Women’s fiction is geared towards, you guessed it: women. That it’s read mostly by women isn’t exactly rocket science, right? A lot of this fiction is also popular with high-school girls, thus crossing age ranges. The books are usually mainstream fiction...

The Singapore Writers Festival is a 10-day event that includes panel discussions, workshops, lectures, and performances. What started in 1986 as a biennial festival is now a highly anticipated, global, yearly event. The mission of the festival is to...

An author newsletter can help you connect with your audience beyond just your book. It's a way to nurture your fan base, keep readers engaged, and grow your readership. Anyone can start a newsletter. But creating and maintaining one that gets results...

Publishing your short work in literary magazines and anthologies is an excellent way to develop your craft and expand your credentials as a writer. These markets range from no payment to significant compensation. Many of them also nominate their contributors...

You’ve been contacted by a local reporter who wants to meet you and interview you for a feature article in the local paper. This is your first in-person interview and you are feeling nervous. Take a deep breath. This is one of the easiest interviews...

Regardless of the time period, the story, or the plot, the world your novel occurs in is a world of your creation. The style of novelist Tom Wolfe represents one method for creating a world. Wolfe’s methodology involves doing as much research as possible...

What Is External Conflict? Conflict is a necessary ingredient to any good story. Without some obstacles to get in your main character’s way, he/she will reach their goal with no opposition. Doesn’t sound like too exciting of a story, does it? Every...

We all have the same goal as fiction writers—we want to transport our readers inside the pages so that they feel like a part of the story. Characters are an extremely important part of making that happen. And characters don’t just transport the readers;...

Goodreads is Facebook for people who enjoy life between the covers. embership in the fast-growing site for readers, writers and reviewers has spiked from 6.5 million to 9 million since we rang in 2012, with 17 million joining each month, says Goodreads...

Many authors are new to the world of web site creation when they embark on creating their author site. Luckily, there are many options available to help authors create a web site and present it to customers. Still, some basic knowledge of web design...