Having a clear vision and platform is essential for any author website. It should be a reflection of who you are as a writer and should provide a means for engaging and interacting with your audience. Author, educator and academician Dr. Mark Eckel...

Author and publishing consultant Patricia L. Brooks knows that nothing will ever replace word of mouth marketing. The format on which it thrives may continue to become more digital, but authors shouldn't underestimate the power of word of mouth. In...

Having a clear vision and platform is essential for any author website. It should be a reflection of who you are as a writer and should provide a means for engaging and interacting with your audience. Author, educator and academician Dr. Mark Eckel...

Memoir can be an intimidating genre for writers due to the very personal nature of the content. Memoir author, writers group founder, and publishing consultant Patricia L. Brooks offers a workshop aptly named "Write the Memoir You Are Afraid to Write...

So you’ve decided to publish a blog! Now what? What platform should you use? What should you put in it? How often should you write? Part of creating an online presence is trial and error, but there are many veteran authors that have proven what can...

Award-winning author Ken Liu has published over one-hundred short stories, novelettes and novellas in his career and two full-length novels. While short fiction and long fiction formats have some fundamental differences, there are some elements that...

What works when marketing nonfiction books can be very different from what works when marketing fiction books. Bestselling author, speaker, and book coach Allie Pleiter has published over 50 books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has sold over 1.5 million...

Many new writers worry that what they have to say has already been said and they wonder if their voice is unique enough to get noticed. Author Elizabeth Knox believes that all writers do have a unique way of seeing or saying things that will resonate...

Writing a novel demands a lot of time and attention and can feel like a fulltime job. Can a writer ever quit their day job? Julie Castiglia, literary agent, shares the reality of dollars and cents as a traditionally-published author. She says that...

When you need an image for your author website or blog, you may be tempted to grab the first image in your search results. But that's a mistake that could get you into legal trouble. So, which images can you use on your website or blog? Lee Klancher...