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

As Singapore's National Library Board’s Reading Movement Ambassador and host of the evening radio show Read with Michelle Martin , award-winning journalist Michelle Martin has had the opportunity to speak and interact with many authors. Two common trends...

Writing a biography is a very different experience from writing a novel. Like a historian, biographers must spend a large amount of time researching a vast amount of documents and resources, which can be constricting. Author and biographer Brian Jay...

Writing a biography is a very different experience from writing a novel. Like a historian, biographers must spend a large amount of time researching a vast amount of documents and resources, which can be constricting. Author and biographer Brian Jay...

Your book's release date is fast approaching…how do you plan and prepare for this pivotal day? Writing a book is a long, arduous journey and you deserve to celebrate while also building awareness for your book! Whether in-person or online, it's important...

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...

AI (artificial intelligence) is here to stay, so how can authors use this powerful tool to promote their books? This session with author and book coach Cathy Fyock explores how AI can be used to write summary book descriptions, develop chapter and...

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...