Inside look: how I turned my 3-book fantasy series into an omnibus

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Bethany Atazadeh - YA Fantasy Author

5 ай бұрын

This is the full story of The Queen's Rise omnibus from hiring my cover designer and the initial idea to learning typography and how to use photoshop for cover design to finishing the full series and putting them together in the omnibus!
Check out the kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Mentioned in video:
◦ VIDEO - Learning cover design in photoshop (designing my own covers): • I learned how to desig...
◦ ARTIST - follow my awesome character artist on Instagram here: / alrun.art
PREORDER THE QUEEN'S RISE (all 3 books in 1) here: books2read.com/thequeensrise
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📖 T H E Q U E E N ' S R I S E S E R I E S :
◦ OMNIBUS (all 3 books in 1): books2read.com/thequeensrise
◦ THE SECRET GIFT: books2read.com/thesecretgift
◦ THE SECRET SHADOW: books2read.com/thesecretshadow
◦ THE SECRET CURSE: books2read.com/thesecretcurse
📚 T H E S T O L E N K I N G D O M S E R I E S :
www.bethanyatazadeh.com/thest...
◦ COLLECTOR'S EDITION / BOX SET: amzn.to/34A9wFw
◦ THE SECRET GIFT: books2read.com/thesecretgift
◦ THE STOLEN KINGDOM: books2read.com/thestolenkingdom
◦ THE JINNI KEY: books2read.com/thejinnikey
◦ THE CURSED HUNTER: books2read.com/thecursedhunter
◦ THE ENCHANTED CROWN: books2read.com/theenchantedcrown
◦ The Stolen Kingdom Audiobook: www.audible.com/pd/B088FVQNJK...
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📖 B E C O M E A P A T R O N :
Where you can receive digital early reader copies of my books, writing & publishing advice, help with your author platform, meet writer friends, and more!
/ bethanyatazadeh
💻 M Y A U T H O R N E W S L E T T E R :
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❤️ M Y M E R C H :
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📚 M Y S E L F P U B L I S H I N G C O U R S E :
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📒 M Y O T H E R W O R K :
◦ EVALENE'S NUMBER: amzn.to/3sZPlKi
◦ PEARL'S NUMBER: amzn.to/3Kyp63Q
◦ MARKETING FOR AUTHORS SERIES: amzn.to/3pTrbPG
◦ THE CONFIDENT CORGI: amzn.to/36aJd9m
◦ Novel Planner Notebook (mug cover): amzn.to/3hYnzYo
◦ Novel Planner Notebook (laptop cover): amzn.to/3KwvW9Z
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❤️ C O M P A N I E S I L O V E & A M A N A F F I L I A T E F O R :
◦ PUBLISH AND THRIVE: heartbreathings.teachable.com...
◦ WRITING STICKERS & the book launch planner (10% off discount code is BETHANY10): stoneridgestickers.com/?ref=Q...
◦ EPIDEMIC SOUND (where I get my music! If you'd like to try it for a month, using this link gives me a free month! Thank you in advance!): www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
◦ DRAFT2DIGITAL: www.draft2digital.com/bethany...
💬 L E T ' S C O N N E C T 💬
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Thanks for watching!
❤️ Bethany
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Пікірлер: 31

@BethanyAtazadeh Ай бұрын

PREORDER THE QUEEN'S RISE (all 3 books in 1) here: books2read.com/thequeensrise

@AphroditeLee 5 ай бұрын

WOW!!! You are doing the thang! So proud of you. On my way to the kickstarter now!

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Excited to send you a book! :D

@ElsaLouiseSinger 5 ай бұрын

I love being an illustrator and author cause I love drawing my book covers! KDP takes so long to deliver hardcovers (probably cause they're in the beta stage) but I finally got two of my hardcovers for my Middle-Grade book series and I absolutely love how they printed on the hardcover! :D I'm awaiting my third book, it's gonna be released on the 20th this month, but the hardcover may have to wait cause I'm not getting the proof copy until the 24th, at least, that's the estimated time from amazon, but I know the paperback is ready for release! :D And since my MG series follows a 6th grader, at the moment, it's going to go until he graduates highschool and I want to do an omnibus for his middle school years then his high school years. :D

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Ooooh that's SO cool that you can illustrate your own covers-I wish I had that skill! And yes I agree, such a good feeling to hold your book in your hands and see them in hardcover! :D Hope you're able to get your next book soon, I'm waiting on a hardcover also, but they're still faster than Ingramspark so that's good at least lol!

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Ahhhh the Kickstarter was officially funded in just 23 minutes on day 1! It's still live for a few more days, check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bethanyatazadeh/the-queens-rise-series-deluxe-content?ref=project_build

@smeastwest 5 ай бұрын

I love watching you grow your business, and seeing how you step up the marketing to match the growth. You're an inspiration and I'm so excited for you, Bethany!

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I appreciate that!

@l.e.mearman-medievalmusing6323 5 ай бұрын

This is great! Super inspirational! I'm reworking an old story atm and am glad to see others do so too. And happy belated anniversary! My husband and I married the same day and year as you and yours! How crazy?

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Love that, so glad you enjoyed the video! And thank you, happy anniversary to you too!

@gracelesslyfalling 5 ай бұрын

Love the character cover! It’s gorgeous. And I completely am the same way about getting fixated on things like cover design and having no patience to wait and just going into it guns blazing lol

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! So happy you like it! :)

@wtre7 5 ай бұрын

That's so sweet

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

@izmatopia4347 5 ай бұрын

This is great and the cover is gorgeous! I'd love if you could make a video explaining how to set up a kickstarter. I love all your tutorials and I appreciate how generous you are with your knowledge.

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, so happy you like it! And that's a great idea! I'm vlogging the kickstarter for sure, and if I feel comfortable enough I will do a tutorial style OR I have a fun idea to interview someone who's more advanced than me to maybe share that way instead! :)

@d.c.contor 4 ай бұрын

I second this!!!

@readEvafantasybooks 5 ай бұрын

You are so awesome, Bethany!

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰❤️

@NicolesBookishNook 5 ай бұрын

Love the book cover! Congrats ❤

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@tomaria100 5 ай бұрын

Best wishes!

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Avionne_Parris 5 ай бұрын

Such an interesting process, Bethany! I'm currently plotting both my YA anime fantasy AND it's prequel (a villain origin story), I remember when the Queen's Rise trilogy was a villain origin short story to the Stolen Kingdom series (which stemmed from your Princesses & Castles fairytale retelling story idea). It's amazing how this universe has evolved. Did you always know you were going to write the villain origin story at any point during the Stolen Kingdom plotting / writing process? My current story occurs in present day while its prequel takes place 15 years before. Many events in the prequel are referenced in the current story so a timeline spanning 15 years has been really beneficial. Thus, if you have any tips or video recs on such a topic I would really appreciate it - A video wouldn't hurt either :)

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Avi! That's so cool that you're working on a villain origin story too, they're fun! :D Haha yes it has evolved soooo much... I honestly NEVER expected to write this story until the TSK series was fully published. I remember brainstorming Jezebel's backstory for like... 5 minutes lol, and that was it! So I definitely had to find my way out of some potential plot holes but it was really fun :)

@Avionne_Parris 5 ай бұрын

@@BethanyAtazadehGood to know - I look forward to having that same discovery fun with my own story :)

@wondersandwanders42 5 ай бұрын

If we got the signed copy, can we specify what we want the inscription to say, or is it just your name? (I'm fine with either, although writer's cramp is real!)

@BethanyAtazadeh 5 ай бұрын

Such a good question! Right now it’s jus signed but we’re getting suuuuper close to the “personalization” stretch goal where I’ll add everyone’s name to their book and a message of their choice (or a surprise message if preferred!) :)