Just as authors can find value in adding public speaking to their tool box, public speakers often have great material for writing a book. Speaker and author Francis Cholle, winner of the USA Book News award for “Best Books 2011? in the Business Motivational...

Just as authors can find value in adding public speaking to their tool box, public speakers often have great material for writing a book. Speaker and author Francis Cholle, winner of the USA Book News award for “Best Books 2011? in the Business Motivational...

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...

Boria Sax discusses the inspiration for his book "City of Ravens." It’s an interesting look at using folklore in writing and what can be the source for a great book. The idea for Sax's book began when he was a tourist visiting the Tower of London....

Boria Sax discusses the inspiration for his book "City of Ravens." It’s an interesting look at using folklore in writing and what can be the source for a great book. The idea for Sax's book began when he was a tourist visiting the Tower of London....

Your "About the Author" should be a lot more than just your resume or a long, boring list of your achievements. What should it include if you want to sell more books and generate more business for your nonfiction book? Cathy Fyock, author of The Speaker...

Literary agent Adam Chromy offers ideas for developing fiction and nonfiction book ideas and using media to prove the concept of a book before trying to publish it. He explains the author's responsibilities of writing for and reaching an already-determined...

Literary agent Adam Chromy offers ideas for developing fiction and nonfiction book ideas and using media to prove the concept of a book before trying to publish it. From a publisher's point of view, he explains an author's responsibilities of writing...

Artist and author Steve Alpert explains how he transitioned from being an artist to having a career as an author. He was fortunate enough to discover he had a different calling in life. It wasn't until he was forced to confront the need to transition...