While the process can differ greatly for each writer, there are proven practices that help writers reach their goal of completing a manuscript. Author Phillip Done began writing while still working full-time as a teacher so he initially struggled to...

Award-winning author Ken Liu has published over one-hundred short stories, novelettes and novellas in his career and two full-length novels. While short fiction and long fiction formats have some fundamental differences, there are some elements that...

For author Bryan Beach, the editing process is the most important and the most enjoyable part of a writing project. He feels a great sense of accomplishment when that first draft is complete and recommends to other writers they put the initial draft...

For author Bryan Beach, the editing process is the most important and the most enjoyable part of a writing project. He feels a great sense of accomplishment when that first draft is complete and recommends to other writers they put the initial draft...

For screenwriter, author, and MFA educator Michael Tabb, the most important thing when starting a new story or screenplay is figuring out what to say. To do this effectively, Tabb looks inward. While looking outside of yourself for ideas can broaden...

Writer's block is a common challenge and there are all sorts of tricks and tools that writers use to try to overcome it. But what works for one writer may not work for all. For author and editor Sara Anne Fox, looking at a story out of sequence is...

Mainstream fiction is a generalized genre that encompasses many different types of fiction. Mainstream manuscripts are between 60-90K words. Defining what “mainstream fiction” books typically entail is completely dependent on the type of book you’re...

Acquiring book reviews, both professional and reader, is an important aspect of book marketing, as reviews can influence whether readers want to purchase a book, and whether decision-makers want to consider a book for an opportunity. W Publishing Group...

There is a host of rights associated with a book, many of which you may not even have thought of. I don’t want to call these rights minor, because if you write the next Harry Potter, your merchandising rights will not be minor. Your calendar rights will...

So you have a published book or you dream of having your story idea published… now what? Join #1 best-selling author Sheri Fink to learn advanced writing, publishing, and marketing strategies (idea prioritization, printing options, pricing, social...