Ginger Li

Ever wonder how Indie Authors create all those gorgeous graphics for book promotions and book launches? Want to make professional Facebook and Instagram posts to advertise your books... for FREE? Well, here are my favorite websites to create stunning graphic images for cheap ! Top 3 FREE Graphic Design Websites for Indie Authors As an Indie Author you're not only a writer. Unless you pay other people to do the countless other jobs that come along with publishing books, you're probably donning a lot of hats. You're a book promoter.  You're a graphic designer.  You're a social media coordinator.  You're an advertiser.  You're a newsletter writer.  (And you probably do all these jobs on top of the other jobs you do during the day... like parent. Or clean. Or work.) I've only just dipped my toes into self-publishing waters, but I've already seen how important marketing and book promotion can be. And while I have yet to figure out ad...

Ever wonder what Lia and Kieren from my Light and Fire Series look like?

It's confession time. This week I did a tiny bit of editing... and a LOT of map-making. Check out this map I drew of Solair. Fantasy Map of Solair Pretty neat, huh? I really enjoyed the process of creating this map. It helped to make the places in my Light and Fire novels  come to life. And can you believe this was my first time drawing a digital map? Yup! There's this super-nifty webpage called Inkarnate  that allows you to design and create maps for free. It's super intuitive and easy-to-use. You can also pay a small fee for fancier designs and more features. I'm debating about trying out the paid option to create beautiful parchment-style maps for the boxset. Well, alrighty then. I just wanted to pop in and share this lovely image. Now, back to writing!