Senior editor Claudia Gabel shares her thoughts on how to create a good voice for your characters and how to use a three-act scene structure to move the characters through the plot of your book. Click here to play this audio clip

Agent Kimberley Cameron discusses her experience in working with new authors, including how many submissions she gets each week (it's a lot!) and how exciting it is to tell an author that they have an offer on the book.

Agent Kimberley Cameron discusses her experience in working with new authors, including how many submissions she gets each week (it's a lot!) and how exciting it is to tell an author that they have an offer on the book. Click here to play this audio...

Amazon bestselling Author JJ Flizanes describes how you can create publicity opportunities for your book and how you have a choice to work with a PR agency or to do it yourself. Click here to play this audio clip

Author and therapist Carl Metzger describes his concepts of soft and hard research. Take note of his classifications to make sure you're covering all the needed research for your book. If you've begun research for your book, you'll also find his examples...

Author and therapist Carl Metzger describes his concepts of soft and hard research. Take note of his classifications to make sure you're covering all the needed research for your book. If you've begun research for your book, you'll also find his examples...

Suzette Conway, former director or the Author Learning Center, shares tips for aspiring authors that she gleaned from the years she spent interviewing authors. Here are some of her expert tips for writers. The secret to finding time to write is simple...

Suzette Conway, former director or the Author Learning Center, shares tips for aspiring authors that she gleaned from the years she spent interviewing authors. Here are some of her expert tips for writers. The secret to finding time to write is simple...

I like to refer to writing as a craft to put it in the right context. In order to become a carpenter and create furniture, you would more than likely have to apprentice with somebody to learn the craft of it. You could go out to your garage and just...

For authors taking on the daunting task of publishing their own books, there is no other area of the publishing business that causes more confusion than book distribution. Common questions include: · What is a wholesaler and what is a distributor?...