The Internet is a starting point for biography research, according to author Debra Ann Pawlak, because it's not always accurate or reliable. She advocates old newspapers, magazines and books, because they reveal interesting backstory about the time...

As much as she hates to say it, professor and author Donna Arthur Downs believes social media is crucial for writers. If you don't have a following, she says, it will be difficult to get attention from traditional publishers. Downs herself recently took...

Many people dream of writing a book, but they never put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Why is that? It’s too easy to blame it all on procrastination because there is still a reason somewhere behind the procrastination. So why do people give up...

Almost all new writers wonder if they need an agent to get their work published. Once your manuscript is complete, polished and ready for publication it’s important to ask yourself “what are my publishing goals?" If your goal is to get traditionally...

Join literary agent Amy Levenson as she provides an overview of the ins and outs of the traditional publishing world. Learn who the major publishers are, how they operate, and what it means to be a traditionally published author. This “Traditional...

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...