Opyrus Blog for Authors and Writers

You know the feeling of visiting a new city- you want to see it all, tour everywhere, but you don't want to look or feel like a tourist. Guided tours exist, but those offer that touristy feel. Why not create an audio tour to help travelers feel like

Twitter, Instagram, blogs, videos, Facebook... and the list goes on. Now that you have published your print, eBook or audio indie book are you confused about how much time to allocate to marketing or too busy working on your author platform for...

You are about to or almost ready to publish your print, eBook or audio book, feels good right? Now what? Have you decided on how you'll get your book out there in front of all the others? With so many book marketing tools out there it can be tricky...

Most authors can never get enough writing advice from the greats, those classic bestsellers whose works fill our library shelves. That's not always a good thing, though. Authors are human, just like everybody else. And like the rest of us, great...

Even the most avid reader won't slog through a book if it won't hold her interest. Traditionally, authors were told they needed to grab their readers' attention in the first fifty pages. Today, it's more like ten or twelve. Readers have so many...

Chuck Wendig is a well-known author of speculative and science fiction. What authors know and like him better for, though, is his blog. Known for his long list posts designed to help authors write better books, he's successfully published multiple...

Young adult novels are hot right now, but the hardest part of writing them is nailing that voice. Teen readers are very savvy -- they'll catch on right away if there's anything false or forced in the dialog. Developing your teenage voice is mostly a...

While you may never have ever given it a thought, your author platform can make or break your publishing career, whether you want to traditionally publish your books or go the self publishing route. It's a relatively new concept, but one that's...

Developers are constantly creating new apps, and many of them are a great help to authors. Every little bit of edge you can grab can mean one more page written, or more bit of book marketing done. In a long game like creating a writing career, every...