Mystery is a huge umbrella term encompassing various subgenres, including detective novels, cozy mysteries, and thrillers. Here are five tips for self-publishing authors writing in the mystery genre.

1 – Understand Your Sub-genre

While it may seem counter-intuitive, the readership of mystery books is not usually inclusive. Readers tend to enjoy a small number of sub-genres within mystery and gravitate to those books. Thriller readers don’t usually read cozy mysteries and vice-versa. Continue reading →

Fantasy is a subgenre of Speculative Fiction in which the reader is introduced to another world. In some cases, that world may appear very much like the real world but have elements of magic or other unreal things. Some fantasy books are entirely in another world with much different rules and systems than the one the reader lives in. Fantasy is a popular fiction genre and one that many self-publishing authors are drawn to. Here are 5 tips for self-publishing authors writing in the fantasy genre. Continue reading →