L.E. Perez, author and owner of Palmas Publishing, spent 15 years in law enforcement within victim services. She explains how she integrates the stories, the emotions, and the encounters she had with victims of domestic violence and their families...

Reviews are a critical, but challenging part of any book’s marketing strategy. Authors rely on reviews to build credibility and word of mouth marketing, while readers rely on them to decide whether or not to purchase a book. The more positive reviews...

In a market oversaturated with content, it can be hard to stay fresh and bring something new to the table. It’s vital that a writer doesn’t just live at his or her writing desk. Nothing is read in a vacuum, so nothing should be written in a vacuum...

Listening to others’ writing processes can be helpful for a writer trying to figure out the best way to craft his or her own process. M. Todd Gallowglas, writer, critic, and educator, explains his process and where his ideas come from. He doesn’t like...

Empower your writing career by harnessing your unique strengths to take ownership of your success, crafting a path that truly fits you. There are some incredible people in the world, individuals who have overcome harrowing challenges or achieved success...

Amy Collins, President of New Shelves Books, says that a comparable authors list is the absolute key to publishing. She does not believe that it’s an overstatement to say that this is the most important part of publishing a book. Building your comparable...

Knowing that she wanted to pursue a traditional publishing path, middle-grade author Laura Martin queried many literary agents. Her work caught the attention of well-known and highly respected literary agent Jodi Reamer with Writers House. Reamer's client...

To get your self-published book into a bookstore, you need to know the best practices of approaching a bookstore. Julie Wernersbach, publicist for the leading American indie bookstore, BookPeople, in Austin, Texas, offers her insider advice on how...

To get your self-published book into a bookstore, you need to know the best practices of approaching a bookstore. Julie Wernersbach, publicist for the leading American indie bookstore, BookPeople, in Austin, Texas, offers her insider advice on how...

For computer science major and nonfiction author Eric Teh, creating his website was easy. His knowledge of coding and design allowed him to build his own site from scratch. The bigger challenge for this personal development coach has been reaching a...