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Open Source Tools for Independent Authors presents a collection of programs writers and authors can use to take their books from idea to published quickly and efficiently. From content organization to cover design, everything is here and it is free. The only cost is time to download the software and a little work. ... [click here for more] |
James Matt Cox |
FREE
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The Elite Design Elements: Word Count Calculator helps you estimate the length of any piece of fiction, based on the number of characters, scenes, locations, and Orson Scott Card's MICE threads in your story. The tool is especially useful for planning and writing short fiction or flash fiction.
This download contains one .xlsx spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel) that calculates... [click here for more] |
Rising Phoenix Games |
$0.95
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Are you lacking big, stompy monsters?
Have you been to see the new Godzilla movie and want to find out where to start with including such things in your stories?
Look no further, because this mini-guide is here to help.
Thirteen pages to give you an idea about what kaiju are, how they're used in the movies and which movies are the best ones to watch for ideas.
This is a Pay What You Want title,... [click here for more] |
Games 4 Geeks |
$0.95
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If you want to spark new ideas for worlds, plots or characters, you want Ideas and Inspiration for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers. Medicinal corpses, the jargons of thieves and carnies, Nazi UFOs, the colonization of space and green children from nowhere are only a few of the topics covered. This sourcebook is for all writers of fantasy or science fiction--whether novels, short stories,... [click here for more] |
Good Looking Corpse |
$0.99
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This sourcebook is for all writers of fantasy or science fiction--whether novels, short stories, games, or any other form of storytelling. The following topics are covered: Animals Without Ancestors Armor Made From Unusual Materials Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley, The Bayer Corporation and Haemophiliac Blood Products Bees, the, Telling Big Alien Theory, The Births Booth, Mark Castaneda,... [click here for more] |
Good Looking Corpse |
$0.99
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This pamphlet is a short summary of the leadership lessons from Machiavelli’s The Prince that I wrote as a quick reference for a story. I thought that game masters, authors, strategy gamers and others might find it useful too. There are two sections: the Short Version, which summarizes the book’s lessons by subject, and the Long Version, which provides the lessons by chapter from the original. ... [click here for more] |
Cerberus Games |
$0.99
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Do you freeze up every time a greeting card gets passed your way? Everybody else seems to know exactly what to write. Why does your mind goes blank? What do you do?
Consult this book!
It contains 101 unique sentiments you can write in holiday cards for friends, family, or co-workers. Included are general seasonal greetings as well as wishes for a happy Christmas,... [click here for more] |
Rainbow Crush |
$2.99 $0.99
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This is exactly what it says on the tin: a list of 108 beverages, dishes, and snacks from Ancient Egypt. If your players want to know what they're eating and you don't have a PhD in Medieval Classical Studies, then look no further.
This list includes 16 beverages (medicinal wine!), 16 bread-based dishes, 11 porridges & soups & stews, 9 casseroles, 10 other seafood dishes (dried fish roe...?),... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$1.00
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This is exactly what it says on the tin: a list of 108 bear-themed monsters (or friends, with a good Diplomacy roll!), perfect for that Night of 1,001 Bears session that I know you've been planning forever.
Inside, you'll find bear-themed monsters like...
The Bearricade, which is a horrific, living wall crafted from the fused bodies of many bears. Only someone with a magical key or totem... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$1.00
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Zine Making, a wikibook on how to make your zines, by contributes Mcld and Thenub314, is licensed under the Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 imported license, and here is the URL Address: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ You wanna make a zine? Now's your chance to make your very own zine! This very Wiki Book will guide you in the process of making the zine you have always... [click here for more] |
RLS777 |
$2.00 $1.00
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Whether you're hosting a block party and need to figure out what to serve the bugbears that moved next door, or just running an RPG campaign and looking for ways to flesh out your world, Cooking for Monsters will tell you what you want to know.
In Cooking for Hags & Zombies, you'll learn about the biology (and necrology) of these anthrophages, how human flesh does (and does... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$1.95
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Whether you're hosting a block party and need to figure out what to serve the bugbears that moved next door, or just running an RPG campaign and looking for ways to flesh out your world, Cooking for Monsters will tell you what you want to know.
In Cooking for Hags & Zombies, you'll learn about the dietary needs (and tolerances) of orcs, goblins, and their cousins, fungal... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$1.95
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Whether you're hosting a block party and need to figure out what to serve the bugbears that moved next door, or just running an RPG campaign and looking for ways to flesh out your world, Cooking for Monsters will tell you what you want to know.
In Cooking for Vampires, you'll find out what kind of flavors vampires enjoy, the culinary aspects of blood, and how to estimate the... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$1.95
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Do you really want to be a writer? It’s a serious question that anyone thinking about entering the field of writing should ask.
In this collection of essays, prize-winning science fiction author and editor J Alan Erwine uses his usual wit and sarcasm to educate and entertain potential writers as they start their journeys.
You won’t find essays about plot or character development here, but instead,... [click here for more] |
Nomadic Delirium Press |
$2.99 $2.09
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Authors helping other Authors is my goal. We are not competition. We should be helping each other to make more money and gain more readers. Contained here is what information i give when other authors ask me for help. I'm not a numbers guy or a graph guy. You do not have to listen to me. But you should. Just so you know it's mega-short. Even for me. The information here has helped several dozen... [click here for more] |
Great God Pan Publishing, Inc |
$2.49
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It's easy to make aliens: take a person or a dog, slap some antennae on 'em, maybe some ooze and some spooky talons, and then put some random letters together in a nigh-unpronounceable combination.
As I said, it's easy to make aliens. What isn't easy is making them well.
Even when you're working hard to be creative, it can sometimes be hard to get out of the rut of familiarity, to go... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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It's easy to make aliens: take a person or a dog, slap some antennae on 'em, maybe some ooze and some spooky talons, and then put some random letters together in a nigh-unpronounceable combination.
As I said, it's easy to make aliens. What isn't easy is making them well.
Even when you're working hard to be creative, it can sometimes be hard to get out of the rut of familiarity, to go... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Are you looking to mine a few ideas for the batfolk in your upcoming adventure, The Diamond Mines of Camazotz? Writing some Planet of the Apes fanfiction and wondering what kind of sports gorillas might play?
If so, then look no further! Whether you're working on uplifted animals, animal folk, or just plain talking animals, this book can be used for it all.
Primates and... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Becoming a Better Writer Through Roleplaying is a series of essays on using RPGs to improve your writing, how and why you should build a fandom, horror and the heroine's journey, writing fight scenes, and point of view (both the fourth person point of view, if such a thing even exists, and the second person point of view).
This content previously appeared on Seventh Sanctum, The... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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It can be all too easy to create a history for your world which feels lifeless and static, and carrying out the research necessary to address that can be a daunting task that seems increasingly impossible the longer you try to work at it.
Luckily, worldbuilding doesn't need to be real, it just needs to feel real, and that's where this book comes in. Charting History covers the... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Political Fantasies is a series that takes names for governments and plays around with them to see how far they can be pulled. In the tradition of Strange Nations, the results of each exploration can be dropped into your setting with little-to-no adaptation required.
This volume explores corporatocracy, or "rule by corporations." The first chapter, Market Analysis,... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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One of the quickest ways to start building cultures for your setting is to take inspiration from actually-existing cultures. What do you do when you don't want to crib off the same culture cultures that everyone else has used a hundred times before?
Essential Ethnographies offers the convenience of building from preexisting cultures and the flexibility and novelty of working with cultures... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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One of the quickest ways to start building cultures for your setting is to take inspiration from actually-existing cultures. What do you do when you don't want to crib off the same culture cultures that everyone else has used a hundred times before?
Essential Ethnographies offers the convenience of building from preexisting cultures and the flexibility and novelty of working with cultures... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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One of the quickest ways to start building cultures for your setting is to take inspiration from actually-existing cultures. What do you do when you don't want to crib off the same culture cultures that everyone else has used a hundred times before?
Essential Ethnographies offers the convenience of building from preexisting cultures and the flexibility and novelty of working with cultures... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.
There's another way... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.
There's another way... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.
There's another way... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.
There's another way... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Humans Are Weird is chock full ideas for making humans stand out from other beings in your setting, letting you avoid both well-worn tropes like "Humans are average at everything" or "Humans are, um, adaptable, I guess?" and nonsensical traits like "Only humans come from a multi-biome world."
This book contains 21 scenarios, from a galaxy where humans are the only bipeds to a fantasy world... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Political Fantasies is a series that takes names for governments and plays around with them to see how far they can be pulled. In the tradition of Strange Nations, the results of each exploration can be dropped into your setting with little-to-no adaptation required.
This volume explores necrocracy or "rule by the dead," with possibilities like restricting the... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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![Once Upon a Time Writer's Handbook [digital]](https://d1vzi28wh99zvq.cloudfront.net/images/408/145605-thumb140.jpg)
Writer's Handbook at a Glance
Use the tools provided by the Once Upon a Time game to fuel your own fiction writing.
Requires a copy of Once Upon a Time to use.
Spin a Yarn: More about the Writer's Handbook
In Once Upon a Time, players work together to tell a tale based on the information on the cards in their hand. Use this game to jumpstart your... [click here for more] |
Atlas Games |
$2.95
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Political Fantasies is a series that takes names for governments and plays around with them to see how far they can be pulled. In the tradition of Strange Nations, the results of each exploration can be dropped into your setting with little-to-no adaptation required.
This volume explores thalassocracy, or "rule by the sea." The first section discusses the common traits... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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There are many good resources out there for creating new languages, but they tend to focus more on how words change over time than on the meanings of place-names. This booklet is intended to fill the gap. It not only includes lists of historical place-names but discusses the patterns and logic behind these names.
Don't forget to buy the companion to this booklet, The Meaning of Names: Persons and... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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There are many good resources out there for creating new languages, but they tend to focus more on how words change over time than on the meanings of personal or group names.
This booklet is intended to fill the gap. It not only includes lists of historical names (personal, family, and ethnic) but discusses the patterns and logic behind these names.
Don't forget to buy the companion to this booklet,... [click here for more] |
WMB Saltworks |
$2.95
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Do you freeze up every time a greeting card gets passed your way? Everybody else seems to know exactly what to write. Why does your mind goes blank? What do you do?
Consult this book!
It contains 101 unique sentiments you can write in congratulatory cards for friends, family, or co-workers. Is someone in your life having a baby? Getting married? Buying a new house?... [click here for more] |
Rainbow Crush |
$2.99
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“Don’t write merely to shock. People are used to shock-horror. You need to get beneath the skin. Use a flensing knife and keep it sharp. It’s good to shock, but only as part of the story you tell.”
In these essays, Kaaron Warren—the Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer behind Slights, The Greif Hole, and Into Bones Like Oil—explores the craft... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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“I'm not going to lie to you. There are no secret handshakes or rules that will get you on your particular dream-path. If there was, we'd all be on our own already. If you want to be a successful writer, be prepared to have to make up most of it as you go along.”
In these essays, Sean Williams—the best-selling author of over 120 short stories and fifty novels—shares his thoughts on... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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What does it take to become a Hugo and Stoker Award-nominated editor and publisher?
Follow Jason Sizemore’s unconventional professional path as it winds through a tiny, overheated Baptist church deep within the coal fields of Appalachia, Kentucky, past a busted printer and a self-serving boss that triggered an early mid-life crisis and the epiphany that he should open a magazine spreading the... [click here for more] |
Apex Book Company |
$2.99
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In this chapbook, Tansy Rayner Roberts—the Hugo-award winning podcaster and author of Musketeer Space, the Creature Court series, and more—explores the paths taken to reclaim and re-envision her writing career after becoming a mother.
Drawn from her popular blog, From Baby Brain to Writer Brain charts Robert’s journey and offers advice to any new parent trying to balance a writing... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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“Well-conceived goals, when acted upon, can prevent you from getting distracted and wasting time on other less vital tasks. In short, they give you direction, and get you there faster.”
In this chapbook, Lee Murray—the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the Taine McKenna series and editor of Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women—lays out a systematic approach to establishing... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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“The path to happiness in writing is always in the process: the imagining and the writing.”
In these essays, Kim Wilkins—the celebrated author behind Daughters of the Storm, Giants of the Frost, and (as Kimberley Freeman) Wildflower Hill and Stars Across The Ocean—offers the collected writing wisdom she’s accumulated across... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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As an indie author you may have heard a thing or two about starting an email list. But what if you're not sure where to start? Nowadays there are so many options available to you--AWeber, Constant Contact, iContact, Vertical Response and so many others--but one of the most popular is MailChimp. If you've ever wanted to try MailChimp but weren't sure where to start or possibly found it intimidating,... [click here for more] |
EnemyOne |
$2.99
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Whether you are designing a new campaign setting for a roleplaying game or looking to create a world for your fantasy fiction, the creation of a pantheon will be an important part of the process. Pantheon Building provides a short primer on the issues to consider while developing your pantheon. This booklet discusses Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, the role of government in the development of... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$2.99
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Begin transmission . . .
Running from May 2018 to June 2020, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.
Readers received updates straight from A.P. Fuchs that were meant to entertain, educate, and inform.
The Long Year Five was a long time in the making with A.P. Fuchs battling an illness which prevented him from sending out newsletters every week. During this tumultous... [click here for more] |
Coscom Entertainment |
$2.99
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Begin transmission . . .
Running weekly from May 2017 to April 2018, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.
Instead of writing letters with a fixed set of topics, A.P. Fuchs simply wrote letters to his readers every week, covering topics like the Frozen Storm Kickstarter, self-publishing, work plans, opinions on publishing, depression, freezing winters, and more.
The... [click here for more] |
Coscom Entertainment |
$2.99
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Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2014 to May 2015, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Serving as a source of inspiration for writers and artists everywhere, its impact was made known by the replies sent to A.P. Fuchs's inbox week-to-week. The newsletter covered four main topics: The Creative Thought of the Week, in which Fuchs... [click here for more] |
Coscom Entertainment |
$2.99
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Begin transmission . . .
Running weekly from May 2016 to April 2017, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.
Every week, readers received updates straight from A.P. Fuchs that were meant to entertain, educate, and inform.
The newsletter covered four main topics:
Weekly Creative Recap, in which Fuchs shared what he was working on and gave readers a... [click here for more] |
Coscom Entertainment |
$2.99
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Begin transmission . . . Running weekly from May 2015 to April 2016, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide. Every week, readers received updates from the desk of A.P. Fuchs that served as a behind-the-scenes gateway into his views on the publishing industry and past work. The newsletter covered four main topics: Writing/Creating/Publishing, in which... [click here for more] |
Coscom Entertainment |
$2.99
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Fiction writers are taught to show, not tell. In each Short Fiction Lab chapbook, award winning short fiction writer Peter M. Ball takes one of his own stories and explores an aspect of the writing craft in the accompanying essay. In this introductory Primer to the Short Fiction Lab series, Ball presents four short tales for lovers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Upon Discovering... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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“The thing about an art — and one of the things I love about both Kung Fu and writing — is that you’re never finished. No matter how good you get, no matter how much you achieve, you can always get better.”
In these essays, Alan Baxter—the author of cult horror hits like The Roo, the Eli Carver series, and the Australian Shadows Award-winners Crow Shine and Served... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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