“If You Read One Article about Writer Apps, Read This One.” I’ve recently hit a wall with my latest book. I have no clue what to call it. Titles have always been an enigma. How do these authors pull these lovely titles from the ether and make their books sound amazing? It must be …
What can I say? This app is all about authors. Using it, we can create covers, trailers, ads, and more. It costs more than Canva, for example. But with the additional features, you might find it worth the price. The program absolutely favors indie authors. Being able to create our own covers for our …
Last week, we flew through how to create ads and book covers on Book Brush. This week we will focus on book trailers. Video is all the rage in marketing. Readers enjoy getting a sneak peek of your book through a trailer. We’ve discussed TikTok and the impact the app has had on the …
Since the app is a paid service, first choose your subscription level. Again, there is a free tier, but you cannot save projects. Essentially, it’s the free trial. Once your account is created and logged in, you land on the homepage. Everything you need is right here. Let’s start with book covers. Click on …
Thanks for supporting my two months of social media posts. Everyone seemed to find something of interest. I had my best numbers so far. Thank you so much for supporting the blog. As mentioned before, I teach classes on EVERYTHING I post for the blog. Video conferencing is my main option currently. Once the …
The trend on social media today is pictures and video. We’ve talked about Instagram, a picture-based social media platform, and TikTok, a video-based one. Other apps support images and video such as YouTube (a familiar one), Facebook Live, and Twitch. These apps, including Instagram, can allow users to do live or recorded videos to …
Now that you’ve tried out Discord (or just read about it), let’s dive deeper. I mentioned before that servers can have roles. To create them, click on the down arrow next to the server name on the top left. Go to go Settings. The list will include Roles, Emojis, Stickers, and more advanced things. Click …
Discord is a direct-messaging chat forum program with tons of bells and whistles. Essentially, it’s a platform to chat with other users about presented topics or form your own chat groups. It’s easy to sign up, easy to use, and best of all, it’s free for chatting. Community is the key to this app, …
A quick break in our social media posts because the author is on vacation. Hi! I just returned home from vacation and don’t have a post for the blog today. I do, however, have a plan. In the next few weeks, I will talk about apps that we older folks might not know. I took …
TikTok is a video-sharing platform. It’s used by teens mainly. In the past few months, the audience has grown by leaps and bounds. This app evolved from a kid’s app called Musical.ly where kids lip-synced or sang music. Now TikTok is one of the most popular apps for social media sharing. It might just …
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