Linda Joy Meyers, award-winning author and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, discusses the different kinds of memoirs and the importance of writing the book you want to write without worrying about whether or not a publisher will...

What is "normal"? Bestselling author Seth Godin asks us to consider what "normal" is and if it's even desirable in a world where normal is shrinking. The Author Learning Center asks you to consider how you might apply Seth's insights to your writing...

Readership today is broader than it has ever been, with readers eager to consume a variety of content. The competitive book market can make it challenging for readers to find your work, so it’s important to make yourself discoverable. One way to create...

Readers love a series. Agents love series. Both indie authors and publishers know that a well-connected series can gain loyal fans and increase sales. Series also create opportunities for those “extras” that can serve as lead magnets, give-aways, fan...

The Write Solutions for Authors You’ve started on your book a dozen times, but you still don’t have a draft you can publish. Your book is half-way completed, but you just can’t conjure up the creative energy to get it across the finish line. You...

Urgency is not unique to thrillers and not always a function of a fast pace. Urgency drives all fiction and a slow-moving passage can have you at the edge of your seat. Urgency may sit deep inside the subtext of a scene, manifest in a character’s motivation...

Point of view is one of the most powerful and at the same time one of the most misunderstood tools in a writer’s kit. Should genre help decide which point of view to choose? Why are so many sci-fi stories and fantasies written in third-person narration...

Up until a few years ago, reprint rights were the big dog on the block. Your publisher would acquire the rights to your book and produce it in hard cover. That was the way things were done for the most part. Any other form of the book was something they...

You know how to set up your Instagram profile, so now go more in-depth into the art of using Instagram and how to cross post on other social media platforms and utilize as many functions as you can. Learn the importance of each, how to use them for your...

Confused about how to do book marketing? Keith Ogorek, President of the Author Learning Center, provides a simple way to build a marketing plan that will take some of the mystery out of the process. Any good, integrated marketing campaign has four...