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  • Authortube: How to Design a Great Book Cover | One Word (Three Simple Parts)

    Posted on June 15, 2024 8:06 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: How to Design a Great Book Cover | One Word (Three Simple Parts)

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    A lot of authors feel overwhelmed when it comes to book cover creation. Whether you hire it out or do it yourself, you know that a good cover will potentially lead to a book’s success. What is a good book cover? What makes one cover stand out from the one next to it? What’s the most important part of a book cover? The image or graphic? The colors?

    In this video, 25-year self-publisher A.P. Fuchs reveals the one word that makes or breaks a book cover. One word with three parts. Watch and see. It’s very simple. If you use this one word as your engine for your cover, you will have a good cover.

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    Authortube: How to Design a Great Book Cover | One Word (Three Simple Parts)

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  • Authortube: Open Letter to All Scammers, Spammers, and Solictors of Services

    Posted on June 10, 2024 5:15 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: Open Letter to All Scammers, Spammers, and Solictors of Services

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    This video letter is speaking on behalf of myself and thousands of other authors around the world. We are sick and tired of you spamming our book announcements and threads with solicitation of services we can easily do ourselves.

    Two words: Stop it.

    Another two words: Grow up.

    You are not a professional. You are a scammer for anyone who spams scams. Period.

    Please share this video if you’re an author/creator and feel the same.

    Thanks.

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    Authortube: Open Letter to All Scammers, Spammers, and Solictors of Services

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  • Authortube: Don’t Overthink the Story (The Subconscious Mind)

    Posted on June 7, 2024 5:16 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: Don’t Overthink the Story (The Subconscious Mind)

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    There is a tendency to overthink while writing, especially amongst new writers. You want to do well, want to make a good impression, want to come up with something well-written and perhaps clever, and while these goals are good, they can also lead to the slippery slope of overthinking your story.

    This video goes over adjusting your headspace so there is no disconnection between your conscious and subconscious mind due to overthinking your story.

    The solution is simple. Watch and find out.

    Thank you for tuning in.

    Please subscribe to support the channel

    Cheers.

    Authortube: Don’t Overthink the Story (The Subconscious Mind)

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  • Authortube: Freelancing: The Follow Up | Manners

    Posted on May 29, 2024 5:18 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: Freelancing: The Follow Up | Manners

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    So, when to follow up with an employer?

    This just happened at the time the video was made. I decided to make the video a little fired up because the arts are all about honesty and honest expression so that’s what you’re getting here.

    The same rules of manners regarding the follow up is the same for freelancers as it is for working in the public or private sector. This is it on how to be a professional freelaner.

    This is basic stuff. We learned this in kindergarden. I hope you learn something from this video, especially if you’re new to the freelancing world.

    Make sure to subscribe to stay on top of all the latest videos and shorts!

    Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.

    Authortube: Freelancing: The Follow Up | Manners

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  • Authortube: How to Get Past the Writing Wall | How to Overcome Writer’s Block

    Posted on May 22, 2024 6:16 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: How to Get Past the Writing Wall | How to Overcome Writer’s Block

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    Writer’s block hits every writer once in a while. For myself, it only happened once until I figured out how to overcome it. That was over twenty years ago. This authortube video is meant to encourage you and put you in the right headspace to keep the story moving forward despite if you feel blocked. Without proper headspace, you won’t get anywhere anyway. It’s my hope that this video helps set your head on straight so you can continue with your story.

    Make sure to subscribe to stay on top of all the latest videos and shorts!

    Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.

    Authortube: How to Get Past the Writing Wall | How to Overcome Writer’s Block

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  • Authortube: How to Handle a Bad Review

    Posted on May 15, 2024 5:33 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: How to Handle a Bad Review

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    Oh no! Someone bashed your baby! All those months–maybe even years–of hard work and somebody doesn’t like it. They leave a bad review and you’re stuck feeling like garbage. Or should you?

    Veteran author and self-publisher A.P. Fuchs weighs in on a very simple way to handle a bad review.

    Hope you find this encouraging despite it being blunt.

    Be sure to subscribe for more Authortube and upcoming Booktube videos.

    Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.

    Authortube: How to Handle a Bad Review

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  • Authortube: The Best Piece of Writing Advice I Ever Got

    Posted on April 29, 2024 5:20 am by A.P. Fuchs

    Authortube: The Best Piece of Writing Advice I Ever Got

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    A long time ago, a fellow author and I were talking about book reviews and how some of them can be so malicious.

    During that conversation, my friend said something that would change how I approach writing and producing books from then on forth.

    Watch this vLog to hear what he had to say and how it can apply to your own writing or artistic efforts.

    Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date on all the latest videos and shorts.

    Authortube: The Best Piece of Writing Advice I Ever Got

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    Thanks for watching!


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  • REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS Season Two Podcast Teaser

    Posted on April 28, 2024 2:19 pm by A.P. Fuchs

    Season Two Podcast Teaser

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    On May 5, 2024, Season Two of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME podcast returns.

    New format.
    Full-length short stories.
    Horror.
    Monsters.
    Heroes.

    Subscribe and tune in for this wild ride.

    REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS Season Two Podcast Teaser

    YouTube Podcast.

    Listen to Season One.

    Thank you for tuning in.


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  • Station Ident – 031424

    Posted on March 14, 2024 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs
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    Station Ident – 031424

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    I am . . .

    . . . A.P. Fuchs and welcome to my blog where superheroes and monsters and Pop Culture is the name of the game. I’m an independent writer, cartoonist, and freelancer in the worlds of books and comics. This is Canister X, my official web site and the Realm of Heroes and Monsters, where we attempt to entertain and inform you on a regular basis. (We blog 6 days a week, sometimes 7 so be sure to bookmark this site.)

    I’ve been at this publishing biz for almost 25 years and still have lots to do. Presently, we’re big on video content—both longer videos and shorts and reels—and podcasts, so be sure you’re hooked up at the appropriate links below (podcast on YouTube, YouTube Music, and Spotify).

    My, perhaps, too many social media presences are:

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    My Patreon page is here. It’s a very special place where I post serial novels, serial comics, essays and articles on the creative arts business, behind-the-scenes secrets, artwork, photography, and more. Join me and my other patrons and be a part of something entertaining and interesting with consistent content. Check out the sweet trailer for the page.

    I’m also the writer/artist behind the webcomic, Fredrikus, which you can read from the beginning here.

    On Saturdays, I send out my newsletter, The Canister X Transmission. It’s a weekly newsletter where we all come together after a busy week, unwind, regroup, and kick off the weekend. Presently we just started Year Seven. Join me and my readers and fans of fandom.

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  • How to Budget as an Author or Artist

    Posted on February 7, 2024 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

    How to Budget as an Author or Artist

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    Last Friday, I released an important essay to my patrons on how an author or artist can managing funding their current and future projects while still reaping the reward. How to budget as an author or artist is huge right now in this digital do-it-yourself era.

    I cover a solid tip here on this site but the real meat and potatoes is below.

    Excerpt:

    “Money management can be the bane of many creators. It can be difficult to juggle funds for your project as well as keeping the financial reward from that project while also ensuring funds are available for the next project (never mind juggling the costs of life on top of this, especially in this era of inflation).

    Here’s a solid approach:

    First, understand the moment you decide to take your creation public and start charging money for it, you’re a business not a person. That’s how businesses work: They make something and sell it. No different here.”

    Please visit here for the rest of the essay. Its intent is to save creators headaches regarding funding their work.


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