by William Miller | Feb 20, 2017 | Writing
For most people, the biggest barrier to publication, is actually sitting down to write a book. Writing a book is hard work and it takes time. The vast majority of people who claim they want to be writers—they tell every one they meet about their awesome idea for a...
by William Miller | May 30, 2025 | Writing
Bottom Line Up Front: Binge-watching culture has fundamentally altered reader expectations for pacing, chapter structure, and series release schedules. Smart thriller authors who adapt streaming narrative techniques—short chapters with cliffhangers, accelerated...
by William Miller | Mar 30, 2023 | Writing
The AI revolution is here. What does that mean for fiction authors? If you listen to the doomsday alarmists, AI technology is either set to put us human authors out of business, or end the world as we know it. Nuclear Catastrophic GIFfrom Nuclear GIFs Allow me...
by William Miller | Mar 6, 2023 | book cover design, Design, Writing
Cover design is the number 1 key to marketing success for indie authors. Cover design is the most important part of book marketing for indie authors. I’ve talked before about the importance of cover design when it comes to marketing your book—it seems to be a topic of...
by William Miller | Feb 13, 2023 | Writing
AI and fiction writing: separating myth from reality for authors. By now we’ve all heard that AI technology is going to take over the world. And let’s be honest, some of the things you hear can be a little… frightening. The idea of robot overlords is...
by William Miller | Feb 8, 2023 | Writing
Attention all Jake Noble fans! Go behind the scenes with this short interview. Discover the secrets of crafting a thrilling plot, creating complex characters, and keeping readers on the edge of their seats. This interview is filled with insights and personal lessons...
by William Miller | Jun 18, 2022 | Writing
Good stories are built from good sentences. The best plot in the world, the most interesting characters, fall apart if you don’t know how to string together a sentence. For over a year now, I’ve been in charge of selecting stories for publication in Savage Realms...
by William Miller | Apr 20, 2022 | Writing
My Thoughts on Plot (Everything Wrong with the Hero’s Journey) the article? That’s an interesting digression from my novel. 🙂 And I have lots of thoughts about plot, but maybe not enough for an article. The main thought is that it’s a literary “Sacred Cow.” I...
by William Miller | Dec 4, 2021 | Writing
If you want to make a living as an author, you need to study and become an expert in 5 very important foundational areas. These five foundations are key to becoming a best seller. All of the authors I know, who are making a living with their fiction, have these 5...
by William Miller | Apr 25, 2020 | Writing
“All stories are the same!” Joseph Campbell helped popularize this idea in his seminal work the Hero With A Thousand Faces. His contention is that all stories share the same framework. Only the names are different. I’m here to tell you; that’s wrong! The Hero’s...
by William Miller | Jan 22, 2020 | Writing
If you’ve studied story telling at all, you’ve undoubtedly run across the Hero’s Journey. You may even be under the impression it is the ONLY story model and that ALL stories are actually just retellings of the Hero’s Journey. To his credit, Joseph Campbell did a...
