Setting Expectations When Launching Your First Novel

Posted Sonlight Press Author Blog, Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel, Independent Publishing, Novel, Social Media, Writing

The dream of everyone that wants to be a writer is to draft the next great American novel, release it to public accolades and sit back while the money and notoriety roll in. There’s one word for that… fantasy. In today’s publishing climate, its never been easier to get your idea into novel form.  However, […]

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MNINS: Season 01, Episode 8 – Kneel & Prey Special

Posted Sonlight Press Gabby Wells - Book 1, MNINS

Welcome to the eighth episode of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes This episode we’re going to talk about the release Kneel & Prey, the first Gabby Wells Thriller.  It’s taken almost a decade to get […]

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Does Self-Publishing Diminish Quality Literature?

Posted Sonlight Press Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel, Independent Publishing, Marketing

There are many people who believe the glut of independently published works will diminish the quality of literature in the marketplace.  They argue that the traditional publishers are the ones who bring true literature to the world. Who cares? I don’t say that flippantly.  I say that practically. One could argue that television has never […]

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Faith is Dramatic

Posted Sonlight Press Author Blog, Faith, Gabby Wells Novel, Writing

There aren’t a lot of authentic characters of faith in modern entertainment.  And that’s a waste. I’ve often wondered why more writers don’t include faith as one of the key components of their main character.  It adds weight to everything they do.  The story no longer becomes just about what the protagonist is trying to […]

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MNINS: Season 01, Episode 3 – Origins

Posted Sonlight Press MNINS

Welcome to the third episode of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. This time we talk about the origins of creative inspiration. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes My Name Is Not Steve is a bi-weekly-ish podcast where we talk about our […]

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Making Your Characters Suffer is the Best Part

Posted Sonlight Press Author Blog, Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel, Writing

My job as the author of the Gabby Wells Thriller series is to make Gabby’s life a living hell.  And I do, relentlessly. That’s what every author is supposed to do.  To torture the protagonist so you can torture the reader. Do I like making Gabby’s life an insurmountable mess?  Yes and no.  I like […]

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Welcome to Sonlight Press!

Posted Sonlight Press Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel

We’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 […]

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Marketing Plans

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novel, Writing

Creating an effective marketing campaign means you have to work backwards. For our first book, Gabby Wells: Water & Blood, Dorothea and I met and had a brainstorming session over lunch, discussing all of the things that have to happen between now and the release of the book.  As you can imagine, such a list […]

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