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Arthur Doweyko on How Science and Art Inform and Inspire His Writing
Arthur Doweyko
Arthur Doweyko, award-winning author and scientist, shares his unique experience with working in a technical career as he writes fiction. The unlikely combination of being both a scientist and an artist creates an opportunity for a more accurate type...
over 7 years ago
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Choosing Your Topic
How Writing Short Fiction Can Boost Creativity and Credentials
Arthur Doweyko
Writer’s block is a universally understood frustration in the writing community. What if there was a way, though, to turn this obstacle into an asset? Arthur Doweyko, award-winning author and scientist, discusses how he uses incidents of writer’s block...
over 7 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writer's Block
How Writing Groups and Cohorts Can Support Your Career
Russell Nohelty
Bestselling author and Wannabe Press founder Russell Nohelty has created an online Facebook group to provide a place for writers and authors to go to get support. Publishing is a tough business where only a select few survive, which creates a camaraderie...
over 6 years ago
Getting Feedback
Writing Groups
Author Brandyn Cross on How Personal Tragedy Led Him to Writing
Brandyn Cross
Brandyn Cross always knew he had a talent for writing and other creative endeavors such as music, but being a creator wasn't his full-time job. It wasn't until after he suffered a severe industrial accident that required five years to recover, that Cross...
over 6 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Education and Craft
How Personal and Professional Experiences Can Influence Your Writing - video
Rolonda Watts
In her award-winning debut novel Destiny Lingers author Rolonda Watts was able to take experiences from her career as a journalist and investigative news reporter and weave them into the story line surrounding her main character, Destiny. By using...
over 9 years ago
I have an Idea!
Choosing Your Topic
How Personal and Professional Experiences Can Influence Your Writing - podcast
Rolonda Watts
In her award-winning debut novel Destiny Lingers author Rolonda Watts was able to take experiences from her career as a journalist and investigative news reporter and weave them into the story line surrounding her main character, Destiny. By using...
over 9 years ago
I have an Idea!
Choosing Your Topic
4 Ways to Publish a Book in 2026
Author Learning Center
There’s never been a better time to publish a book! Fifteen years ago, the only way to publish a book was through a literary agent and a traditional publishing house. It was a highly competitive market, saturated with thousands of query letters and...
over 7 years ago
Preparation
Choosing a Path
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Book Design: Your Author Biography - article
Chris Ferro
Author biographies vary almost as much the topics of books themselves. Some people choose to be funny, others choose to be professorial, but one thing is for certain…the author biography is your space to tell the story of you. If you take a look at...
over 9 years ago
Design
Cover
The Different Approaches to Writing a Book, a Graphic Novel, and a Screenplay - video
Noam J. Dromi
No matter the end format, Noam J. Dromi, Co-President of Legion of Creatives, believes that all writing should start with an outline. Where books, graphic novels and screenplays differ is in the writing execution. Film is a visual medium where exposition...
over 9 years ago
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Brainstorming
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