Author David Wilkinson describes the value of writing conventions offer to his career as a writer. He goes to writing conferences to learn from other editors and agents about the changing publishing industry and how he can react to those changes to...

Mary Mackey, a author and award-winning poet, discusses her experience of releasing 9 novels and a book of poetry on the same day! She describes the role her agent and the Author's Guild played in allowing her to do this. It's a great lesson in knowing...

Agent and producer Ken Atchity discusses the challenges of the U.S. film market. He cautions that only successful books stand out to filmmaking executives who believe book sales translate to ratings and box office sales. Atchity advises forming good...

A good memoir, agent Kevan Lyon would argue, needs to read like fiction. In this quick interview she explains how to write dialogue in a memoir in a way that increases authenticity and draws the reader in so that they won't be able to put the book...

Agent Ken Sherman explains how to sell the film and TV rights for a book. He advises that authors get to know the market they want to sell to and the people involved in the process. His advice to authors is to do the market research and have quality...

Mary Mackey, a author and award-winning poet, discusses her experience of releasing 9 novels and a book of poetry on the same day! She describes the role her agent and the Author's Guild played in allowing her to do this. It's a great lesson in knowing...

Nicholas Croce, literary agent and founder of the Croce Agency, talks about finding inspiration and overcoming writer's block. One way he suggests is to look through a newspaper to discover real, human conflict. Whether writing fiction or nonfiction...

Expert agent Bill Gladstone has published his book, The Twelve , all around the world, and its success, while the product of hard and careful work, surprised even him. In this interview, he tells us the things he believes led to his book's success...

Author C. S. Lakin talks about the challenges and benefits of writing in different genres. In order to be successful, the general perception is that an author should write in only one genre. For a time, publishers and agents didn't take Lakin seriously...

In an age in which we're inundated by information, marketing your writing projects in a way that cuts through the noise is difficult. What is the best possible way for an author to make his or herself stand out on release day? An author, specifically...