Children's author Anna Perera offers her advice on setting up writing workshops at local schools and libraries. She volunteers her time, creative writing expertise, and subject matter expertise in exchange for publicity and potential book sales. ...

Greg Fournier, author of Bestselling Zug Island, offers tips on adapting your novel for a stage play, including breaking it into basic themes and elements. He also notes that writing for the stage is different than writing for books or even screenplays...

Author Anna Perera shares her strategies for leading writing workshops for children and teenagers. She walks through her favorite creative writing exercises and ice breakers for each age group, and she explains the value of volunteering her time and...

Author Anna Perera shares her strategies for leading writing workshops for children and teenagers. She walks through her favorite creative writing exercises and ice breakers for each age group, and she explains the value of volunteering her time and...

You’ve written a book, and you may be wondering what to do next. The answer: you must start marketing. This is how potential readers find out about your book, get excited, and ultimately make the decision to buy and read it. Marketing helps your book...

The five components of emotional intelligence are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. These characteristics are just as important as intelligence quotient (IQ) when it comes to communications says author and teacher...

The five components of emotional intelligence are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. These characteristics are just as important as intelligence quotient (IQ) when it comes to communications says author and teacher...

Literary publicist Stephanie Barko details what a virtual book tour entails. “A virtual tour,” she says, “is an online element that can use to help produce wonderful effects for your book. These benefits include moving you up on your category’s Amazon...

Literary publicist Stephanie Barko details what a virtual book tour entails. “A virtual tour,” she says, “is an online element that can use to help produce wonderful effects for your book. These benefits include moving you up on your category’s Amazon...

Generating book cover design ideas is a collaborative process. Dave Walker, graphic designer and art director at D. Walker Design, discusses how he develops ideas for a book's cover art. For most books, he starts by reading the book proposal to gather...