Attending in-person events and conferences can be an invaluable way for authors to meet agents, editors, other authors, and readers. Writer's conferences have a been a critical piece of award-winning, bestselling author Cara C. Putman's development as...

New writers tend to come into the publishing industry with blind spots. It’s important for them to understand their own misconceptions about the publishing process. Elle E. Ire, author and educator, explains the business of being a traditionally published...

For author Valerie Willis, the self-publishing path was not something she initially intended to pursue. After completing her first manuscript in the Cedric the Demonic Knight dark fantasy series, Willis queried over one-hundred literary agents and...

The film and television markets are always changing. Keeping up with these trends can help you find a way to get your foot in the door. Philippa Burgess of Creative Convergence, Inc., discusses how to break into the film and TV industry as a writer....

Literary agent Wendy Keller advises authors to evaluate the market and their current following. How many people care about the subject you're writing about? How big is your subject's audience? Are you offering something new, different, better, or more...

The film and television markets are always changing. Keeping up with these trends can help you find a way to get your foot in the door. Philippa Burgess of Creative Convergence, Inc., discusses how to break into the film and TV industry as a writer....

Join Blue Heron Literary’s Amy Levenson and the Author Learning Center for our first ever live interview event! Over the course of an hour we talked to Amy about her life as a literary agent, what an agent does (and doesn’t do), and much more. Be sure...

Author, comedy writer, and columnist James Breakwell became an internet sensation through his @XplodingUnicorn Twitter handle when Buzzfeed, a global news source, did a feature article that shared links to his most popular posts. This was his breakout...

For most authors, writing a powerful story is just a part of the journey toward being published. Submitting work to a journal, publisher, or agent is hard work that requires research. A great place to focus your time and effort is the query letter...

Literary agents don’t have time to read every manuscript sent their way. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. So how do they find the next great novel or universally loved memoir? Enter the query letter. Next to your manuscript, the query letter...