Self-publishing is a big decision that authors should think carefully about before taking the plunge. Take the time to ask yourself a few key questions and make sure you have the resources and knowledge needed before committing to a self-publishing project. Consider all your options, including traditional publishing and hybrid publishing, so that you can make the decision that’s best for your book.
Authors are now turning to virtual book launches as an alternative way to promote their work. In this article, we’ll be breaking down what exactly a virtual book launch is and how you can make yours stand out with 14 amazing ideas. Keep reading if you want to learn all about hosting a successful virtual book launch in 2023!
Learning how to accept edits gracefully is an essential skill for any author. Acknowledging the effort of the editor, letting go of your ego as an author, and embracing the feedback cycle can help authors take ownership of their writing and create more polished works that bring value to readers.
Hiring a professional editor can be beneficial for authors as it helps refine their work and make sure it is ready for publication. Professional editors use their expertise in grammar, syntax, punctuation and style to help an author’s manuscript reach publishing standards.
Confused about how to hire a writing coach? Learn more about what they do and top tips for finding the right one. Get personalized feedback and advice on your work, become organized with your writing goals, overcome writer’s block & finish manuscripts faster!
Press releases can be an effective way for authors to market their book by getting the word out to the media and the public. Here are a few tips on how authors can use press releases to market their book.
If you have an unfinished manuscript, here’s our best advice for finishing your project and preparing to submit your manuscript. Our tips will help any author trying to finish their work before submitting it.
By Kallie Hatfield Writing anything from a short story to a magazine article or a book can be notoriously difficult. At times, you’ll feel truly motivated to write. Ideas flow smoothly from your fingertips and inspiration feels endless. But then, when you least expect...
Outlining a novel is different from outlining any other document. If you try to completely outline a novel from the opening scene to the closing scene, you will most likely discover that you constantly change your mind during the process of writing. Changing your mind...
By Jordan Thames If you’re feeling creative...embrace it. It sounds easy, I know, but it can be difficult if you’re anything like me. I hold tightly, too tightly, onto the reins of control. As a writer, I love a good play on words, but when it comes time for me...
By: Jordan Ardoin If you want to be a writer, you probably have an idea of the kind of stories you want to tell. While you are creating those stories, you should let them flow freely from your imagination without trying to force them neatly into a category....
By Jordan Ardoin Part 2 of the Grammar Pet Peeves series – Review Grammar Pet Peeves Part 1 This small series of blog posts is to help you get your book published. By going back and proofreading your work before submitting it, you are able to turn in a nice, polished...
The dreaded writer’s block. The bane of every writer’s existence. Once it hits, it seems like an inescapable mind prison, void of any creative genius...blank. Don’t panic! I know right now it may feel like you will never have another great idea, or that you’ll...
By Jordan Ardoin So you want to write a book and publish a book. Or an essay. Or a poem. Or an instructional guide on raising emus. Whatever kind of writer you are (or want to be), at some point you’ve probably asked the One, the penultimate Question: how do I...
Good grammar is an essential part of communication in any language. It’s also a tool for conveying respect and understanding of our audience. While there is no one-size-fits-all answer to achieving perfection when it comes to grammar, here are some tips that will help...
What Makes a Good Story or Lessons I Learned the Hard Way A Blog Series by Faith Green Post #2: Avoid Cliché (read last post) Okay, okay, I know. If you’ve ever taken an English class in your life, then this post seems cliché. Isn’t it ironic? Oops, I did it...
What Makes a Good Story (Lessons I Learned the Hard Way) A Blog Series by Faith Green Post #1: Write Without Evasion “Are you going to write about me?” my boyfriend of one year asks, looking down at me with his brown-green eyes. “Uh….” My own eyes...
By Justynn Newman You have created a wonderful, detailed, and dynamic setting for your book to get place. Now you are on the right track. You conquered procrastination and you have your setting, and maybe even some of your plot. The next step is to...
By Hope Hall Commas are complicated. They come with too many rules and just as many exceptions to those rules. Even if you want to break the rules, you have to know them to break them. And once you know them, you can recognize when following or breaking the...
By Editorial Intern, Anjali Ajmani Being a writer, I can say most of my creativity surfaces from my own experiences. If I’m writing a short story that features a dog, the dog is probably going to look like one of my dogs: blonde with floppy ears and a curly tail. If...
By Editorial Intern, Anjali Ajmani My experience in publishing has been in self-publishing thus far. I never looked into how to get book reviews before; as a result, my poetry anthologies remain on Amazon utterly review-less. That’s okay, I tell myself. It’s poetry,...
By: Editing Intern Zoe Andrews Don’t worry, fellow writers. I understand. We all do. Some passages that spill onto the page feel too terrible to share. Usually, this feeling arises most prominently when reviewing older writing, perhaps from when you were a wee lad or...
By Editorial Intern Zoe Andrews As an aspiring author, the fear of looking like a complete dunce through your work can hang over your head like a mistletoe at an office party. In order to battle this, many authors will spend hours researching what they are...
By: Editorial Intern, Anjali Ajmani We all know that writer’s block is frustrating. Picture it: you’ve written several chapters that you feel great about until one morning you hit a door. You felt like you knew where you were going, that you knew where your...
There are two questions that I get asked all the time that seem to be a set up for disappointment: 1. What makes a book great? 2. What are your favorite books? I always get the feeling that I am expected to give some sort of profound answer to the...