Resources for Authors (Read 1,006 times)

[heroicmuse]

I thought that since there are several authors, screenwriters, etc here on MH, it would be helpful if there was a thread where we can share resources with one another.


MUSIC
booksoapwriter81 , you were asking about music for videos. This is the site I used. All the music on this site is free to use as long as you credit the author in your video. 

incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html


GRAPHIC DESIGN/PHOTOS

(Thank you Kpatch for this suggestion)
Canva - www.canva.com - great resource for designing book covers, business cards and other items you may need. I have also designed some of the images for my website using Canva

Pixlr - www.pixlr.com/editor - free photo editor that allows you to resize and distort images, edit backgrounds, etc. 

Pizap - www.pizap.com - Make collages of photos and add text (e.g. how I do my fanfiction previews)

Pixabay.com - Site offering FREE photos for commercial use -- and no attribution required! I got my cover photo for Reinventing Hannah off this site as well as some photos that will be featured on my website once it goes live in a few weeks.


If anyone else has resources to share, please do

[booksoapwriter81]

Thanks for starting this, heroicmuse.

Here is a link to the site I used to create my website:

www.wix.com

There are many packages available, but the most basic one is free.  It's easy to use, and you don't have to know anything about HTML to be able to create a site with it.

[heroicmuse]

One more I forgot. I use Trello

www.trello.com


to help me with planning and outlining. It's basically a high tech version of the old scene cards technique -- you can make lists with different cards, add photos, and add labels and checklists, even due dates. I created a board on it for my novel and made cards for each character. I also make cards for each scene after I write it and label it with which subplot(s) it belongs to. That way I can see my whole story at a glance and when I'm done with the draft I can see if there are any missing beats I need to add in the next draft.

[Kpatch]

I built my author website on Wix also, booksoapwriter81 .  nataliebrockauthor.wixsite.com/natalie-brock

Thanks for doing this heroicmuse . Brilliant idea!