National bestselling children’s author R.L. Stine shares inspiration on how to come up with story ideas. He typically thinks of a great book title first, and then creates a story from the title. This technique is the reverse of what most authors would...

This is session four of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. Note that this recorded webinar...

Offering helpful feedback to a fellow writer isn't always as easy as it seems. The manuscript is more than just a story to the author—it's their baby. So how do you effectively critique a book? Author of “No Red Pen,” Vicki Hudson, explains a few key...

This is session four of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. Note that this recorded webinar...

Offering helpful feedback to a fellow writer isn't always as easy as it seems. The manuscript is more than just a story to the author—it's their baby. So how do you effectively critique a book? Author of “No Red Pen,” Vicki Hudson, explains a few key...

This is session four of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. Note that this recorded webinar...

This is session four of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. Note that this recorded webinar...

Hearing a “no” from a literary agent or editor for a publishing house is never easy. Very often, however, hopeful authors misinterpret brief personal notes added to a stock rejection letter. Sometimes the misconstrual leads the writer to give up when...

As you begin writing your novel or nonfiction book, don’t overlook the importance of research. Whether it’s researching historical facts or reading other authors in the genre, it's important. You can use libraries, the Internet, books, databases, historians...

As you begin writing your novel or nonfiction book, don’t overlook the importance of research. Whether it’s researching historical facts or reading other authors in the genre, it's important. You can use libraries, the Internet, books, databases, historians...