Tag: Tips

By Author Betsy St. Amant “You know, Morgan…from Kristen Heitzmann’s book.” It was only in that moment that I remembered Morgan wasn’t real. But in so many ways, heis—and we all want to create characters that have readers talking about them in parking lots eighteen years after reading the novel, don’t we?  Here are 5…

By Author Jackary Salem, @jackary_salem For most authors, the idea of having a brand at all is confusing. Brands are for companies, not people. You’re not even sure how to market your book, how are you supposed to market yourself? And, with that, how do you market yourself as an authorbefore putting your work out?…

By Author G. F. Brynn The first words ever written were pictures. That’s right, pictures. Why pictures? Because pictures, or illustrations, are not abstract representations of thoughts, as text is. They are mental realities.The first simple pictographs and drawings were invented and then slowly evolved over the ages in order to satisfy ancient peoples’ need to express…

By Author Emma Cowell, @emmalloydcowell There is something innate within all aspiring writers and novelists who feel unable to say “I’m a writer” until something is published. The fact is, if you’re writing, you’re already a writer. Battling that inner imposter is a daily struggle for most of us. It seems so hard to attribute…

  By Author Emily Holewczynski, @emilyholi13 So you want to create children’s books? Great! All you need are some silly words and a few pictures. How hard can it be, right? Wrong! If you’ve ever written a children’s book, you know that these stories are complex and layered—and it takes time to get them right. But writing…

By Author Jennifer Birch A lot can be said about online learning. Though it can never exactly match up to in-person classes, it’s what helped the world’s students continue their education these past two years. Yet online education impacted them in other ways, as well. Most significantly, the Toronto Star reports that online learning reduces kids’ attention…

By Author Ivan Serrano Writer’s block. Every writer fears it, and every writer will inevitably have to face it. The dreaded feeling that nothing you put on paper is good enough. The anxiety you feel when faced withwriter’s block is enough to trap you in a loop of struggling to figure out what to write…

By Author Abigail Geiger Crazy, right? Many established authors and experienced writers will try to tell you differently, but that’s because they’ve forgotten that first project. The one that they slogged through, that never had an end in sight, that had them questioning their ability to even finish this ridiculous monstrosity, because, obviously, they’d never done it before.…

By Author Julee Balko Whether you’re thinking about self-publishing or working with a publisher – indie, hybrid or traditional – the next step you encounter after publication is likely to be a tough one: Marketing. Yep, you need to tell people about your novel. Lots of people. In many places. And often. Keeping up that…