Author Peggy Kelsey discusses how professional media training helped her to be better prepared for marketing her book. In her opinion authors can benefit from this kind of assistance because today, authors are required to help sell their own books and...

Author Peggy Kelsey discusses how professional media training helped her to be better prepared for marketing her book. In her opinion authors can benefit from this kind of assistance because today, authors are required to help sell their own books and...

As a Publicity Manager with W Publishing Group, a commercial nonfiction imprint of Thomas Nelson, Elizabeth Hawkins always treats her relationship with authors as a partnership. She sees it as a collaboration of the connections the author brings to the...

In today's digital world it's easier than ever for writers to reach their audience, but in order to truly connect with your readers they need to feel like they know you on a personal level. How can writers achieve this relationship? By knowing who...

In today's digital world it's easier than ever for writers to reach their audience, but in order to truly connect with your readers they need to feel like they know you on a personal level. How can writers achieve this relationship? By knowing who...

When Singaporean co-authors Felicia Low-Jimenez and Adan Jimenez (A.J. Low) started writing their middle-grade series Sherlock Sam together, they weren't planning to include a glossary of terms in the books. Their first editor with Epigram Books suggested...

Many writers dread the manuscript editing and revision process. This is because it is tedious and lengthy. Some writers, however, love the process because it gives them the opportunity to fine tune all elements of the story and bring it to life. Author...

Per author Neil V. Young, there is a common trap that many writers fall into. They spend years working on a writing project but never have it properly critiqued or reviewed by their peers or editing professionals. Their piece is riddled with mistakes...

To be most effective, award-winning author, screenwriter, and editor Mike Robinson believes your story's setting or world should develop organically and serve as the backdrop to the story. In his own writing, Robinson starts with a premise or a character...

An author’s main goal when using social media should be finding new readers, explains author, editor, and ghostwriter Kathi Macias. Two ways she does this is by hosting contests and asking for reader input for her writing. Anything that can generate...