How should freelance writers pitch their ideas? Author and freelance writer Jackie Dishner offers great advice for freelance writers pitching new ideas to book publishers and magazine editors. Especially powerful is her recommendation not to ‘start...

As author and journalist Ray Locker discovered, a career in journalism can be very beneficial when transitioning your skills and craft to writing a nonfiction book. Journalists are experienced in conceptualizing stories, editing their own work, and...

For an independent author, a big concern is whether his book is going to reach its intended audience. After you've finished the process of creating your masterpiece, what should you do? With a few simple ideas for publicity in your arsenal, you'll be...

Many writers don't think about marketing or promoting their books until after they've published, which is too late. Unfortunately, books will not just sell themselves; they require strategic planning that should start well before the books are released...

Before you get started writing a young adult book, make sure you've done your research. Author Jo Whittemore provides some helpful writing tips for YA authors. First, make sure to read a lot of YA books, as well as books in any other field in which...

Before you get started writing a young adult book, make sure you've done your research. Author Jo Whittemore provides some helpful writing tips for YA authors. First, make sure to read a lot of YA books, as well as books in any other field in which...

So many books sound exactly the same. Unique voices are vital in a market that’s oversaturated with content. Authors need to know what things make their writing mundane and what words will make their stories and lessons spring to life. Bobbie Christmas...

Author and journalist Jane Hodges talks about the challenges of transitioning from a journalist to a book author. One of the struggles for thinking of a topic for books is that you’re writing over a long period of time and a book is more permanent...

Author and journalist Jane Hodges talks about the challenges of transitioning from a journalist to a book author. One of the struggles for thinking of a topic for books is that you’re writing over a long period of time and a book is more permanent...

Many authors dream of having their book turned into a movie or television show. But, very few know what the process is to make this happen. Whether or not an author attempts to write the screenplay adaptation for his or her own book depends entirely...