by Dorian Box | Jan 6, 2018
Dorian’s second novel manuscript, The Hiding Girl, advanced to the semifinals of the 2017 Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Contest, where it received near-perfect scores (9.5/10). Of 700 entries, The Hiding Girl was one of five Mystery/Thrillers–and the...
by Dorian Box | Mar 27, 2016
Wondering about the potential of your book or manuscript to become a bestseller? Wish there were a test to empirically measure it? As a fun exercise, I came up with one. I started with my own list of good fiction qualities then supplemented it with ideas found in...
by Dorian Box | Dec 28, 2015
Nice to see Psycho-Tropics pop up on this Goodreads list for “Best Books Never Heard Of.” Thanks to whoever put it on there! If you liked (and especially if you loved) Psycho-Tropics, hope you’ll consider adding your vote. (Right now it’s...
by Dorian Box | Dec 19, 2015
Among the hardest decisions for indie writers and publishers is figuring out where and what to invest in on a limited budget to promote one’s book. This post takes a quick look at the value added by an e-book promotional campaign. (An earlier post examined our...
by Dorian Box | Nov 14, 2015
We were thrilled to get the news that Psycho-Tropics won a Writer’s Digest award in Genre Fiction in the magazine’s 2015 23rd Annual Self-Published Book Awards contest. Yesterday the judge’s full review arrived. Psycho-Tropics received 24 out of a...
