A Podcast is a digital media file, audio or video, but usually audio. These files are distributed via the Internet for others to listen to. As an author, podcasts can provide a new way for you to market you and your books. A podcast can provide a deeper...

Author and technical writer Neil V. Young compares the search for an editor or agent to the process of job searching. Your writing sample or manuscript is like a resume, and the query letter is like a cover letter. If you have received any awards or...

Gathering facts and writing in a distinct voice are important things for every author, but especially if you’re going to ghostwrite, like Susan Titus Osborn, an author, editor, and owner of The Christian Communicator. The first book she ghostwrote, You...

Peggy Kelsey shares the biggest challenges for a new author, including which format she chose for her book. She offers some advice for first-time authors and speaks to different considerations she had to make for writing her international book. She...

Peggy Kelsey shares the biggest challenges for a new author, including which format she chose for her book. She offers some advice for first-time authors and speaks to different considerations she had to make for writing her international book. She...

Over the years, author, editor, and ghostwriter Kathi Macias has learned that the rules of writing, marketing, and releasing a book series successfully are always changing. But she has found some methods that have worked for her. When picking a subject...

Linda Joy Meyers, award-winning author and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, discusses the different kinds of memoirs and the importance of writing the book you want to write without worrying about whether or not a publisher will...

Finishing a book manuscript is not the end of the writing work required if wanting to get traditionally published. Besides query letters, marketing content, and other materials, a book synopsis is often a necessary part of an author’s submission package...

When writing for children, it's important that authors understand the age group classifications and the content expectations for those age groups. A children's picture book, for example, is quite different from a middle-grade chapter book. Each category...

Linda Joy Meyers, award-winning author and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, discusses the different kinds of memoirs and the importance of writing the book you want to write without worrying about whether or not a publisher will...