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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...

Five Popular Blog Niches

In today's blogging world there are five blog niches which can make money fairly easily. Education – this niche is one of the best for bloggers. In this particular niche, the targeting audience usually doesn't know enough to differentiate your internal links and link based advertisements....

Writing the Perfect Blog

When it comes to blogging, the most important thing to remember is that in order to be successful your blog must include rich and informative content which draws the reader's attention. Another important thing to keep in mind is that quality is always better than...

Tips to To Writing The Perfect Blog

There are many different ways to write creative blogs. It is important to know some of them in order to gain the confidence you need in your writing. Research Often One important tip is to read and do research online. What are other writers blogging about?...

Should You Hire Writers For Your Blog

An expert independent writer can turn your blog from dreary to dynamic, draw readers to your blog, and compose captivating articles. Discovering the ideal writer for your business or website can appear overwhelming; however, it truly comes down to a couple of fundamental steps and...

3 Ways to Write a Creative Blog

Actually anyone can write a blog, but you'll discover that blogs come in three different forms. The great blogs that everyone loves to read, the blogs that pass inspection and get read now and then, and the blogs that, like the cheese, stand alone. There...

Blogging Your Success Story

If you have become successful, then you might decide to share this with others on your blog. Remember that sharing success stories can cause rivalry with other bloggers and can make people envious. The best idea is to take your success story and make it...

Ten Tips to Blogging Your Way to the Top

Blogging is an effective way to communicate with people, get your ideas across and even create business strategies and methods. Blogs can be considered easy tools for communication, giving people the opportunity to gain credibility and trust between them and their customers. One thing that...

Blogging with WordPress

Among the popular free blogging tools today is WordPress. This is a totally web-based tool that lets people quickly and easily set up their own blog for free. All you need to do is decide on a name for your blog, a username, provide an...

What Writing Style Do You Have?

For writers, it is important that they find their own style in writing. Without a specific style, it will be harder for them to create their work and find a genre that they will love. In this post, you will learn about the different variations...

Five Benefits of Writing Groups

Do you have any fears about joining a writing group? Don’t worry because you are not the only one. Most people think that letting others evaluate their work or giving constructive criticism to someone else’s story is not helpful in developing their craft. However, that’s not...