Editing your own work to help you refine your writing skills and learn more about your own style and habits. It has a critical eye to your own writing means that you acknowledge both your strengths and your weaknesses and can tailor your efforts to focus on areas requiring further improvement. Before you hire publishers [...]

Maintaining a successful blog will increase your fan base and help promote your writing career.  With either your own website, or using a free blogging platform, you can attract readers from around the world.
There is no doubt that the internet has changed the writing world. Not only does it provide a new means for writers [...]

Yesterday we covered, “The Importance of a Formatted Press Release”. You’ve got the perfect event/product and you’ve managed to draft the perfect press release to highlight it. Now all you need is the right audience. Below is a list of tips on how to effectively get your release into the hands of the media.
Query first
Compile [...]

An author’s bio allows your readers to get to know you, the author of their favorite story, article, or book, a little bit more intimately. This is your time to sell yourself to potential readers and editors. Including your author bio with queries and submissions enables editors to get to know you; who you are, [...]

The sad fact in book sales is that even the greatest novel on the shelf can’t sell itself without proper packaging. Book marketing is a huge business, and most publishing houses have a dedicated staff devoted to book design above and beyond the editorial team, including graphic designers, cover artists, and copywriters.
Typically, a copywriter crafts [...]

The reader is looking for a reason to purchase your book. It’s up to you to hook them. If thousands of books are being published every day, how will you make your book stand out? It’s been said that the average person spends 8 seconds looking at the front cover and 15 seconds on the [...]

Have you ever wanted to write a letter, short story, or book, but you had trouble getting started? Or maybe you have a work in progress, and some mornings you wake up without knowing what to write. Here are some useful tips and tricks to get you to stop staring at the blank page on [...]

I believe wholeheartedly that every writer has a deep well of passion inside him or her.  This makes them strive for each word, each line and each paragraph to be expressed in such a fashion that it not only tells a story, but lets each reader see into their lives.  Whether it’s a long and [...]