Mary Mackey, a author and award-winning poet, discusses her experience of releasing 9 novels and a book of poetry on the same day! She describes the role her agent and the Author's Guild played in allowing her to do this. It's a great lesson in knowing...

Winning the PEN Literary Award for her poetry book, "Sugar Zone," was an incredible honor for poet Mary Mackey, but more importantly, it was validation that her work moved people. She describes the history of the Pen Award, its rank alongside Nobel...

How do you know what genre your book is? What if there is no genre for your book? Author Shannon Dorsey Johnson discusses facing the challenge of writing a book that didn’t naturally fit into a typical genre. She was writing a poetry memoir and worried...

Winning the PEN Literary Award for her poetry book, "Sugar Zone," was an incredible honor for poet Mary Mackey, but more importantly, it was validation that her work moved people. She describes the history of the Pen Award, its rank alongside Nobel...

How do you know what genre your book is? What if there is no genre for your book? Author Shannon Dorsey Johnson discusses facing the challenge of writing a book that didn’t naturally fit into a typical genre. She was writing a poetry memoir and worried...

Based on real life events, The Legacy Series follows the struggles of a terminally ill, abused teenager growing up in the early nineties. Author Brandyn Cross was compelled to write the heartbreaking story after reading the thousands of online conversations...

Annette Leach, Publisher of Uriel Press and Vice President of UMI Book Division, shares the mission of UMI’s self-publishing imprint, Uriel Press, and why it was created. UMI’s goal is to publish books by people of color and to build a community of reader...

Finding a wide audience for a book is difficult, particularly when an author writes in a niche genre. Part of the effort to attract new readers happens in the marketing process. Part of the effort happens, though, in the writing process itself. M....

Publishing your short work in literary magazines and anthologies is an excellent way to develop your craft and expand your credentials as a writer. These markets range from no payment to significant compensation. Many of them also nominate their contributors...