Author and writing teacher Valerie Willis strongly believes that all writers should consider hiring a professional book editor, especially when pursuing a self-publishing path. Good editors will not only catch common grammar and proofreading mistakes...

Getting your fiction work published in The Saturday Evening Post is more challenging today than it was in the past, due to the limited number of issues currently being released each year. The Post previously published four to six short stories per...

Getting your fiction work published in The Saturday Evening Post is more challenging today than it was in the past, due to the limited number of issues currently being released each year. The Post previously published four to six short stories per...

As author and founder of the Singapore Writers' Group Alice Clark-Platts explains, many people have a book idea and aspire to write, but most don't ever sit down to get it done. Completing your manuscript is simple, she says - you just have to sit...

As author and founder of the Singapore Writers' Group Alice Clark-Platts explains, many people have a book idea and aspire to write, but most don't ever sit down to get it done. Completing your manuscript is simple, she says - you just have to sit...

While many authors opt to hire professional indexers to produce a book’s index , you may feel like tackling the process yourself. That’s great! Self-indexing is complex, but if you’re curious about the process, feel you know your book better than anyone...

There’s never been a better time to publish a book! Fifteen years ago, the only way to publish a book was through a literary agent and a traditional publishing house. It was a highly competitive market, saturated with thousands of query letters and...

When you're new to publishing, keeping up with all of the details can be overwhelming. There's so much to know at each stage in the process, from editing to publishing to marketing. One thing to know for sure: every book benefits from editing. So, what...