In addition to starting her own business to support and encourage Christian writers, author, editor, and speaker Sharon Norris Elliott participates in the Writing for Your Life organization to provide further service to the community. The organization...

For the travel writer, arriving at the destination is the easy part. Now, you’ve got to decide where your story begins. Is it at the airport? The downtown market? The place where you eat your first meal? Let’s consider four helpful tips for finding your...

Do you feel like you spend a lot of time spinning your wheels? Do you attempt to do three things at once but find nothing is getting done? You need to rethink the way you are managing your time. Don't continue to work within a broken paradigm. If you...

Authors need to wear multiple hats when marketing their books. In addition to writing, an author must serve as his own graphic designer, web developer, event planner and publicist. Each role plays a key part in creating a complete book marketing plan...

What's the right length for your book? The answer is simple. There is no "right" length. You must research the marketplace. There are clear trends within it that will help you decide what works for your book. To get a basic sense of what works in terms...

As any good writer knows, feedback is essential to the magic that will be your finished product. As the first group of readers exposed to your work before publication, it’s a beta reader's job to give you an honest opinion and reaction to your writing...

Morgan James Publishing founder and bestselling author David Hancock believes there are proven steps new authors can take to increase their chances of success. First, he encourages authors to write the "right" book. This means understanding what your...

As a long-time musician, W. Timothy Wright is used to the difficult journey of rejection and self-doubt. The key to overcoming these types of obstacles as an artist is persistence, he says. Regardless of genre and book topic, you have to believe in what...

Author, comedy writer, and columnist James Breakwell became an internet sensation through his @XplodingUnicorn Twitter handle when Buzzfeed, a global news source, did a feature article that shared links to his most popular posts. This was his breakout...