Freelance writer and publicist Lindsey Gobel has worked with many authors on their book launch publicity campaigns. Two key initiatives that Gobel has seen work for authors are creating relationships with local businesses and libraries and entering...

Whether or not the topics, themes, and messages in your book are "newsworthy" matters when trying to garner media attention for you book. Media outlets want books that address trending and relevant topics for their audiences. Per Publicity Director for...

When co-authors Felicia Low-Jimenez and Adan Jimenez (A.J. Low) started writing their middle-grade series Sherlock Sam together, they alternated writing the chapters. After the first few books, they progressed to each writing a few chapters at a time...

This is the second and final part in the presentation series, "From Teaching to Training." In this presentation, Dr. Bill Donahue provides expert advice on writing a coherent nonfiction book, and he covers the following topics: steps for moving readers...

This is the second and final part in the presentation series, "From Teaching to Training." In this presentation, Dr. Bill Donahue provides expert advice on writing a coherent nonfiction book, and he covers the following topics: steps for moving readers...

When author Chrome Oxide started his humor writing, he found out it was much easier to maintain his style over a shorter piece of work. He discovered that short stories are a better fit for him. A short story limits how much you can develop the plot...

One of the most difficult parts of writing crime novels is understanding the story from both the killer and the victim’s POV. However, it is also one of the most important pieces to develop an authentic story. Todd Thiede, author of the Max Larkin...

One of the most difficult parts of writing crime novels is understanding the story from both the killer and the victim’s POV. However, it is also one of the most important pieces to develop an authentic story. Todd Thiede, author of the Max Larkin...