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I’ve had more positive comments for Zombie Turkeys book covers than for my book! And my book is great! But just about everyone loves the covers, especially the front cover. I thought writing about how we made the Zombie Turkeys book covers would be interesting to my readers.

I’ve chatted with long time authors at Chabanacon and they too loved the cover. When I told them how we did it, they were envious that I as a self-published author had the freedom to do whatever I wished. Those who go through established publishing companies do not have complete control over their covers.

I’ve also talked with other self-published authors, who did make their own covers. These indie authors also loved Zombie Turkeys cover. They had purchased or made their artwork for their covers. They wished they had access to a professional artist, like I did.

How It All Began

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Here you get useful resources and links to the key books that I used in self-publishing. You also get great reviews great books. Finally, you also get links to zombie and fantasy web sites I have found useful and links to other fantasy authors.

Resources and Reviews by Andy Zach on Self-publishing and Writing

Dan Poynter’s Self Publishing Manual Vol 2

How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle

Bullies, Bastards, & Bitches: Write Fiction Bad Boys

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful Book for Writers, June 3, 2017
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This review is from: Bullies, Bastards And Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction (Paperback)
As a fantasy author, I learned a lot about writing villains. I was in the middle of writing my sequel, “My Undead Mother-in-law” and it ended up much better (according to early readers; it’s not out until July 2017).

Besides villains, Ms. Morrell also covers dark heroes, anti-heroes, sympathetic villains, likable bad guys, neutral characters and truly wicked ones. She has a chapter on psychopaths and sociopaths, too, providing definitions and examples of each. She goes further, giving resources the reader can pursue to understand the psychology of criminals.

Indeed, the many examples she cites of heroes, lovable bad guys, and villains from contemporary culture, fiction, and movies, are probably the best feature of the book. I recommend this book for anyone interested in writing or learning to write.

Other Fantasy book reviews by Andy Zach

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