How do you get out of slush pile and get noticed? Start your book in an unexpected place. For Peter Zuckerman, author of "Buried in the Sky," that meant opening with an amazing rescue scene. The tactic created interest in what happened next, but also...

We create time for what is important to us, says author and productivity expert Maura Thomas, of RegainYourTime.com, who shares strategies on how to give back to the community in a more fulfilling way. For example, it is easier to skim a percentage...

Time is often a person's most valuable resource, and figuring out time management can be difficult for some. Author Elizabeth Knox wrote her book Faith Powered Profession to help women find a balance with both work and faith. She discusses how she...

Robert Dugoni, New York Times Bestselling author of legal thrillers, talks with the Author Learning Center about the challenge he faced in finding a market for his books because they didn't follow the normal expectations for the Thriller genre. It's...

Booklist says of Colleen Oakley’s novel Close Enough to Touch, “fans of Jojo Moyes and rom-coms set within the stacks of libraries will rejoice.” Here, Colleen talks about researching librarians’ jobs to create her book heroine’s livelihood, and how...

Time is often a person's most valuable resource, and figuring out time management can be difficult for some. Author Elizabeth Knox wrote her book Faith Powered Profession to help women find a balance with both work and faith. She discusses how she...

Author and film critic, Jeffrey Lyons talks about how one can best set themselves up to land an interview with a high profile person. In Jeffrey Lyons’ 42 year career he has reviewed more than 15,000 movies, 900 Broadway and off-Broadway plays; interviewed...

You know you want an agent. And you know lawyers are involved, but have you even heard of a literary manager before? If you haven't, let agent Luke Sandler tell you a little about what each person does when in comes to the book business, and how he suggests...