How to Write a Nonfiction Query Letter
by Emilee Newman Bowles and Lindsay Flanagan The query letter. It’s your audition, your one shot at piquing an agent’s or...
Writing a Nonlinear Timeline
by Emilee Newman Bowles with Angela Eschler, Adrianne Montoya, and Lindsay Flanagan Have you ever thought about time travel?...
Nonfiction Cover Design—Must Knows & Nots
by Brian Halley with Mike Nash Book-cover design is about getting the reader’s attention (hooking them) and then reeling them in...
Choosing Your Fiction Title
by Marla Buttars Coming up with a title can make even veteran authors groan in agony. Don’t believe us? Check out some of these...
Choosing Your Nonfiction Book Title
by Marla Buttars Titles, as we mentioned in the previous blog about fiction titles, are an important marketing tool. Both...
The Rules for Magic, Powers, and Awesome Skills
by Angela Eschler and Lindsay Flanagan Super-spies and superheroes. Ninjas and mysterious nomads. Magicians and monsters....
I Wrote 25K Words in Less Than Three Days
And You Can Do It Too! by Rachelle J. Christensen I just returned from a fabulous writing retreat where I killed my writing...
Writing Software—Which is Best?
by Annette Lyon Q. What is the best software to write with? A. USA-Today best-selling author says Scrivener for writing and...
10 Themes for Writing Your Life Story
By Emilee Newman Bowles Want to write your life story but don’t know where to start? You’ve learned a lot of lessons in life,...
Defining Creative Nonfiction Categories
Genre Distinctions So You Can Get Yours Right by Marla Buttars With the publishing industry constantly evolving these days, you...
How to Write Fight Scenes
By Emilee Newman Bowles Fight scenes are some of the hardest scenes to follow in a book, and so they are some of the hardest to...
Why You Don’t Want to Get Your Book Done Quickly
by Angela Eschler As a coach, speaker, or business owner, you may have heard that being a bestselling author gives you more...