Volume 3 of our Directory of Book Reviewers is now live and online for Winner Circle members. The newest quarterly edition includes several added review sites and updated rankings. And, where necessary, a few deleted sites that have ceased to meet
National Novel Writing Month: Are You Ready?
On your mark… get set… GO! Tomorrow begins National Novel Writing Month, or “Nanowrimo” as it’s called by the thousands participating. Here’s all you need to know to get started! About National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants
Writing For Blogs: Style Tips!
Our thanks to writer Brooke Chaplan for this guest post! Getting your writing used by businesses and other blogs is a great way to get your name out there and often even earn money doing something you love. Sometimes the
A New Author Discoverability Tool: The Fussy Librarian
We love sites like NetGalley and BookBub, Riffle and Bublish, creative problem-solvers that offer up innovative platforms to bring new readers to your books. Discoverability is key in this market flooded with new AND backlist titles, so we believe you
Writer Events Inspire Goals and Creativity!
We love fall conference and book festival season. There’s an undeniable energy in the air as authors from coast to coast dust off submissions and head to one of a plethora of writer events, to learn the biz, meet agents
5 Tips to Online Communication: Avoid E-Hate!
This is adapted from a post that originally ran at WWW team member Jacqueline Gum’s website. Enjoy! Photo courtesy freedigitalphotos.net In this brave new world of too much online communication vs. face-to-face human contact, it seems many have all but
Seven Writing Tips From a Nonfiction Author
Thanks to non-fiction writer Helen Aitken for this guest post! I write nonfiction. Don’t ask me to write a novel or any kind of fictional piece. I couldn’t do it if Stephen King handed me a manuscript, stood over me,