Our thanks to writer and professor Antonio Tooley for this guest post. If you are a writer, you are likely to be familiar with those instances where words simply flow out of you and seemingly organize themselves into perfect phrases
Five Inspirational Tips: Motivating Writers to Excellence
Our thanks to freelance writer Kelly Marone for this guest post. Motivation or lack of it decides the outcome of a project for most writers. Unfortunately, most of us will become stagnant at one point or another. In such cases,
Agents & Editors Speak Out! Part 2: Titles and Rejections
During the recent Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans, literary agent Jeff Kleinman again led the event’s most popular session for writers, a gathering of an A-list of agents and editors, answering audience questions. Refer to Part
Why Book Clubs Matter: Reaching These All Important Super Fans! (Webinar)
We’re pleased to be joining BookLogix at noon EST today for a live webinar talking about one of our favorite subjects – book clubs! Below are the details and we hope you’ll join us! UPDATE: Here is the link to
On Your Mark, Get Set… GO! NaNoWriMo Sparks Fresh Words from Eager Writers
Happy Halloween weekend!!! And now, even better, today begins National Novel Writing Month! As Halloween costumes get put away and we enjoy that extra hour of daylight savings that came with so many Halloween parties last night, it’s now time
When Your Self-Editing Can’t Get You There: Nine Helpful Resources
Our thanks to the Wise Ink blog team at Wise Ink Creative Publishing for this contribution, offering up nine helpful self-editing resources! We know the drill: you’ve completed your manuscript, looked it over, looked it over again, but your eyes
Self-Publishing 101: Front Matter and Back Matter—More Competitive Editorial Strategies for Making your Book Stand Out
Our thanks to book publicist Claire McKinney of Claire McKinney Public Relations for this post! In a previous post I talked about how to make sure your book isn’t discarded by a review or media outlet because it “looks” self-published.