Ever find yourself stuck in the writing process? Unsure how to navigate from the spark of an idea to a finished masterpiece? You're not alone!
Rosanne Bane's "Six Stages of the Creative Process"...
“You can’t republish your Master’s thesis.”
It’s one piece of advice Kristin Keffeler, author of The Myth of the Silver Spoon, received from an editor. It’s...
I call it the Target Indicator: when something unique becomes commonplace, and, thus, a cliché.
It happens with shoes, for instance. About a decade ago the suburban mom’s...
Literary agents receive hundreds of query letters a week and most letters receive only 20 seconds of their time. Agents are looking to fall in love with a book's concept. And if...
Book marketing is time-consuming and tiring and many writers dread it. But it can help you grow your business. Stephanie Chandler, author of The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan, encourages...
A good book proposal is key to landing a book deal.
It’s a business plan for your book.
It helps your book stay focused on its main idea (its thesis).
It helps you determine where your book...
We love books. We support writers on the journey to write and publish books. We’re even a book publisher.
But a print book may not be the right format for your content.
Many are the possible...
To become a nonfiction bestselling author, it all comes down to numbers.
To make the New York Times Best Seller list, you need to sell 5,000 to 10,000 copies in a week.
To make The Wall Street...
A query letter is a sales piece. It's your first (and sometimes only) opportunity to present your book to an agent. Literary agent Miriam Altshuler advises on what to include in a query letter:
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I visited Universal Studios a lot as a kid. One of my favorite rides was The Studio Tour.
You hopped into a tram and rode through various film sets. One set was a plane crash. Another...
Book marketing is overwhelming and the amount of advice can be exhausting. Emily Enger of Good Enough Book Marketing recommends two of the best strategies to promote your book: Ads and trade...
I know what you’re thinking: “How are screenwriting principles applicable to writing a book?”
It seems farfetched, right?
Book writing is tens of thousands of words of prose....
