The Pool
I have an expression for when I'm able to visualize my characters and their stories at their fullest––those times when it feels like I'm not creating so much as witnessing and chronicling their adventures. I call it "being in the pool." I use this expression because,...
Jennifer Niven
I am blessed to have an abundance of wonderful and truly amazing people in my life. Among them is my dear friend, Jennifer Niven, author of the four-novel Velva Jean series as well as non-fiction books The Ice Master and Ada Blackjack. She also wrote a memoir, The...
Amazon
I am pleased to announce that Amazon has now picked up my book and made ordering paperback copies available through their site. The link to my book on Amazon can be found here. Note: a downloadable Kindle version is also now available here.
Book Release
Bobby Ether And The Academy is now available for purchase through the CreateSpace website here. It will also be available in paperback on Amazon in a few days, as well as via Kindle by late next week. For those of you who enjoy this story, stay tuned for the sequel,...
Marketing My Book
As my publication date for my first book, Bobby Ether and the Academy, draws ever closer, I'm becoming more and more focused (concerned?) with the need to market it myself. I've already been looking at Goodreads.com and smashwords.com to take advantage of their...
Learning to Use Social Media
On Thursday I participated in a one hour webinar on how to use social media to sell more books. The speaker was great and I got a lot of good info, but man is it overwhelming! Right off the bat, he tells everyone that someone writing a book should start...
Blurring the Lines
To me, great ideas are what make books worth writing. Whether it's an idea for a great character, an epiphany about an awesome plot twist, or some super fun dialog, dreaming and coming up with ideas are what move my stories forward and make me want to write them. Some...
About Me
Scott Boyer grew up in Santa Monica, CA and still resides in the Los Angeles area. Graduating from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996, he started writing Bobby Ether And The Academy with the goal of blending YA fantasy with spiritual fiction. Nowadays, Scott splits his time between helping his father manage an insurance brokerage, playing with his Shepherd-mix rescue dog Patch, and writing other adventures in the Bobby Ether series.
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