Co-authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark share their opinions about how to be successful in publishing. Besides being a great writer, marketing, publicity, and editing are important. But the most important non-writing skill authors need to be...

Co-authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark share their opinions about how to be successful in publishing. Besides being a great writer, marketing, publicity, and editing are important. But the most important non-writing skill authors need to be...

Patty Blue Hayes, author and life coach, was pushed to revisit her dream to be a writer when her life took an unfortunate and sudden turn. What started as an emotional outpouring in a journal, eventually turned into a book that chronicles her difficult...

Patty Blue Hayes, author and life coach, was pushed to revisit her dream to be a writer when her life took an unfortunate and sudden turn. What started as an emotional outpouring in a journal, eventually turned into a book that chronicles her difficult...

There are more publishing options than ever before for authors, so it's important to be aware of the pros and cons of each option. Morgan James Publishing founder David Hancock says there are three primary paths authors can take: 1) Traditional 2)...

First drafts are generally messy and full of mistakes. Many authors encourage each other to write very rough first drafts for the sake of creativity. It’s in the second draft that an author begins to polish the language to craft something coherent...

A common misconception about revising a manuscript is that your work is done after the copy editing is complete. This proofreading is essential to clean grammar and clear clutter , but it also makes it possible to see ideas on the page and make stylistic...

When it comes time to publish your written work there is a technical concern you cannot ignore. It is your book’s ISBN. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. An ISBN provides a unique numerical identifier for each edition of a published...

Even professional editors need multiple sets of eyes on their work to make sure it's as polished as possible! Author and editor Leah McNaughton Lederman follows a multi-stage process when editing her own work. As she's writing, she tracks all of the...