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Book Review & Contest Insights from Real Reviews and Submissions

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. You’ll also find a wide range of articles covering writing, publishing, marketing, 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

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)

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...

Promoting Your Brand as an Author on Twitter and Pinterest

Twitter and Pinterest are the places to be as an author. Twitter is perfect for sharing opinions and gathering fans, and easily connecting with people in your niche, both writers and readers. It is popular among writers, most of whom prefer it to other platforms....

A Guide To Using Facebook To Promote Your Brand as an Author

Facebook remains a force to reckon with in this social media age. It has nearly 200 million active users in the US, and its core user base is young people. It offers plenty of marketing opportunities for writers as one of the best platforms for...

How to Get Out of a Reading Slump

We have all experienced a phase when we cannot finish a book and when no book retains our attention. Unfortunately, it happens to the best of us. These nightmarish phases are nothing but a reading slump.  It is normal. There could be several reasons for it....

Five Reasons Why Everyone Should Read

Some beginners or non-readers might pose this question: why should we read? Why should we spend our precious time on such an activity? Even readers might have this question. They might wonder about the pros of our beloved activity.  There are several ways to answer this....

Do Writers Need a Writing Journal?

Every writer needs a place to store new stories and character ideas. A writing journal is the best place to do so. There is no specific type of writing journal. It can be of any shape or size. If you want, you can even decorate it...

How to Stay Positive as a Writer

Writing centers around our thoughts and emotions, and it can be exhausting, both physically and mentally. As a result, even inherently positive people might go through some phases of negativity. This negativity can break a writer's motivation. And sometimes, they even might feel like giving...

Dance With the Skeletons in Your Closet

With all the material addressing mental wellness, one thing is clearly emphasized and that is “learn to free your mind.” It is logically the best way to deal with mental health issues. After all, in the first place, your mental health is poor because your...

How To Read More Books

Our lives have become quite hectic. As a result, people don’t get much time to spend reading. But, it might not be that tough to increase the number of books you read. Whether you want to increase the number of books you read or do...

Why It Is Important To Read To Your Child Before Bed

Getting your child to bed at night can prove to be a very tough job. Some parents adopt the method of reading to their children before bed. It not only calms down their hyperactive children but also provides a myriad of other benefits. Why is...

Bullet Journal

In our day-to-day life, where our stress level is off the charts, staying organized is tough. We have all been there where we hastily scrambled our deadlines, ideas, or events on random scraps of paper in hopes of remembering them. But we never really do,...