In this first quarterly check-in webinar, presenters from the previous months’ webinars will provide a recap on tasks completed to date, offer tips and advice on staying motivated throughout the writing process, and host an open question and answer session...

Sam Slaughter, VP of Content at Contently.com, discusses how to write for your marketing. “We encourage authors not to think of writing for brands as different from writing for publishers. They should think of it as exactly the same thing,” he says...

Why do we write? It’s an ancient question that storytellers, linguists, authors, psychologists, sociologist, and philosophers have attempted to answer for centuries. And yet, each individual writer understands their task a little differently. Googling...

Why do we write? It’s an ancient question that storytellers, linguists, authors, psychologists, sociologist, and philosophers have attempted to answer for centuries. And yet, each individual writer understands their task a little differently. Googling...

Sam Slaughter, VP of Content at Contently.com, discusses how to write for your marketing. “We encourage authors not to think of writing for brands as different from writing for publishers. They should think of it as exactly the same thing,” he says...

Much of the publishing industry was shocked at the beginning of 2010 to receive a report from Bowker stating that over a million books were published in 2009 (the numbers for 2010 aren’t yet available). About 770,000 of those books were self published...

In this webinar, editor JoSelle Vanderhooft explores topics relating to different types of freelance editing services, such as copyediting and content editing, and the differences between them. She'll also discuss interactions between editors and authors...

No matter your publishing path, there are many steps and tasks that need to be done leading up to the launch of your book, leaving little time to just simply celebrate your accomplishments. A successful book launch requires a lot of hard work and planning...

If you are writing – or are considering writing – a self-help book, there are several steps that will help you establish your credentials, relate to your audience, and hone your message. When you’re all done with the book, part two begins – marketing...

Author, teacher, writing coach, and speaker Mandy Jackson-Beverly’s novella, The Legend of Astridr: Birth , started out as a slightly different story. It began as a fairy tale inspired by her time working on a film shoot in South America. The story’s...