Author and Publicist, Mary Bisbee-Beek, explains how a publicist can help you build an audience. “A publicist is the eyes and ears for helping you find an audience,” says Bisbee-Beek. She explains what she as a publicist does and how that’s helpful...

Author and Publicist, Mary Bisbee-Beek, explains how a publicist can help you build an audience. “A publicist is the eyes and ears for helping you find an audience,” says Bisbee-Beek. She explains what she as a publicist does and how that’s helpful...

Talent managers play a significant role in the entertainment industry. They are the mediators between creatives and key decision makers such as producers and movie studios, and can be incredibly beneficial in getting content deals because of their contacts...

The role of agents is evolving to meet the changing needs of authors in the current publishing climate. Agent Rita Rosenkranz shares her perspective on the changing role of literary agents. She says that agents are challenged to stay relevant in the...

If your book takes place in the past, science fiction and fantasy author William F. Wu warns that your story shouldn’t turn into a historical lecture. You should be able to move the story forward while incorporating factual details as you go. For example...

The role of agents is evolving to meet the changing needs of authors in the current publishing climate. Agent Rita Rosenkranz shares her perspective on the changing role of literary agents. She says that agents are challenged to stay relevant in the...

In his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces , Professor Joseph Campbell laid out the literary hero’s journey, a common path that story protagonists follow in which they emerge from an adventure transformed. Decades later, Campbell admitted that the...

An elevator pitch conveys the essence of your book in a way that is credible, concise and compelling. The objective is to pique the interest of the listener in a way that will make them take action to learn more. This listener may be a literary agent...

So you’ve got an e-book, it is up, and people are buying it. But you want a traditional publishing deal in addition to the e-book. Ok. Well, there are a few things to know about leveraging that e-book into a traditional deal. What gets the attention...

Darlyn Finch Kuhn's award-winning novel Sewing Holes started out as a memoir, inspired by her childhood experiences including her father's death and family dynamics. As she was writing she encountered a common roadblock that many memoirists face - she...