How to Write a Book While You’re in College
By Author Callie Rowland, @_callierowland When I started college three years ago, I was determined to write a novel before graduation. I didn’t need to be published. I didn’t need to find an agent. I just needed to prove to myself that I couldwrite a book. Now, as a senior, I’m working on my third novel,…
Tropes in Writing: To include or not to include?
By author Rebecca F. Kenney, @rebeccafkenney1 Is there a TV show you watch whenever you’re feeling anxious? A food you like to eat when you’ve had a bad day? A certain song that always puts you in a better mood? Sure there is. We’re all familiar with comfort shows, comfort food, comfort music. They’re familiar…
6 Tips for a Best-Selling Book Cover
By Author Matheus Mourao Hey, aspiring authors, here are some interesting numbers: By 2019, the total number of books published in the U.S. exceeded4 million—in that year alone Nearly1.7 million books were self-published in the U.S. in 2018 20 million previously published books are still available through many sources No matter how great your novel,…
32 Tips for Improving Your Writing, Revising, and Querying
By Author Nat Lockett It’s funny how, as artists who seek to tell imaginative stories that break the mold, writers long for a formula for success when it comes to the business side of things. I’m no exception to this. I wanted a checklist, an equation that would amount to something after all of the…
5 Tips for Creating Characters Who Linger
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…
5 Tips for Landing a Literary Agent from a Published, Full-Time Author
By Author Polly Crosby Finding an agent is perhaps the most exciting and nerve-wracking part of becoming an author. An agent is often the gateway to getting your book published, and it might even be the first time someone other than yourself has read your book! Agents are a jack of all trades. They are…
9 Tips for Promoting Your Book and Yourself
By Author Darcy Nybo One of the hardest parts about being a writer is promoting yourself and your book. A few decades ago, that wasn’t a problem. You sent out query letters, landed an agent or a publisher and they looked after promotions. If you were lucky, you’d also get a nice advance to keep…
3 Tips for Building your Author Brand
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?…
How to Find Clarity in your Story through Art
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…
5 Marketing Tips Every Debut Author Should Know
By Author Rose Atkinson-Carter Marketing is perhaps the most desired and dreaded skill among debut authors一one that’s essential to a book’s commercial success, but can be difficult to learn and execute. Whether you’re self-publishing or working with a publishing company, to reach a wide audience you will need to learn a few marketing strategies. Not only…
