Step Down on Authorisms – Inventing Reality’s Newsletter for June 30, 2026

Craft of Writing: Step Down on Authorisms
Sometimes when writers just can’t think of what to put on the page, they resort to an inappropriate technique known as an authorism. An authorism – coined by American writer Thomas M. Disch – occurs when the writer places his or her physical environment, mannerisms and prejudices into the story.  READ MORE

Self-Publishing Tips: How to Upload Your Ebook
For those new to self-publishing, uploading your ebook often is a complex and frustrating process. Unfamiliar terms are used, questions that you as an author have never thought of answering are asked, and when errors occur there’s often no real explanation as to how fix them. And while online “tutorials” are offered, the articles either state the obvious or appear to have been written by software engineers rather than someone who actually understands your plight. My book Upload Your Ebook to KindleDP corrects all of that. The explanations in this book make the process easy to understand and to follow. After all, you just want to get your book uploaded so it’s up for sale, not wonder if you wasted your time writing it because of error messages! SEE BOOK

Writing Tip: My Words can Light the Way for Someone Else on a Dark Path
Even if your book never changes the world – let alone influence other authors in its genre – your writing still can make a difference just by affecting the lives of a few or even of a lone reader. READ MORE

Self-Publishing Tip: How to Create Bulleted Lists in Ebooks
One of the big problems with ereaders is that they lack the ability to translate fancy symbols used to make bulleted lists in Microsoft Word. The result is that a bullet point ends up being a letter or set of numbers, which looks unprofessional and can confuse readers. READ MORE

This Week’s Podcast: Pitch Book through Back of Room Sales
One of the best way to sell your books is through Back of Room sales. This occurs when you give a presentation and have copies of your book(s) for sale on a table nearby – usually at the back or side of the room or just outside it. LISTEN TO PODCAST

Book Marketing Tip: 6 Tips for a Better Book Marketing Strategy
To maximize sales of your book, you’ll need a marketing strategy. here are six great tips for developing that strategy. Click the linked title for the full article. READ MORE

Client Spotlight: “Mind Readers and Marble Orchards” by Lasher Lane
Between writing novels, Los Angeles author Lasher Lane penned a number of short stories and essays for magazines during the 2010s, and I was proud to be a part of Lasher’s efforts as her editor. In 2021, she collected and published those stories and essays in an anthology. CHECK IT OUT

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of both aspiring and published writers and offers a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 425 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of a novel, the Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, four children’s books, more than 25 bestselling hiking guidebooks, and even a book of poetry. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.