Beyond Arden

Home of The Myth of Arden Series and its author, Susan Marie Strom

  • The Completely True Tales of Jax Part 2: Captain’s Gambit

    Okay, so where were we? Oh, fully! My drink! Shoot. No, it’s fine. I got it. Okay…so, Bren and I head out to the camp where the men are. I said that bit already, didn’t I? Yeah, so Bren starts to tell me about how they are on this super-secret mission to Crewda. The people…

  • The Completely True Tales of Jax: Part 1, The Erroneous Errand

    Keep in mind this is all true- every bit of it. Anny? Did you write that down? You don’t have to look at me like that! I just wanted to make sure you weren’t going to miss anything, okay? Alright, just keep writing whatever I say. This is going to be neat. Now, where should…

  • Step 7: Self Publishing your eBook through Kindle Direct Publishing

    I published through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). This is a great service offered by Amazon that allows you to self-publish your work. Why would you want to self-publish? Well, if you want complete control over your work then this is a good option. It is also good if, like me, you felt completely overwhelmed by…

  • Step 6: Preparing For Publication

    If you did the last steps, you have now read through your finished work about three times and are likely happy with it. Now for the fun, fun task of putting it all together for publication through Kindle Direct Publishing. Create an account by clicking here. They have a tutorial for formatting your eBook that…

  • Step 5: Edit!

    Editing is an arduous task! I lost a lot of sleep wondering if I had used the right word or mistakenly used a word that was similar to the one I was thinking, but not quite right. I’d had friends offer their help, but in the end I was perhaps too much of a control…

  • Step 4: Write!

    Every writer is different, and so how you write is different. I think of writing as art, so it is okay to draw outside the lines sometimes! Styles will be different, so opinions will be different. That is okay! For me, I tend to get an idea, and I will then play the scene in…

  • Step 3: Make a Thorough Outline

    A good outline is key in helping to save time. I didn’t do this at first, and so I ended up having to go back frequently to read what I had already written, just to remember details or to see if a detail had already been mentioned. I’m not saying don’t write down a scene…