Fictive Universe

Creating a staging environment for WordPress I recently changed web hosting companies to Site Ground. One of my favorite features that they offer — which my previous web host did not offer– is a WordPress Staging Environment (and not for WordPress they also offer staging environments for Joomla and other software programs). It’s a feature […]

How to transfer domain name to Namecheap In this video, I’ll walk you through the process of transferring a domain name to Namecheap from GoDaddy. This is done with a real domain name (alanpetersen.com which is the domain for my author website). Why Transfer a Domain Name? I first registered AlanPetersen.com in 2000. I’ve had […]

In this video, you can watch how I link ebook and paperback on Amazon. This is very easy to do, thanks to the great support offered by Amazon Author Central. Paperback Version of my Book Here is my the paperback version of my book which I set up using Amazon’s CreateSpace (watch my video on […]

Google search console for beginners including integration with the Yoast SEO WordPress Plugin. These are must-have free tools for your author website. In this video tutorial, I’ll walk you through the process, step-by-step with a real life and in real time example. Watch me as I explain and set up a Google Search Console account […]

Distraction free writing can easily be achieved by using a free software program that blocks you from accessing all of the time-sucking distractions on your computer from “doing research” on Google (translation: hour losing rabbit holes), Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, games on your machine, looking at photos, or an old document, et al. that can distract […]

Check affiliate link video for down in this post. Quick lowdown on affiliate links This post is about affiliate marketing, but it’s something that authors should be doing on your author website in order to add another source of income to your business. Note: if using affiliate links on your website you need to disclose […]

I’m moving WordPress Site because I’m changing web hosting companies. Just like moving in real life, I was dreading making this move for the obvious reasons… Downtime Deadlinks Broken Images Manually intensive Expensive (hiring someone to move my WordPress site) A lot more headaches kept popping in my head But thanks to a plugin, it […]

How to Add cPanel Email to Gmail in 7 Steps In this post, you’ll learn how to add cPanel email to gmail. I’ll walk you through the process in the video tutorial below, I’ll show you how to easily add another email address (preferably from your own domain like yourname dot com) into Gmail. What […]

Can you Import a Scrivener Template That was Created in Windows Version Into the Mac? Import Scrivener template made in Windows into Scrivener for Mac? Short answer, yes! Watch this video: How to Import a Windows Made Scrivener Template into Scrivener for Mac For a long time, I didn’t realize that I could import a […]

Google Voice Call Recording for Podcast Interviews Google voice call recording is an easy and free way to record calls for interview guests who don’t have or don’t want to use Skype. All you need is a free Google Voice phone number. Ask the interviewee to call that Google Voice number. Answer the call, to […]