There’s No Shame In Paying the Bills
Posted Author, Faith, WritingFollowing your bliss can be overrated. We should always find the core creative elements that drive us and do our best to feed them. If we’re lucky, very lucky, like lottery odds lucky, we’ll be able to make a living doing what we love. It why prolific authors or talented filmmakers never stop “working” because […]
Prequels and Perma-Free
Posted Author, Gabby Wells, Novel, story telling, WritingFree is a gateway. In the self-publishing world, giving away the first book in a series for free is one of the ways authors can get people to take a chance on their work. The phrase is called “perma-free,” meaning permanently free and it allows readers to check out a new author or new series […]
Typecasting Tuesday – Time
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The Origins of Gabby Wells
Posted Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel, VideosAuthor Pete Bauer talks about the long and winding path the Gabby Wells character took to become a novel heroine.
Typecasting Tuesday – A Father’s Imagination
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Comedies Need Anchors
Posted Novel, WritingIn order for comedies to be successful there needs to be an anchor in reality. Without one, the show becomes untethered and floats away into frivolousness. A current example of this is the show Psych. I’ve always been a fan of the show because of its overt silliness and funny writing. In the show, Shawn […]
Writing Characters of Faith
Posted VideosAuthor Pete Bauer talks about he approaches writing characters of faith in fiction novels.
Announcing the Gabby Wells Novel Series
Posted Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells NovelSonlight Press is happy to announce a new upcoming young adult novel series, Gabby Wells Thrillers. Our first novel, Kneel & Prey, will be released soon. Gabby, a freshman in high school in the small town of Safety Harbor, was born with certain talents which, through experience and circumstance, have turned her into an effective investigator. Whenever […]
Where Credit is Due
Posted Gabby Wells, Novel, WritingI once read that successful people surround themselves with people who are strong in areas they are not. I continue to do this in the creation of the Gabby Wells novels. As I’ve mentioned on this blog, my history is writing screenplays, but am migrating my way into novel writing. This process hasn’t been easy […]
Is Facebook Heading in the Right Direction?
Posted Marketing, Social MediaThis is a great video by Derek Muller from Veritasium about the changes to Facebook that not only limit what you see from the people you are friends with, but also the challenges entrepreneurs (including authors) have when trying to use Facebook to promote their wares. [youtube=http://youtu.be/l9ZqXlHl65g]
Funkified
Posted Author, Novel, WritingI’m in a funk. A writing funk. I’ve been working on my first novel for a long time. A LONG time. Not always in novel form, but the story itself has been in my life everyday for about four years. Four years. First as a screenplay idea. Then as a TV script idea. And now […]
TYPECASTING TUESDAY – SLEEP
Posted Typecasting
Welcome to Sonlight Press!
Posted Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells NovelWe’d like to to welcome you to Sonlight Press. Our goal is to create compelling stories that focus on characters of faith facing extraordinary circumstances that not only put their lives in jeopardy, but also their beliefs. We call these the “Paul to St. Paul” conversion stories. Like the Apostle Paul, his journey didn’t end […]
TYPECASTING TUESDAY – POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
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Busy, Busy, Busy
Posted UncategorizedNot ignoring the blog, just busy with 1001 things. All good, but time sensitive. I’ll have a lot of updates soon. Promise 🙂
When You Feel You Suck as a Writer
Posted Author, Novel, story telling, WritingEvery writer doubts their abilities. It’s the nature of the process. When working on a novel, invariably I will write something of which I am certain is effective that, upon further scrutiny, seems to suck. The reality is none of these are true; it is neither effective or awful. The fact that it can in […]
