What is literary fiction? And what makes it different from memoirs or genre fiction? Literary fiction is something that will stand the course of time; it will make a bold statement and allow the individual reader to grow in his or her experience merely by...

Publish with Purpose: A Goal-Oriented Framework for Publishing Success by Tara R. Alemany is a practical guide to a successful writing and publishing career. With the number of book publishing options in the market, authors still find themselves trapped, unsure of what to do when...

So, You Want to Be a Sensitivity Reader? by Patrice Williams Marks is a book that explains to you how you can make a living by being a sensitivity reader. Patrice Williams Marks gives you the definition of it and says what it isn’t as...

There are lots of people who dream of becoming authors and seeing their books in the bookstores, but for most of them it remains an unfulfilled dream. Everything Publishing by Karen McDermott has all the tools and techniques that will give readers the details required...

The Write Way: Everything You Need to Know About Publishing, Selling and Marketing Your Book by Amy Collins is a useful guide for all aspiring writers out there who want to get their book published and want to know how to go about it. Reading...

What makes a really good young adult novel? Is it the characters? The setting? The plot? The conflict? All of these things, but perhaps many would answer, without a doubt, that the most important element in young adult fiction is the characters. Readers want characters...

Write Your Story: A Self-Start, Write Your Own Biography is a nonfiction instructional guide for writers written by Jennifer Carlson. Dr. Carlson is an author and professional photographer, whose main career field is emergency management. She’s also a keen collector of inspirational quotes that make...

Are you an independent (“indie”) author, struggling to get people to buy your books? I know I am. Let’s face it, we authors are (hopefully) good at writing, but not often good at the sales and marketing side of our business. And it’s exactly for...

Do you want to write a book and get it published but do not know how to go about it? How To Write Your Book: From an Idea to Your Published Story by Bobbi Madry and Francine Barish-Stern is an insightful and useful guide that...

Discover how to write and sell your cozy mystery in the excellent how-to book, Writing the Cozy Mystery: Expanded Second Edition by Nancy J. Cohen. Interpersonal relationships define a cozy, as do happy endings wherein the sleuth comes out on top, and the villain is...