Announcing the first Gabby Wells Thriller – Kneel & Prey
We’re happy to announce the first novel in the Gabby Wells thriller series will be titled Kneel & Prey. In this fast-paced thriller by author Pete Bauer, Gabby Wells, a high school freshman from a small Florida town, tries to Read more…
Time Compression
This happens to me a lot. When I outline my book where the climax takes place at a certain place/time, I backtrack and plot when the things leading up to it should happen. Invariably, as I write the actual story, Read more…
Writing is like Owning a Mall
For a business owner, one of the hardest goals to achieve is to duplicate your income. For brick and mortar stores, like fast food restaurants or furniture stores, the only way to double your income is to duplicate your location Read more…
The Ampersand Dilemma
Now that we’re turning the novellas into novels, we’ll have to change some of the titles. Here’s why. The original titles of the five books included an ampersand. The first two are Water & Blood and Shadows & Lies. For Read more…
Word Count and Finding Your Voice
I finished the first draft of Lost & Found this week and the writing process for this novel allowed me to finally find the correct voice and tone for all of the Gabby Wells novels. It was weird to me Read more…
Writing as a Business
Whether you are independently published or traditionally published, the majority of the ownership for your success falls on your shoulders. It is up to the author to write good stuff, build a fan base, establish beta readers and street teams Read more…
Writing is a Lot Like Golf… or an Ex-Girlfriend
Writing is a lot like golf. It only takes one good swing to keep you hacking away for another 18 holes. While working on the first draft of Lost & Found I inadvertently setup a really awesome situation. The options Read more…
Impatience
One of my continuing challenges I have is my impatience. I am impatient with my career. I am impatient when I read. And I am impatient when I write. One of the things I have tried to temper when I Read more…
Word Count & Tossing Out 145,000 Words
I finished up the first draft of the novella Skyway this weekend. It ran long, as I expected, and will probably be even longer when I get it through the Beta Readers. But it’s a fun ride that starts out Read more…
Book Covers
[trx_video url=”https://youtu.be/nh-XG_Uhr7E”] Author Pete Bauer talks about a real world analysis of book covers and their importance to the success of your novel.
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