Shannon Barczak Books

The Cliffhanger…

The cliffhanger. I think any writer that has written a series has been faced with this dilemma. Should you leave a reader hanging or try to wrap it up all nice and tidy? I’ve been an avid reader all my life and I have always had a love/hate relationship with the premise of a cliffhanger….

SXSW Monthly Collaboration: Life, pain and the pursuit of writing.

I am horribly happy to be collaborating once again with the fabulous Valerie Day-Sanchez. Last month was a real doozy for both of us and funny enough it has inspired this month’s column on life as a writer with all the many outside interferences we face on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. We…

The Cursed Charm Trailer & Blurb

I am very happy to unveil the trailer for my new book The Cursed Charm! My boys and I had so much fun creating this together and it really did turn into a true family collaboration. I know most book trailers can be a little cheesy but I am totally digging the music and the…

Judging a Book by its Cover

Your book is finally complete after days, weeks and months of blood, sweat and tears. After editing and revisions you are now faced with the next step which is the book cover. Some will argue that the book cover is the most important aspect of the publishing process. Forget about the content itself, if you…

The Dangers of Writing a Novel

Has writing The Cursed Charm placed a hex on me? Todays blog post is a bit tongue and cheek but a subject I must address. A little over a month ago I started writing The Cursed Charm, Book one of The Fae Witch Series. Three and half weeks later I was done with…

An Indie Author’s First year Reflections & Tips

I was looking at the calendar today and realized that it was almost one year ago that I sat down to write my first book. It was a year of numerous changes and many highs and lows. I suppose in some ways, I’m shocked that I’m sitting here with four books under my belt and my fifth…

Upcoming Books: The Fae Witch Series

After a crazy week of promoting and releasing Isle of Dawn, I have begun writing my new book, The Cursed Charm, which is book one of The Fae Witch Series. I usually do not like to talk about my upcoming books too much but because I’m excited finally to begin writing again, I thought…

July SXSW Collaboration: Writing Chapter One

For this month’s July SXSW collaboration, Valerie and I are talking about starting anew. We both have finished our trilogies, and we are both embarking on the journey of creating a new series. I have to be honest; it really did take me awhile to get excited to begin writing again. I was still…

Isle of Dawn Early Release!

Twenty years ago I sat down to write a book and I failed miserably. Over the years I secretly thought about several different stories and how I would go about writing them but I never had the courage. Almost a year ago I sat down to create the story that I knew I had…