Nonfiction writers don't write the book first and then sell it like novelists. They create a book proposal and offer that to publishers instead. The book is written after they have signed the contract on the dotted line. One important piece of the nonfiction...

Say you write a book and it flops. Unfortunately, that happens frequently, particularly in the tough publishing market we have today. But it doesn’t have to be the end of your writing career. A pseudonym is definitely an option, or you could write in...

New York Times bestselling romance and women's fiction author Susan Mallery talks about finding book writing inspiration and keeping up the momentum. Mallery didn't grow up dreaming of being a writer—she was an avid reader. While she stumbled into...

Freelance editor Erin Brown shares the most common novel writing mistakes she sees in the manuscripts she has edited over the years and provides tips on how you can avoid them. One of the biggest writing mistakes she sees is that authors tell instead...

Freelance editor Erin Brown shares the most common novel writing mistakes she sees in the manuscripts she has edited over the years and provides tips on how you can avoid them. One of the biggest writing mistakes she sees is that authors tell instead...

Author Peter Zuckerman believes that adventure exists in all stories and it’s up to the writer to find it and infuse the story with that sense of adventure. All writers need to think of themselves as adventure writers. Writing adventure into a story...

Author Peter Zuckerman believes that adventure exists in all stories and it’s up to the writer to find it and infuse the story with that sense of adventure. All writers need to think of themselves as adventure writers. Writing adventure into a story...

New York Times bestselling romance and women's fiction author Susan Mallery talks about finding book writing inspiration and keeping up the momentum. Mallery didn't grow up dreaming of being a writer—she was an avid reader. While she stumbled into...

Shelia Heen, co-author of "Thanks for the Feedback," talks about the trouble with uncertainty when writing a book. “The hardest part of writing is living with the uncertainty,” Heen says. “What in the world is this chapter about? What am I trying to...

Shelia Heen, co-author of "Thanks for the Feedback," talks about the trouble with uncertainty when writing a book. “The hardest part of writing is living with the uncertainty,” Heen says. “What in the world is this chapter about? What am I trying to...