The erotica genre intends to arouse the reader. The manuscripts are between 60-80K words. There are many different sub-genres in this category, including women’s erotica, erotic fantasy (that is, erotica in the fantasy genre), erotic memoirs (including...

Women’s fiction is geared towards, you guessed it: women. That it’s read mostly by women isn’t exactly rocket science, right? A lot of this fiction is also popular with high-school girls, thus crossing age ranges. The books are usually mainstream fiction...

Contemporary fiction is, technically, any fiction of the time we are in. So, it’s everything that is not non-fiction that is currently being written. But since the category “contemporary fiction” wants to be more clearly defined than that, it cannot...

Finding a literary agent for your book is an exciting step in the process of getting published, but it can also be frustrating if you don't know where to start. Literary agent Amy Levenson explains how an author obtains an agent. One place look is...

Motivating yourself as an author is the most difficult part of finishing a manuscript. Part of getting to the end of your book is setting a proper mindset, part of it is setting helpful habits. In the clip below, a series of experts and authors share...

Many new writers don't think about networking or book marketing until their manuscript is complete or their book is published. Before she published her first novel, author Christina Hoag didn't create a foundation or network for marketing her book, and...

Apprentice University, Inc. founder Ron Brumbarger is a frequent speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship and mentoring. With over twenty-five years as former president and CEO of a major technology firm, he has encountered many different work styles...

As an author and small business owner, book PR/marketing expert A.G. Billig is constantly juggling her own writing and marketing along with managing her Self-Publishing Mastery website. She’s found that blocking out time for writing every day and staying...

One of the biggest struggles for new authors when it comes to book sales is being unrecognizable. Trying to sell books in a competitive market is difficult when no one knows an author’s name. Branding is one of the first steps in a marketing process...

Almost all new writers wonder if they need an agent to get their work published. Once your manuscript is complete, polished and ready for publication it’s important to ask yourself “what are my publishing goals?" If your goal is to get traditionally...