Is It Time To Take A Writing Class?
For the folks who build houses, repair complex machinery, or bake wedding cakes, they spend years to learn, and train, and master their craft. (For my dayjob, I had three years of graduate school, a grueling multi-day certification exam, and then years of...
A Tribute To The Old School Classics of Alien Invasion Space Marine Sci-Fi
I try to feature indie pub authors here because I feel like I personally had so little exposure to them until recently and now that I have been enjoying indie works, I want to help amplify their reach to readers. However, my “research” into the Alien...![[First Contact: Alien Encounters] Earth Alone by Daniel Arenson](https://juliavee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alien-encounter-e1490050531904.jpg)
[First Contact: Alien Encounters] Earth Alone by Daniel Arenson
I’ve fallen in love with reading First Contact, Alien Invasion themed science fiction. Originally it started out as “research” since my co-writer and I had been brainstorming a prequel to our Cold War series. This led to a deep dive into all things...![[Alien Invasion: Earth Resistance] Mercury’s Bane by Nick Webb](https://juliavee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PodLife1-e1489645422149.jpg)
[Alien Invasion: Earth Resistance] Mercury’s Bane by Nick Webb
I’ve wrapped up three sci-fi book reviews on First Contact stories by indie authors. Now it’s on to a related and equally fun subgenre, the alien invasion/colonization of Earth theme. Apparently, I’ve been living under a rock because this is the...
DIY Package Templates from Creative Indie Saved My Sanity
It’s not going to be a surprise when I say, I like to write. But these days, being a writer also means that you need to tackle a host of other areas, such as marketing your books. I’m learning the ropes of book marketing, but mostly just concentrating on...
Renegade Profiles: Author Amy DuBoff
JV: Amy, tell me who would play you in a movie? Hmmm… I’ll go with Tatiana Maslany. I think she has incredible range and could capture everything from my quiet introversion to my passionate nerdom. JV: Nice! I heard she was in negotiations for a role for Star Wars...
Using Amazon to Market Your Books For You – Six Figure Author by Chris Fox
That’s my alternative title to Chris Fox’s Six Figure Author: Using Data to Sell Books: Write Faster, Write Smarter: Premise: this book is largely about using Amazon’s algorithms because iBooks isn’t doing anything like this (yet). What I...![[First Contact: Alien Encounters] The Ember War by Richard Fox](https://juliavee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/encounter_by_velvetcat.jpg)
[First Contact: Alien Encounters] The Ember War by Richard Fox
This one is one that has been sitting on my Kindle for ages and I finally just gave up and bought the Audible. So glad I did! The Ember War: Publisher’s Pack, Books 1-2 Setting:Present Day into Near Future Aliens: Starts with an alien drone. Alien...
Renegade Profiles: Author Eric Michael Craig
JV: Eric, tell me who would play you in a movie? Play me in a movie? Wow that is a tough question. He’d have to be an ugly cuss that’s for sure. 😉 If you mean who would be able to act the story of my life in a movie I might actually lean in a direction that my friends...![[First Contact: Alien Encounters] Freefall by Felix R. Savage](https://juliavee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Encounter-RichardDorran.jpg)