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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 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...

Story Writing 101 - Part 1

Stories are an essential part of life; we’ve been telling them for millions of years but how do you write a really great story? Stories are a sequence of events, inextricably linked by cause and effect. Stories can be true or they can be fictional...

Story Writing 101 - Part 2

Three – The Life Story Life stories are true although they can be written in a similar way to fictional stories. They can be biographical, i.e. about another person, or autobiographical – about yourself. Most life stories tend to be the same length as a novel,...

Co-Op: A Warning About Co-Writing

Friendship. It is a difficult bond to break… unless of course you become roommates or idiotically decide to write a book together without considering all the aspects. This is a guide and a warning about writing with your close friend or friends. Preface: The idea is introduced...

Food in Fantasy Worlds

Food. It’s a huge part of our day to day lives. Obviously, we need food to survive, but it also goes much deeper than that. For humans, food is a part of our personal and cultural identities. It tells us a lot more than just personal tastes....

Living a Writer’s Life

So you want to be a writer but there’s more to it than churning out one book. Living a writer’s life is not easy but you can do it if you follow these tips: A Professional Writer Writes – A Lot You must have very disciplined habits,...

Increase Your Ghostwriting Business

Ghostwriting can be an incredibly fruitful business provided you know where to find the work. If you want to be a ghostwriter or you’ve had a taste of it and want more, there are loads of places where you can find the work. Here are...

6 Steps to Proofreading an Article

Blogging, writing, its all about having the freedom to write when and where you want but that’s not what this is about – this is about proofreading what you have written properly. Picture it. You’ve worked all the hours God sends to meet your deadline; your...

Creating a Community Cookbook

Community cookbooks can be a great deal of fun to create but cookbooks are not easy; they are complex and they take time, even with the input from others. There is a way to go about creating community cookbooks and if you follow these steps,...

11 Effective Tips to Boost your Article Writing Skills - Part 2

Once you have digested the tips in the first part of this mini-series, you can read on for the last few tips to help you improve your article writing skills. Go With the Flow Of your thoughts. You need to do this if you want content that...

11 Effective Tips to Boost your Article Writing Skills - Part 1

Writing articles is a real art and not everyone can do it. However, when you read some of the blogs on the internet these days, many people give it a go without a thought for quality – and it shows. But if you really want...