A newsletter list is one of the best ways for authors to connect with their readership. Email marketing is even more effective than social media networks and can help an author build lasting relationships with his or her audience. An email list should...

Top-down history and bottom-up storytelling are two different approaches to writing, as award-winning author Susan Carol McCarthy explains. Historically, stories have been told and shared about great men doing great things. About 75 years ago, writers...

New and experienced authors alike can benefit greatly from writer's groups. Author Frances Frost discusses the value of writer's groups and how they have improved her writing process. While there are many ways to find a writer's group, from online...

New and experienced authors alike can benefit greatly from writer's groups. Author Frances Frost discusses the value of writer's groups and how they have improved her writing process. While there are many ways to find a writer's group, from online...

To create realistic and interesting villainous characters, author, teacher, writing coach, and speaker Mandy Jackson-Beverly recommends turning to psychological research. For her own research, she's read psychology magazines and Dr. M. Scott Peck’s People...

First and foremost, writers must tap into their imaginations to inspire and influence their work, but they must also go beyond that to produce quality stories that speak to readers. Thorough research must be done to create authenticity when writing...

First and foremost, writers must tap into their imaginations to inspire and influence their work, but they must also go beyond that to produce quality stories that speak to readers. Thorough research must be done to create authenticity when writing...

Author and biographer Brian Jay Jones can't recall how he ended up on Jim Henson's Wikipedia page, but instinct led him to pursue writing the biography, Jim Henson: The Biography. When Jones realized that a biography hadn't yet been written about the...

Author and biographer Brian Jay Jones can't recall how he ended up on Jim Henson's Wikipedia page, but instinct led him to pursue writing the biography, Jim Henson: The Biography. When Jones realized that a biography hadn't yet been written about the...

As author and founder of the Singapore Writers' Group Alice Clark-Platts explains, many people have a book idea and aspire to write, but most don't ever sit down to get it done. Completing your manuscript is simple, she says - you just have to sit...