Just a few of the books we helped bring to the world in 2024. Siretona Creative had a thrilling, busy 2024. We have published over 50...

At the end of April 2024, we hosted four free marketing-focused events. We hosted three conversational workshops to help authors make...

Publishing is a complicated industry. Most of it is controlled by a few companies. At the same time, self-publishing is more popular than...

My newsletter last week told a story about Christmas Pudding. I thought this would be a silly, charming story. It was! In fact, Colleen...

As I write this, it’s the middle of November. Halloween decorations have come down. Snow and fog hang in the air. Children start to form...

Last week my siblings and I have moved my parents from NW Saskatchewan to SE Saskatchewan. After 26 years of living in my mother's...

When most people imagine a memoir writer, they tend to imagine a celebrity, someone who overcame tragedy, or someone who completed an...

Have you ever felt like your spiritual routine needs refreshing?  You go through prayers, scripture readings, and reflections, and it all...

A hundred years ago, if you wanted to write a book, you had two options. People with wealth could self-publish their books. Everyone else...

Authors are pulled in a dozen directions. We’re asked to consider branding, social media posts, marketing, connecting with influencers,...

Have you ever worried that your work isn’t good enough?  I posed this question to the members of our Nestbuilder author community and our...

Our past couple of blog posts have discussed different approaches to relationships between independent authors and the audiences who read...

Hospitality might bring to mind luxury experiences, but you don't need them to be hospitable to your readers. Marketing books can be...

Marcia Lee Laycock ran a poetry course for us in August. She led her students through several types of poetry. These are some of the...

Marcia's Flash Fiction students wrote these stories for their assignments. She selected them to be featured on our blog. Thank you,...

"I don’t want to be annoying.”  Sometimes, authors tell me this. They worry that promoting their work will make them look self-centered,...

Do you already know what publishing path you're on, or are you still deciding? On August 9th, Molly published a blog post about...

Writing is stereotyped as a solitary hobby. The default image of a writer is an individual sitting at a desk, typing for hours every day....

During last week’s Nestbuilder Hour, our authors mentioned Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune. The inspiration for his arid,...

“My book is for everyone.”  As the marketing assistant at Siretona Creative, part of my job is helping authors identify their ideal...