N.V. Binder's Blog, page 7

Welcome!

Are you curious about what's going on with Redshift?  Do you have questions about the concept, plot or science behind the story? Do you want to know how to bring your writing to mainstream markets (including bookstores and libraries) without a traditional publisher or agent? Check back here for regular updates as Redshift takes off. ...Read more ...

Title cards are the new dust covers

With 10 days to go until the publication of my first digital book, I've been looking at the qualities books lose when they move from a physical to a digital format. With the exception of a few editing drafts, New Year's Day will probably never have a physical form. Of course that's tremendously exciting; as ...Read more ...

Send me your favorite scifi dust cover

With just 9 days to go until the publication of New Year's Day, I've been plotting. Yesterday, Amazon approved my deal for librarians (more on that soon) while I kept myself busy copy editing the manuscript. I also began my Redshift advent calendar, with 10 days of blogging right here on my new web site. ...Read more ...

Redshift: New Year's Day Now Available

Buy my first book now from major ebook vendors. Conceived, written and produced over the summer, New Year's Day, the first book in the Redshift series of science fiction novellas is now available on Amazon and Smashwords.com.  Inspired by Flash Gordon and Inception, and designed specifically for the ebook format, following the adventures of twenty-first ...Read more ...

Redshift loves libraries (and librarians)

Redshift gives back Since the beginning, Redshift has been supported by libraries and librarians. The first people to read and review Redshift were librarians, including my coworkers at the Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library (FL) and my friends, the wonderful librarians of #libchat. Libraries have been a refuge and a workspace for me–and many ...Read more ...

Sunday Story Challenge: The Overseer

One of my favorite things about Twitter is the way it's changing how we tell stories. Twitter is full of short stories, serials, poems, song lyrics and pictures. One of my favorites is the 20-word challenge, where you work to tell a complete story in exactly 20 words (minus hashtags and links). This strict limitation ...Read more ...

Indie Marketing Journal: First Days

Since the launch of Redshift: New Year's Day on September 15, I've been in full-time marketing mode, taking my lessons in hustling from the Book of Jay-Z. Motto: you can't knock the hustle. As it turns out, though, you can knock the hustle in the independent publishing world. There are so many "marketing tools" for indie writers ...Read more ...