Getting feedback is painful, but once you’ve decided to allow others to critique your work, how do you find groups who are willing to do it? Or who are qualified to do it? Agent and author, Jamie Brenner, discusses how to find the courage to ask...

Literary Agent Nicholas Croce shares some thoughts on how authors can manage their time. All of the planning in the world doesn't matter if we never sit down and actually write. As authors, we can have solid marketing plans, distribution plans, and...

Offering helpful feedback to a fellow writer isn't always as easy as it seems. The manuscript is more than just a story to the author—it's their baby. So how do you effectively critique a book? Author of “No Red Pen,” Vicki Hudson, explains a few key...

Author and speaker Janet Mitchell began writing about her harrowing experiences with a major medical mistake so that her attorney would have all of the facts for her case. After reviewing her writing, Mitchell's attorney requested that she put more emotion...

Offering helpful feedback to a fellow writer isn't always as easy as it seems. The manuscript is more than just a story to the author—it's their baby. So how do you effectively critique a book? Author of “No Red Pen,” Vicki Hudson, explains a few key...

WordWise Media owner and literary agent Steve Hutson enjoys receiving and reviewing manuscripts with spiritual or religious themes. But, he doesn't enjoy them when the content is too preachy. Hutson recognizes that many writers feel called to write the...

Every author whose submitted a query or a manuscript to an agent knows this sensation: you've sent your materials, and you're waiting for a response. You've read the agent's submission guidelines, you’ve talked to your peers who have been through the...

These days, writers and authors have a vast amount of outlets through which to market their books, and it's up to each individual to take advantage of all that is available. Author and editor, Sara Anne Fox, shares some of her ideas on how new authors...

In-person events such as writers conferences can be a great place to meet with agents face-to-face. Most conferences have some sort of "meet and greet" or pitch event where writers get the opportunity to pitch their books to agents that are in attendance...

Every author whose submitted a query or a manuscript to an agent knows this sensation: you've sent your materials, and you're waiting for a response. You've read the agent's submission guidelines, you’ve talked to your peers who have been through the...