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Mars Dorian

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Mars Dorian is a recovering world traveler, a web-based illustrator and an indie sci-fi author.

He's created artwork for startups and popular podcasts such as The Unmistakable Creative and written viral articles for renowned marketing blog 'Grow' by Mark Schaefer.

He loves telling compelling stories using words and pictures, dealing with future technologies and how they impact human lives...forever. His books tackle futuristic topics such as privatized military, human/alien contacts and cybernetic humanity.

When Mars is not busy getting lost in the worlds he has created, he can be contacted via his website www.marsdorian.com/contact
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Mars Dorian Creating your world and getting paid for it.
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3 commercial storytelling lessons that helped me sell more fiction books

I’ve started self-publishing 3 years (so 12 years ago in internet years) and failed abysmally. My goal was selling enough books so I could comfortably take home 1-2 grand each month by the end of the year.


Mission: failed.


I wrote stories no one was interested with covers no one clicked. Needless to say, I was frustrated but eager to learn. I had consumed tons of other indie authors shooting up the

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