan of FanFic
My take on fan fiction: This past week I saw a blog post where someone pointed to the real cannon of Harry Potter. Now, I'm not a Rowling fan. I have yet to read any of her books, although I've seen a couple of movies based on them. I have heard many people criticize the [ Read More ]
August 18, 2011
NOVEL EXCERPT: The Worker Prince Chapter 11
In this scene, Davi and his Squadron of worker pilots take on the Boralian Alliance forces on their own soil, fighting for their freedom against the oppressive regime. One of several battle scenes from the last part of the book, although there are action sequences throughout. Davi pushed the joystick forward and his his VS28 [ Read More ]
August 15, 2011
12 Essentials For A Successful Author Website
I've spent a lot of time studying and designing websites the past ten years. I've done so for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, non-profits and individuals. I've done it for myself. With the rapidity of change on the World Wide Web, there are constant lessons to be learned. But my author website has grown in [ Read More ]
August 12, 2011
Lucy: Tribute To A Companion
This is an essay I wrote after my 18.5 year old cat died. I got her in college and she was with me almost half my life. I was devastated by the loss and timing and I still miss her and think about her every day. I never sold this but gave it to my [ Read More ]
August 10, 2011
10 Tips For Doing A Good Interview–As Both Interviewer and Subject
Interviews are a fact of life for successful people–especially entertainment people like writers. At some point, you'll be asked to do an interview about your work. How do you prepare? How do you stay calm and fight nerves? How do you overcome introversion or shyness? Interviews require different things from an interviewer and an interviewee. [ Read More ]
August 8, 2011
Works In Progress
I don't know that I have a big following really but lots of other writers do it, so here's an update on what I'm working on right now. My primary focus at the moment is two projects: "The Returning: Book 2 In The Saga Of Davi Rhii," which is at 65840 words out of 90000 [ Read More ]
