How can you make sure your book will draw readers in from the very first paragraph, through the next several pages, continuing into further chapters until they realize they’ve been reading so fast and so deep they can’t put this story down? How can...

You have written a wonderful book and want to see it published. You believe that forming a partnership with an agent will be best course of action in your journey toward publication, but you have no idea how to approach an agent. Are there any rules...

You've heard the saying, "A picture paints a thousand words," meaning a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single image. This expression is very relevant in today's world, where consumers have become more visual and forms of communication such...

When author Shan Gill started writing her book Cosmic Kitty , she intended it for children but knew it had the potential to appeal to a wider audience because of the subject matter. She used both adult and child beta readers so that she could get valuable...

When author Shan Gill started writing her book Cosmic Kitty , she intended it for children but knew it had the potential to appeal to a wider audience because of the subject matter. She used both adult and child beta readers so that she could get valuable...

Over the years, author, editor, and speaker Sharon Norris Elliott has come to discover that when writing for a younger audience, most readers will want to read up a level. For example, Norris Elliott wrote What? Teenagers in the Bible? with a high-school...

If you've been writing for any time at all, you've probably heard about writing competitions. These are events created by all sorts of publications, universities, publishers, writer groups, and other miscellaneous associations. The idea behind the...

Your book’s title is, in the simplest terms, how your reference your written work. You’ll use it on the cover, on your web page, in interviews, blog postings, marketing materials, book catalogs, agent submissions, and more. But the title is more than...

Blogging is an amazing tool for authors and most authors understand or can learn the basics of writing a good blog. But what about monetizing a blog so you can generate revenue from it? Author and successful blogger, Michele Hollow, talks about how she...

Author Amber Scott describes creativity tips for writers in this podcast; she explores how the brain works and shares techniques that provide greater access to creativity. Much of how you access your creativity has to do with your personality. Scott...