If you're waiting until you've finished your book to begin your marketing plan and activities for your book launch, you're starting too late! While you ARE busy writing your book, it's not too early to begin creating buzz and excitement for your book...

Indy Reads Books' former Executive Director M. Travis DiNicola had a dream to publish an anthology. Indy Writes Books became a reality after the organization received grant money to fund the publication. The book's concept, as Director of Indy Reads...

Indy Reads Books' former Executive Director M. Travis DiNicola had a dream to publish an anthology. Indy Writes Books became a reality after the organization received grant money to fund the publication. The book's concept, as Director of Indy Reads...

One of the most important things to realize about memoir is that it needs to read like fiction. You need to captivate your reader so that they forget they’re reading a true story. True crime works similarly—it’s nonfiction, but the reader needs to be...

Do authors need liability insurance? If you're an author writing about a sensitive topic, it may be necessary for you to protect yourself against litigation. Janet Heimlich, author and founder of the Child-Friendly Faith Project, strongly recommends...

Do authors need liability insurance? If you're an author writing about a sensitive topic, it may be necessary for you to protect yourself against litigation. Janet Heimlich, author and founder of the Child-Friendly Faith Project, strongly recommends...

Readers connect to a story through the characters. Readers may be able to overlook plot holes or other shortcomings in a book, but the one thing that will stop them in their tracks is when they don't connect to the characters. In this interview, New...

Readers connect to a story through the characters. Readers may be able to overlook plot holes or other shortcomings in a book, but the one thing that will stop them in their tracks is when they don't connect to the characters. In this interview, New...