Feeling stuck? Need to look at your topic from a different perspective? This session will get those creative juices flowing with some new writing exercises and prompts. Cathy Fyock is The Business Book Strategist, and shares some exercises to help you...

The cover of your book is a key component to your book's marketing success. When you are self-publishing, hiring a cover designer is a good idea to ensure the cover looks professional. Literary agent and publishing consultant, Peter Beren, provides...

Finding the right illustrator for your children's book is an important step in the publishing process. You need to ensure that the illustrator's artistic style is a good fit for your story and that you can maintain a productive and collaborative working...

CF Yetmen, author of “The Roses Underneath,” talks about what inspired her to write her novel and how that book came together. Yetmen decided to write the book for a number of reasons. Working is publishing her entire career, she knew what it takes to...

As a Publicity Manager with W Publishing Group, a commercial nonfiction imprint of Thomas Nelson, Elizabeth Hawkins always treats her relationship with authors as a partnership. She sees it as a collaboration of the connections the author brings to the...

It's not uncommon for first time authors to wait until their book is about to be published to think about marketing and selling strategies. But, if you want to launch your book with a bang, it's never too early to start thinking about how you are going...

Even with over 40 published books in her portfolio of work, author Cara C. Putman still finds it challenging sometimes to come up with new story ideas. She tries to keep her story mind constantly working and generating new ideas by reading or listening...