Not All Editors Are Created Equal
There has been a lot of discussion about choosing an editor on some of the FB writer’s groups lately. It seems many writers have paid [Read More]
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Salaried Author Positions Might Get Your Book off the Ground
A new publishing company thinks it might have found a way to encourage the next generation of novel writers to ditch the day jobs and [Read More]
1,340 Authors Earning $100,000/Year or More. Half of Them Are Indies
We had to share the following figures and statements from AuthorEarnings.com. The figures below and summary is from their May 2016 report. There is some [Read More]
Booksellers Predict Hot Sales This Summer
Summer is a key time for booksellers around the country in regions that attract tourists during the season, and for those that see increased foot [Read More]
COMMA CHAMELEON: Behind Most Good Books, There’s a Merlin You’ll Never Meet
What’s as shy as a leopard, sharp as a scalpel and helps wag the tale? A fine editor, of course. Hottish off the press, the [Read More]
Book Editors – What to Expect (and how to get the best results)
OK, I admit it up front: editors are a strange breed. On the one hand they can be forensically pedantic, which requires a certain sort [Read More]
The Role of Editors and How Publishing Giants Retard Growth of the Publishing Industry
The Book Business: A Critical Insight into the Nigerian Book Publishing Industry could only have been written by someone with vast experience and knowledge. The [Read More]
Your Book Needs Editing, Design, and Marketing (even if CreateSpace no longer offers these author services)
Several years ago, I wrote a book that I planned to self publish. My company, BookBaby, didn’t have its own in-house editing service yet, so [Read More]
4 Punctuation Marks that are Tired of Being Misused
They do more than loom in the corner of your keyboard. Punctuation marks bring important meaning and context to your words and sentences—yet novice and [Read More]
Campfire Chats: Co-writing with Katharine and Walker (Video)
In this new video series, NaNoWriMo staff members share their writing routines and tips for specific Camp NaNoWriMo projects. Today, Communications Manager Katharine Gripp and [Read More]
The New Vanguard
Our critics chose 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century. But even if [Read More]
» How to Prepare and Pitch Your Novel to Agents and Editors
Congratulations! You’ve done what 81% of people WANT to do, but only 3% accomplish: you’ve written a book! Take time to celebrate that. You deserve [Read More]
A prize for thrillers without female victims divides opinion
LONDON — It’s a chilling cliche of thrillers that women often end up abducted, abused or dead. One writer is so sick of the violence [Read More]
New Top Editor for Medium, Chameleon of Web Publishers
Medium, the pro-am Web-publishing outfit founded by former Twitter C.E.O. Ev Williams, is bringing on a new editor to oversee its content strategy, and Time [Read More]
How to write engaging characters for your stories using traits.
BELIEVABLE and engaging characters are essential to most successful stories. While it is true that certain genres such as Action Adventure or Science Fiction adopt [Read More]
Being a Fiction Writing Coach: 5 Valuable Lessons Learned
Being a fiction writing coach gives daily insights into the common and different struggles aspiring authors face. It also helps us find solutions we can [Read More]