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What separates great books from the rest? Below are articles with insights from real reviews and contest submissions—what works, what doesn’t, and how to improve your book. Below that are hundreds of articles on topics all authors face in today’s literary landscape. Get help and advice on Writing, Marketing, Publishing, Social Networking and more. Each article has a Comments section so you can read advice from other authors and leave your own.

Why Some Books Win Awards (And Most Don’t) — Insights From Real Contest Submissions New!

What separates award-winning books from the rest? After evaluating contest submissions across a wide range of genres, certain patterns become clear. Some books consistently rise to the top. Others, even with strong ideas and clear effort behind them, fall short. The difference is rarely dramatic—it...

What We’ve Learned From Reviewing Hundreds of Thousands of Books (And Why Most Don’t Stand Out) New!

After reviewing and evaluating books across thousands of submissions over the past two decades, certain patterns become impossible to ignore. Some books immediately stand out to reviewers. Others—even well-intentioned ones—fade into the middle or fall short. The difference is rarely luck. It comes down to...

7 Ways To Make Twitter Work For Authors

Twitter is a great place for authors to meet agents, editors, fellow writers, readers, and many other people. However, some authors get confused about whether they should use Twitter for social networking or to promote their works. The truth is that they can do both....

How Social Media Can Benefit Authors

Gone are the days when most authors wanted to be “anonymous” or preferred to live private lives. These days, more and more authors choose to connect with their fans, promote their works, and become just like everybody else through social media. It is very understandable...

Why Social Media is Good for Authors

Writers need avenues to showcase their literary abilities. They need a medium where they can expand their network and increase their readership. It is not easy to write for a living. It is more difficult when you have a limited network. Happily, social media can take...

Understanding Social Media and its Benefits

Do you have a Facebook account? How about Twitter or Google Plus? Do you always watch You tube? Do you find Pinterest or Instagram beneficial? These sites are just some of the most popular social media sites found on the internet today. People pretty much...

Social Media Benefits to Writers

It is very common for people who use social media to shorten words and create shortcut terms to minimize space and time in creating the messages. This leads some people to habitually use wrong spelling and grammar because they have already been accustomed to writing...

Social Media and the Writer

Whenever a new book is written by a popular author, people always learn about it first through the social networking sites. Social media caters to all sorts of audiences and readers from all over the world. It is the best place to promote a good...

6 Twitter Tips That Are Important For Authors

Twitter is now an important part of how people share their thoughts. The micro blogging format might be a bit confusing for authors, but once they get the hang of it they can use it to great effect. Apart from spreading the word about books,...

Five Ways Authors Can Improve Their Careers With Goodreads

You probably know that you can improve your writing skills by reading, but do you know it can also improve your writing career as well? Goodreads is a place where thousands of writers meet their readers and they can also establish their writing careers. It...

How Twitter Is Gradually Transforming the Literary World

In the old days, publishing was a closed world and it was full of barriers that only the most experienced authors and industry professionals could penetrate. People had no option but to use postal mail to communicate with each other and the waiting process for...