When you are finished writing a manuscript, you are not done yet. There are many steps involved in the process of editing a book. When it's done right, it will make your book better without taking away your writing voice and intent. Wayne Hoffman,...

Contracts are difficult for most people to decipher without the assistance of attorney, and when writing and publishing a book there may be many types of contracts you encounter along the way. The best way to avoid making costly errors when dealing with...

Readers want to enter your world; that is why they picked up your book. However, it’s harder than ever to engage a reader’s short attention span. An often discussed way of captivating the reader is to use sensory language. Make the reader smell, see...

With so many writers in the market and so many avenues for them to publish content, how do authors get noticed? Believe it or not, the rapidly evolving entertainment trends create more of a market for writers, especially for those who write screenplays...

Writers put a lot of time and effort into blog posts so being able to drive traffic to these articles is important. When author, comedy writer, and columnist James Breakwell discovered he could drive just as much traffic to his site with web comics...

Writing is informed by more than the simple act of sitting down and putting words on a page. We get ideas in our everyday lives. We also learn how to write and tell stories through things we do at work and things we do at play. Writer, critic, and...

Per the Romance Writers of America, every romance story must end with a "Happily Ever After" in order to be considered true romance. New York Times bestselling romance author Aleatha Romig agrees with this element, but makes her characters and readers...

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?...

Literary agents don’t have time to read every manuscript sent their way. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. So how do they find the next great novel or universally loved memoir? Enter the query letter. Next to your manuscript, the query letter...

One way to get the word out about your book is to send press releases to local news media. Press releases need to be written in Associated Press style, which you can find in the AP Style-Book. Authors do not, however, need a publicist to send out press...