My newest e-book writing release is now available.
You have a handful of ways to buy this, were you so inclined.
First: Amazon, $2.99.
Second: direct from me using this button (or link):
Third: as part of a seven-book, $20 bundle using this button (or link):
Finally: B&N, $2.99.
Book Description
“Chuck Wendig’s Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey is full of the kind of writing advice I wish I’d gotten in school. Practical, brutally honest, and done with the kind of humor that will make it stick in your brain. Whether you’re a veteran writer or new to the craft, you’ll find something useful in here. Plus he says ‘fuck’ a lot, so, you know, there’s that.”
— Stephen Blackmoore, author of Dead Things
500 Ways To Write Harder aims to deliver a volley of micro-burst idea bombs and advisory missiles straight to your frontal penmonkey cortex. Want to learn more about writing, storytelling, publishing, and living the creative life? This book contains a high-voltage dose of information about outlining, plot twists, writer’s block, antagonists, writing conferences, self-publishing, and more.
All this, straight from the sticky blog pages of terribleminds.com, one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers (as named by Writer’s Digest).
This book contains the following chapters:
- 25 Bad Writer Behaviors
- 25 Hard Truths About Writing & Publishing
- 25 Steps To Becoming A Self-Published Author
- 25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story
- 25 Things To Do Before You Start Your Novel
- 25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists
- 25 Things You Should Know About Conventions & Conferences
- 25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor
- 25 Things You Should Know About Narrative Point-of-View
- 25 Things You Should Know About Outlining
- 25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding
- 25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction
- 25 Things Writers Should Beware
- 25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling
- 25 Turns, Pivots and Twists To Complicate Your Story
- 25 Ways To Be A Happy Writer
- 25 Ways To Get Your Authorial Groove Back
- 25 Ways To Survive As A Creative Person
- 25 Ways To Unstick A Stuck Story
- 25 Writer Resolutions
- Appendix: 50 Rantypants Snidbits Of Writing And Storytelling Advice
Bryan Chapel says:
Hey Chuck, just bought it for kindle. But I notice the text is dark gray. (I read in my kindle app with the black background and white text to ease my eyes and to not disturb my wife while I read in bed.) When I switch to the white background the text is black, and it’s black on Sepia too. But in my preferred format it’s nigh unreadable. Any suggestions?
April 22, 2014 — 6:43 PM
terribleminds says:
I’ll take a look at it, Bryan — it comes up okay on my Kindle app? Not sure what would be making the text gray. Will update when I know more.
April 23, 2014 — 7:06 AM
Bryan says:
Yeah, not sure what’s going on. It’s that way on my ipad and iPhone both. I’ll just read it on my actual kindle. Looks fine there! Thanks for checking though!
April 23, 2014 — 10:30 AM
deakat says:
I’m quite certain I have the bundle already, but what the hey. Snagged ’em again.
April 22, 2014 — 6:51 PM
Bruce says:
Love that shit. Bought it via your link (PayPal) since you get the most bang for my buck.
April 22, 2014 — 7:43 PM
Wulfie says:
Are you going to make this available in paperback too? If so, when?
April 22, 2014 — 8:08 PM
terribleminds says:
Probably not unless someone procures the rights, as with what happened (er, roughly) with THE KICK-ASS WRITER.
April 22, 2014 — 8:14 PM
A Writer With Something To Say says:
I bought my copy. I still have to read Kick ass Writer. I’ll read that one first. Yes, it’s better to get the paypal version.
April 22, 2014 — 8:44 PM
Heather says:
You need you never ask twice – easy buy – your like the Hershey bar of books for me. I’m so excited to travel into your dungeon of, ‘you suck, it’ll be alright. You suck, keep trying.’ Your like a dominatrix for writers. Yes, I will pay to have you beat me with your kick ass writer analogies.
April 22, 2014 — 10:12 PM
Heather says:
YOU’RE Sorry —I say covering my head with my hands LOL!
April 22, 2014 — 10:13 PM
Orlando says:
Just picked it up Chuck, thanks for the offer! Keep it coming!
April 22, 2014 — 10:57 PM
Cheryl says:
I strongly second the first comment by Bryan. I also read with the black background and can’t because of the gray font. 🙁
April 23, 2014 — 4:05 AM
lornareid says:
I was also hoping for a paperback release 🙁
April 23, 2014 — 5:57 AM
terribleminds says:
If anyone has interest in transparent sales numbers, I’ll throw some updates —
The book has been out for ~12 hours.
B&N = 5 sales.
Payhip (aka terribleminds direct sales) = 30 sales.
Amazon = 96 sales, and those 96 sales put it at #2,147 ranking.
So far, sales breakdown is around 73% Amazon, 22% direct, 3% B&N.
Which is pretty spot on for how my sales of e-books usually go!
Thanks folks, for spreading the word and hopefully checking out the book.
— c.
April 23, 2014 — 7:05 AM
terribleminds says:
Sales update.
Payhip direct = 67
Amazon = 200
B&N = 9
— c.
April 24, 2014 — 9:25 AM
Wendy Christopher says:
I came, I saw, I bought it. And now I’m gonna read it. Chocolate – who needs it? I GOT ME ANOTHER NEW CHUCK WENDIG BOOK!
April 23, 2014 — 7:24 AM
Silver James says:
Bought it. Happy belated birthday. 😉
April 23, 2014 — 8:35 AM
lornareid says:
Would you rather it was bought from Amazon for the ranking, or Payhip for the better royalty?
April 23, 2014 — 9:23 AM
Jules Court says:
Read this last night and I’m so glad I did. I’ve been struggling with the first draft of a more ambitious project (for me) and couldn’t figure out why it was so listless and meandering. While reading your book, it hit me– somebody needed to die to shake things up. Today I’m re-outlining and everything seems to be falling into place.
April 23, 2014 — 11:07 AM
Southpaw says:
I love the very first point in “Bad Writer Behaviors”. I’m just glad I wasn’t drinking my coffee at the time!
April 23, 2014 — 11:36 AM
apopheny says:
Just fyi, while reading the preview on Amazon I came across a bit of an error: “… if you are going to, as the name of this book suggests, write harder — than you will do that all by yourself.” For three bucks I’m still going to purchase it, but I thought it’d be a good thing to fix.
April 24, 2014 — 8:08 PM
napow27 says:
Thanks for posting the sales. A lot of folks don’t like putting that information out there. I’m seeing the same trends for my book (not the same amount as yours). Amazon is the dominant domain for selling ebooks. Just wait until they unleash their drones like spider monkeys.
Anyhow, I haven’t purchased any of your books on writing, thus far. Still waiting for your book on farts….
April 29, 2014 — 4:29 PM