Emmy Award-Winning Director and author of "Hating Heidi Foster," Jeffrey Blount, talks about how his books gained momentum through reviews and writing contests. He explains why this exposure is key for self-published authors who want to separate their...

David Nudo, co-founder of Literati-A-Go-Go, shares his thoughts on the role of the author in today's marketing plans. No matter which path you choose when publishing your book, you will be expected to engage with your market audience in order to sell...

Join this session with entertainment professional, Philippa Burgess as he teaches you how to successfully navigate the entertainment & media landscape. In this session she covers managing your personal goals with the realities and opportunities in the...

A book publisher isn't the only entity that will want to see your book proposal — be prepared to send one to literary agents, who will look for a table of contents, author biography, notes on competition, and an author's website or platform. Literary...

Author Shannon Dorsey Johnson self-published her poetry memoir. Then she self-marketed it. In this interview, the author shares how she learned to pitch her book to potential readers, where she hosted her first book signing, how she learned to have...

Cyndi Hughes, past Executive Director of The Writer's League of Texas, offers an overview of how to find an agent and why it's important to focus on the genre you're in and on using the great resources available to find the agent that fits your needs...

David Nudo, co-founder of Literati-A-Go-Go, shares his thoughts on the role of the author in today's marketing plans. No matter which path you choose when publishing your book, you will be expected to engage with your market audience in order to sell...

Can blogging really help your career as an author? Jeff Klima, author of bestselling "The Dead Janitors Club," shares how he took advantage of a blogging opportunity with the Huffington Post, and how blogging can help you as an author. He says that the...

Lee Klancher, publisher at Octane Press, discusses using photos from the internet in your book. The key to this is remembering that the rights of a photo belong always to the photographer. It’s relatively easy to find (1) find the photographer and...

All writers, no matter the genre, need to understand the dos and don'ts when writing dialogue. To make dialogue believable and authentic, author Carolyn Howard-Johnson recommends listening to the natural way that people talk, even recording people when...