Publishing Tips How Do I Navigate the Process of Finding and Working with Literary Agents or Publishers? Understanding the intricacies of working with literary agents or publishers is essential to realizing your publishing goals. We will explore the step-by-step process of finding the right literary agent or publisher for your work.
Writing for Authors 20 Tips for Writing a Picture Book Thinking of writing a picture book? Here are 20 tips to help you on your journey!
Writing for Authors 17 Weak Words to Avoid in Your Writing Want to make your writing a little stronger? Check out these 17 words to avoid or to edit out of your writing during revision stages.
Writing for Authors Faster Writing with a Voice Recorder Have you ever tried using a voice recorder to “write” your book instead of typing it out? Check out this post for information to get you started!
Grammar & Punctuation 7 Common Editing Mistakes that Authors Make When you’re editing your book, watch out for these common editing mistakes that authors make.
Promotion & Marketing,Social Media Social Media Strategies to Build Your Reader Base Trying to stay on top of social media can be overwhelming. Where should you start? Here are some simple social media strategies to help you grow your reader base.
Mailing Lists,Promotion & Marketing 12 Ebook Promotion Strategies Are you looking to promote your ebooks and gain more readers? Here are some ebook promotion strategies that will get your books noticed.
Author Website,Promotion & Marketing Lack of Online Presence Limits Author Book Sales How important is an online presence for authors? Could you be losing sales by not being easy to contact? Find out just how important it is to make yourself available and stand out from the crowd.
Grammar & Punctuation,Writing for Authors 8 Tips for Punctuating Dialogue Tags Do you get sick of writing “he said/she said” or are you unsure how to punctuate dialogue tags? Here are 8 tips that will help you write and punctuate dialogue tags.
Grammar & Punctuation,Writing for Authors Commonly Confused Words that Writers Often Use Incorrectly Tenant/tenet, then/than, bad/badly—do you really know the difference? Here are some words that writers commonly confuse and examples of how to use them.
Writing for Authors How to Juggle Writing with a Full-Time Career How do authors juggle writing with a full-time career or other responsibility? If there were a guide book to get you through, it would probably look something like this.
Mailing Lists 15 Email Subject Line Tips for Your Author Newsletter What can you do to increase the odds of your author newsletter being opened and read by your subscribers? Write a killer email subject line. Here’s how!
Promotion & Marketing Why Give Away Your eBook for Free? Why discount or give away your ebook for free? It seems counter-intuitive or even crazy. But with so many ebooks immediately available to readers, you need to employ some skillful marketing tactics to get your book noticed.
Author Website Examples of Effective and Creative Author Websites Your author website is an important tool to connect with readers and to convert readers into fans. In this post, we bring to you examples of websites that are appealing and are effective at getting readers to stay on the page, sign up to learn more, and buy more books!
Promotion & Marketing 6 Ways to Get Reviews for Your eBook Many readers won’t buy your book without a few reviews. But how can you get more reviews for your ebook?
Writing for Authors Character Questionnaire for Authors To write believable, realistic characters, you first need to know them. Here are some questions you can “ask” the main characters in your books to get to know them better!
Promotion & Marketing,Technical Tips,Tutorials Using Stencil to Easily Create Images for Any Occasion Do you need a way to create cool images for your blog or social media? Create images for any occasion with this easy program that everyone can use.
Promotion & Marketing 7 Marketing Ideas to Get You a Little More Notice Check out this list of marketing ideas that don’t take a lot of effort but may be things you’ve never tried.
Technical Tips,Tutorials,Writing for Authors Read Your Book Aloud: How to Use the Microsoft Word Text-to-Speech Feature Every author should give the Microsoft Word Text-to-Speech feature a try as they fine-tune their manuscripts. When you listen to your book aloud, your ears will find many errors, repetitive words, and even plot flaws that your eyes (and the eyes of others) have often missed.
