A trip to Israel inspired writer and editor Edie Glaser to use her skills to help people get a better understanding of the Christian faith. She created a website for her editing business, CraftingStones.com, and started getting clients through word of...

Authors can hire a professional book editor at any point in their writing and publishing journey, but editor and Author Connections President Beth Kallman Werner recommends being strategic about when they hire. The more self-editing and polishing you...

Co-authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark share their opinions about how to be successful in publishing. Besides being a great writer, marketing, publicity, and editing are important. But the most important non-writing skill authors need to be...

Co-authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark share their opinions about how to be successful in publishing. Besides being a great writer, marketing, publicity, and editing are important. But the most important non-writing skill authors need to be...

There are more publishing options than ever before for authors, so it's important to be aware of the pros and cons of each option. Morgan James Publishing founder David Hancock says there are three primary paths authors can take: 1) Traditional 2)...

First drafts are generally messy and full of mistakes. Many authors encourage each other to write very rough first drafts for the sake of creativity. It’s in the second draft that an author begins to polish the language to craft something coherent...

A common misconception about revising a manuscript is that your work is done after the copy editing is complete. This proofreading is essential to clean grammar and clear clutter , but it also makes it possible to see ideas on the page and make stylistic...

When it comes time to publish your written work there is a technical concern you cannot ignore. It is your book’s ISBN. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. An ISBN provides a unique numerical identifier for each edition of a published...

Suzette Conway, former director or the Author Learning Center, shares tips for aspiring authors that she gleaned from the years she spent interviewing authors. Here are some of her expert tips for writers. The secret to finding time to write is simple...