Ava Clary

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Recent Blogs

Legend of Zelda Inspired: why I replay Ocarina of TimeNovember 5, 2024
How do you become a Zelda-inspired artist? I’ll show you!
Best Murder Mystery Anime for Spook SeasonOctober 30, 2024
Welcome! Mystery anime can be hit or miss with me. The story needs interesting characters, a sense of uncertainty, and conflict among the cast. The story must ask questions and provide satisfying answers. Wait, this is just good storytelling… What makes for a good mystery? Let’s see what these murder… Read more: Best Murder Mystery Anime for Spook Season
Expectations in Writing, Part 2October 20, 2024
Previously, we learned about Expectations in Writing by looking at a humorous scene from the novel Mort by Terry Pratchett. Let’s look at a second example, a funny scene from a comedy skit by British comedian Michael McIntyre about the Dentist. What do you expect from a dentist? Usually, the… Read more: Expectations in Writing, Part 2
Expectations in Writing, Part 1September 13, 2024
Expectations in writing, it’s about how you tell the story. You’re at the store and you fumble a jar. The lid flies off. You gasp in horror, unable to move as the lid comes down on the hard floor and bounces once, twice… and guess what happens next? In writing,… Read more: Expectations in Writing, Part 1
Review: Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeAugust 18, 2024
This book is a Masterclass of space and sound. Here’s why. The world of Piranesi deserves more attention. Piranesi is a masterful book by Susanna Clarke published in 2020, but I didn’t discover it until this year. Let’s explore and review Piranesi’s world. The story drops you into the narrative… Read more: Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

How do I become a Book Marketing Genius?

Marketing isn’t easy, but maybe not as scary as I think. Join me on this short interactive book marketing twine. Let’s go on an adventure through Marketingland!

AI Generated: radiant green and yellow narrative pathways. Welcome to Marketingland.

So, I am not a marketing expert, but that doesn’t mean I can’t get better at it. After all, I want to get my books in front of more eyeballs. I have a guide to self-publishing too and this is the part about marketing.

So, I’m going to try some story experiments. This was my first Twine story: about interactive book marketing. I hope you enjoyed it.

So, what is Twine?

What is Twine? A little about Interactive Fiction

Twine is a program that lets you make interactive fiction. (You can find details on their site Twinery.org.) Have you heard of visual novels? These are text-based games, usually romances with gorgeous pictures and simple animations (or fancy animations depending on the game) They are novels were you click on different dialogue options as you “play” and interact with characters. The games allow for multiple endings, different routes, and different love interests. It gives the reader more agency to create the story, rather than reading a novel which can’t changed.

Twine stories can be heavily gamified, or just a simple click-through (like mine was). I’ve been researching book marketing and this “story” came from asking questions and diving deep into the subject.