It’s a cliché that a writer’s life is solitary because so much of the writing process is done in private. However, writers don’t need to be lonely. The writing community is large and diverse—there are so many different types of writers. Because many...

At some point, you have to think about how to handle your story’s structure. The way I did that was to use an index card software program that allowed me to create index cards for important events and move them around on a timeline. I was already using...

Authors seek out others’ writing processes to hone their own writing abilities, get ideas, and be inspired. One typical conversation around writer’s tables is how planned a character’s decisions are. Some authors describe careful crafting of their...

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...

Author Anthony Franze secured an agent quickly for his first book and had high hopes for success, but it was rejected by every major publisher. It took several years for him to rebound from this rejection and write his second book, The Advocate's Daughter...

Author Anthony Franze secured an agent quickly for his first book and had high hopes for success, but it was rejected by every major publisher. It took several years for him to rebound from this rejection and write his second book, The Advocate's Daughter...

Kathleen Schmidt , publicist at www.kmspr.com, explains branding and when it is needed. Do you need a branding campaign? Not all authors need a branding campaign. Many authors are debut authors and what they need are promotional campaigns that will...

Kathleen Schmidt , publicist at www.kmspr.com, explains branding and when it is needed. Do you need a branding campaign? Not all authors need a branding campaign. Many authors are debut authors and what they need are promotional campaigns that will...

Author and educator Tara Botel Doherty grew up in Hollywood during the ‘70s and ‘80s, and she used that experience to create her short story collection Growing Up Hollywood and its two main characters, Annie and Grace. Because of her personal connection...