When writing your book and considering your marketing plan, start thinking about how you can build a business with your book. Whether you're writing nonfiction or fiction, you can create and find opportunities to market yourself and your book like...

When writing your book and considering your marketing plan, start thinking about how you can build a business with your book. Whether you're writing nonfiction or fiction, you can create and find opportunities to market yourself and your book like...

Today more than ever, editors and literary agents are looking for marketable nonfiction books. As a writer, you don’t want to hurt your chances of getting published by querying without a strong book proposal. Carol Hoenig, freelance writer, author...

Author Cindy Jones describes how entering the writing contest at the annual Writer's League of Texas helped her sell her book and get honest feedback. She explains how valuable honest, constructive criticism is and how difficult it is to get. Jones...

Author Cindy Jones describes how entering the writing contest at the annual Writer's League of Texas helped her sell her book and get honest feedback. She explains how valuable honest, constructive criticism is and how difficult it is to get. Jones...

Getting Started as a Writer If you’re reading this, you probably have an idea for a book you’ve been dying to write. That’s great! At the core of every successful book is a unique idea that inspired an author to take the initiative and write it into...

Author Natalia Sylvester describes how her book evolved over several years, including how she started it, left it for years, and then recommitted to writing. This is more common than you might think. If you are a writer in a similar cycle and are looking...

Author Natalia Sylvester describes how her book evolved over several years, including how she started it, left it for years, and then recommitted to writing. This is more common than you might think. If you are a writer in a similar cycle and are looking...

You know that having a monthly blog will build your readership tribe and create loyal readers, but how do you create a monthly plan for blogging? Join Cathy Fyock, The Business Book Strategist, in this interactive session as she guides you through writing...

Author Bernice McFadden talks about her book historical fiction novel "Gathering of Waters," and her unorthodox novel writing process. She tells us about how her writing process for this book was out of sequence, and also how she worked for years gathering...