The Carus Chronicles

Today I'm going to share the TOP 5 supporting documents I  MUST HAVE for my writing process. They've helped keep my mind sane, when really I should've cracked. 5. Character tracking Excel spreadsheet I use an Excel spreadsheet to keep all my characters' names, nicknames, job titles, supernatural type, parents' names/lineage, physical description, personal tics, etc straight. Excel's sorting feature makes it super convenient to find characters and to also ensure I don't double up on my names. 4. Book Timeline:   Keep a timeline for your book(s), this is especially important for series. For example, if the first book is set for the beginning of May and the story spans about a month of time, the ending occurs around June. If book 2 picks up 6 months later, that means it starts at the beginning of December, and probably shouldn't have any heat waves (unless you're in the southern hemisphere) 3. Backstory Timeline:  It's als...

First, we need to clarify the difference between boosting a post and creating an ad Boosting : Boosting is when you click the little blue button on an already published post on your page. It says, "Boost Post" like the image below. To boost or not to boost... PROS: * It's easier and quicker to set up. You make a FB post as you normally would (no fiddling with pixel dimensions and creating visuals with canva, paint, picaso or bannerfans). After the post is published on your page, you can choose to boost it. This requires you to click the boost button and complete a one page clickable form. I consider boosting to be "FB Marketing LITE." * After you boost your post, it will show up under your page's ads as well as your ad manager * If you've connected your instagram account to your ads manager, it will share it on your Instagram as well once boosted. CONS: * It has serious limitations when it comes to targeting, placement and scheduli...

PART 1: GET THE EMBED CODE FROM AMAZON Step 1 : Go to Amazon.com and find your book's page.  Note: If you want to use Amazon Affiliate links, make sure you're logged into Amazon with the account associated with the Amazon Affiliate Program.  Step 2:  Click the <Embed> link. On the right hand side of the screen, under the buy now options, there's a little link that says, <Embed>.  Here it is a little closer. Step 3: Select "Embed on your site (HTML) You will get a screen that looks like the one below. You don't want the link, you want to embed the preview on your website. Click the second option (it defaults to the link option, so you have to click on the embed option every time). Step 4: Copy the embed code from the window. You can either use "CTRL + C" or right click on your mouse and select "COPY." If you're a Mac user, use "APPLE + C". PART 2: EMBED THE CODE ...