I have always loved the Shield in Heraldic designs. This is a direct influence from my father who studied Heraldry, Logos, and Monogram designs.
You can make your own Logo and start creating your writer brand today on Canva. There are so many wonderful designs and you will find it very interesting to prepare your own logo.
All the designs on this page were created by me on Canva. You could also visit Fiverr to get a freelance designer to prepare your Writer’s Branding portfolio.
When I went about setting up my Author Brand these are a few steps I took:
1. Website: Creating my website, where my brand is advertised for the world to see. The website is a portfolio of my work.
2. Blog: I have my own blog, which is most important, and which I have for over two decades now.
3. Social media: I have my social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, which help me to send out my literary news to my followers.
4. Theme: A positive message is the theme of all my writings, whether it is fiction, poetry, or non-fiction.
5. Potential: I like to try out different writing styles and create different literary presentations with my work. I attempt to maximize my potential as a writer.
6. Expression: My work is an expression of my mind and my creativity. I like to push the boundaries of my imagination, through my fiction and in my articles.
Aim, Objective, and Life Purpose: The primary aim and objective of my writing are to make the world a more positive place. My life purpose is to help people to enjoy reading my work and to help me grow and develop as a writer.
8. Opportunities: I am always on the lookout for more unique ideas to put into my writings. I look forward to trying out new publishing platforms so that my work can reach a wider and diverse audience. I am happy to have re-discovered Medium after about seven years since I first joined.
9. Self-Knowledge: My writing is a journey in self-discovery, as it gives me an opportunity to discover who I am as a person.
10. Author Brand: Every piece of writing done by me is a reflection of my identity, my creativity, and my Author Brand. I am enthusiastic about my literary, artistic work and it is my personal brand sealed with my signature of creativity.
When creating your Author Brand always keep in mind three vital elements:
A. You must believe in yourself, your identity, and your life purpose as an author. You can do your best work by looking into your life and identity. You are your best resource for stories and ideas. One day you will be able to say, that you have established your Author Identity with your Author Brand!
Warren Comics was my Brand when I published my first graphic novel, “Pandemic Blasters”, as an e-book and as a paperback.
B. You should go out to find all the opportunities to help you to live to your true potential as an Author. Every idea, innovation, and development in the field of writing and publishing is an opportunity for you to maximize your potential as an Author.
C. Your Author Brand keeps developing and transforming over time, the same way you keep maturing as an author in your craft. The logo above is the one that I use on Substack. On Substack, this is my Brand Image, which states that I am a creative and imaginative writer with interesting literary work.
Writing is a learning experience, have fun, enjoy yourself, become famous, make money creating your literary work because there is no one who best represents your Brand, but YOU!