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Burning Embers is a community of authors who wish to come together and help one another out to achieve the dream of authorship. It takes more than one person to make a book a success. No one fights a battle alone. This is why we’ve come together to make authorship fun again and to lend a helping hand.
Latest Blog Posts
Marketing Madness in March
Marketing Madness in March Bleen, my least favorite, most hated aspect of publishing is marketing. From everything I have read, and researched, marketing is all about finding your ideal audience. Well, I am about as far from finding my audience as I am from finding...
Writers & Poets Over the Ages
I have been listening to 'Man In The Iron Mask' by Alexandre Dumas. There is a scene where four or five poets argued about what words rhyme and don't rhyme. What types of rhymes are acceptable in contemporary French poetry.I'll tell you what, I caught a fit of the...
Feb Thoughts
Mornin! JQM here, checking in for the first time in a while. My Goodness, February just started and it feels like it is already half over. I can't believe it. I have been distracted for a couple reasons this month, the biggest reason is because I am attempting to...
JQM Newsletter Thoughts
The Burning Ember Theme for October is Newsletters I don’t much about newsletters (NL). I have a NL that I send out monthly, but I am no expert on the subject. But all the same, here are my thoughts. Why I send out Monthly: There are authors who send out...
JQM October Update
Mornin Burning Embers Family Since it has been so long since I posted last, I thought I would give you a quick update about how things are going for me. I have been extremely busy trying to fulfill publisher deadlines and deal with personal life. I have 2 ebooks that...
The Creation of The United as a Screenplay
The Creation of The United as a Screenplay As I shared many, many times, I was given the challenge of creating a 1st draft of a 90 minute screenplay for my novel, The United, The Realm of the Light Book 1. A task I finished at the end of August this year. It was...
Your Opinion on Social Media Platforms for Author/Reader interaction Matters
Your Opinion on Social Media Platforms for Author/Reader interaction Matters Mornin Friends!I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to go through this survey about a potential author/reader social media platform Alicia Scarborough & I are...
Guest Post From Ariel Paiement
Introduction Hi everyone! James asked me to do a guest post for the blog since he's away right now. For those who don't know me, I'm Ariel Paiement, a speculative fiction author who mainly writes fantasy... Well, so I tell everyone, but James is convinced my work is...
Guest Post from Claire Fitzpatrick
Guest Post from Claire Fitzpatrick Dear Author Friends, Here is a quick guest post from Claire Fitzpatrick concerning submissions for an upcoming non-fiction anthology she is compiling and editing. ‘A Vindication Of Monsters’ Submissions are open for non-fiction...
August Theme Thoughts
Mornin! I am James Quinlan Meservy, Fantasy AUTHOR Extraordinaire (NOT COVER OR IMAGE SPECIALIST IN ANY WAY) And just my luck, August's theme is Cover Art, a topic of which I know nothing. I have bartered for cover art, had my publisher design cover art, but have...
Monthly Topic
Each month Burning Embers will focus on a topic for our blog posts. If you have a recommendation for an author topic then feel free to suggest it. We’re always open to new ideas.
August 2020 Topic
Cover Design
This month will be talking about cover design for your eBooks, Paperbacks and Audiobooks. We’ll go over the why, what and where for cover design.