Bøger af Hank Quense

Are you writing your first book? Or are you thinking about writing it?Do you have any idea what you're getting into?No? Let's talk about itMost aspiring authors concentrate on writing the book to the exclusion of all else. However, the reality is that creating a book is a long-term, multi-phase project and writing it is only one facet of the project.The complete project involves five separate phases: Planning the bookWriting the bookPublishing the bookMarketing the bookAuthor business issuesUnfortunately, planning and writing a book does nothing to prepare the author for the other phases of the project. The only commonality between the phases is that they are about a single book.Another difficulty with the creative project is that almost all information on the process only discusses one phase of it.Until now. Creating Your First Book covers all five phases. It is written by an author who has gone through the project over two dozen times.Creating Your First Book provides a road map to get you through the process without losing your sanity.Read less

Don't try to market your book without finding a mentor! So, what if you had an experienced author to guide your marketing plans? Author Hank Quense has self-published and marketed over 30 books. He's written and marketed both fiction and non-fiction. He also lectures and holds webinars on self-publishing and on book marketing. Imagine developing a detailed marketing plan for your book and then implementing it. In this book, you'll learn: - How to develop your author's platform material - How to write your marketing content- How to engage in marketing activities- How to get more book reviews- What kind of events to hold- How to get publicity- How to use (or not use) advertising- What other authors say about book marketing

Do you have a story struggling to come out? Do you know how to write it? Or how to tell it? If you're stumped on how to get started, you need this book.

The King Who Disappeared is a fantasy adventure tale. It tells the story of King Bohan who is trapped in cave for over 200 years by Jerado, an evil wizard. The sleep spell cast by Bohan's wizard, Ansgar, is finally broken when an earthquake opens the cave. With no idea how long they slept, Bohan, Ansgar and the king's body guard, all heroes, come across a constable named Leticia who tells the year and other basic information. She recognizes the group as the legenday King Who Disappeared from school lessons. Letica aslo tells Bohan that the country's dictator is a wizard named Jerado.Realizing that this Jerado is his nemisis, Bohan resolves to travel to the capital city, Dun Hythe and extract his revenge. Leticia decides to go with Bohan because Jerado's daughter, Flavia, imprisoned her father and Leticia whats to know where her father is.Jerado discovers Bohan is still alive and headed to Dun Hythe. He tells his children, Flavia and his son, Lithgow, about Bohan. Lithgow is in charge of the miltary and Flavia is the Secretary of the Interior. Both children use their troops in attempts to stop Bohan. His hereoes brush the troops aside.Meanwhile, the leading citizens of Dun Hythe have grown tired of Jerado and his family and they throw their lot in with Bohan. They help Bohan sneak into the city and give him a hiding place. Soon after, Bohan and Asngar confront Jerado and overthrow him. Bohan declares himself King and receives the support of Dun Hythe's citizens.The King who Disappeared is filled with humor and political satire.

xMost books on publishing deal with publishing by itself. Most books on marketing deal with marketing as a stand-alone project. I think there is a better approach. Publishing and marketing should be considered as an integrated project. That is what this book does: it treats publishing and marketing together to create a complete project plan.The self-publishing pain points addressed include: Formatting Book layout Editors Covers, generic and otherwise And moreThe marketing pain points include: Social media platforms Blog tours Creating buzz Email campaigns Keywords And more Publishing and book marketing aren't separate projects. They have to be worked on as an integrated project.

Do you have a story in you?Do you know how to write it or how to tell it?Creating Stories has the answers. Hank Quense, the author of more than twenty books, tells you how to do it. He believes that stories come from the melding of three elements: getting ideas, story design and story-telling. Ideas have to come from the author. Creating Stories covers the last two. The book concentrates on developing characters including such rarely discussed requirements such as a dominant reader emotion and the character's biography.Plots are also covered in depth and a number of graphics are included to illustrate complex points. Another topic discusses subplots and how to utilize them and how to nest them within the main plot.A separate chapter discusses the relationship between the plot and the emotional arcs.Other topics covered are: character arcs, scene design, point-of-view, writing voice.