Endorsements are blurbs from experts or other authors that lend credibility to your work, and are an important book marketing asset. How do you get great endorsements for your book? In this session, book strategist Cathy Fyock shares her tips and ideas...

Suzette Conway, former director of the Author Learning Center, gives tips on how to stay motivated to write a book. One way to motivate yourself is to set goals every day, such as a word count, number of hours, or task. Another tip is to remember to...

Suzette Conway, former director of the Author Learning Center, gives tips on how to stay motivated to write a book. One way to motivate yourself is to set goals every day, such as a word count, number of hours, or task. Another tip is to remember to...

Books that adapt well to the stage or to screen tend to not only have an impactful plot line, but a strong emotional line as well. Writers can control these elements in how they approach the storytelling, as screenwriter, playwright, and author Art...

If you have broad experience and knowledge of a topic you can leverage that as a book. But don’t stop with just one book. Write multiple books – a series even. And then, use that to expand into other areas. Here are some key reasons to consider this...

If you write fiction, it may be hard to come up with a topic for speaking engagements such as a panel or radio show, besides simply reading from your book. What else will people want to hear? Book marketing expert and author Desiree Duffy says there...

Standing up in front of a room full of people and speaking can be intimidating, as can talking one-on-one with people you don't know. Especially if you're having to talk about yourself or your book. Fear of public speaking is a common phobia, but if...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Bella Andre, who writes under three separate pen names, discusses her writing process and schedule, including how her process changes from book to book. Like most authors, Andre believes she has...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Bella Andre, who writes under three separate pen names, discusses her writing process and schedule, including how her process changes from book to book. Like most authors, Andre believes she has...

Author Peggy Kelsey discusses how she learned to write for her reader's expectations. Writers should know their audience and develop the book according to that audience's expectations. When writing her book, she had to take a slower-paced language...