Organizations That Help Writers
Just a short post today with some resources you may find helpful in your search for critique partners, advice from writers...
What Makes a Bestseller? Part 2
A Strong Premise: Your Story's Hook by Sabine Berlin with Angela Eschler In part 1 of our articles defining "high concept" and...
5 Critical Steps for Best-Selling Ebooks
Guest Post by Ron Schrader Writing a book can be a very challenging thing to do, one that provides the author with a great sense...
What Makes a Bestseller?
Defining “High-Concept” Ideas and How to Generate Them by Sabine Berlin with Angela Eschler My dad used to tell me there are...
Coming of Age: Writing for MG, YA, NA
by Sabine Berlin, with Angela Eschler It started with a boy wizard, it grew with a vegetarian vampire, and it continued to...
Hook Critique: Memoir
A Memoir, Edited Hook Critique Series: Article 5 Every quarter or so we show you some live content editing, focusing on the...
5 Steps to Compelling Historical Fiction
How to Keep the History from Overwhelming (or Underwhelming) Your Story by Nancy Campbell Allen Most of us who write historical...
To Sum or Not to Sum
3 Important Tips for Using Summary by Amy Maida Wadsworth To sum or not to sum: that is definitely the question. Summary is kind...
Avoid 3 Big Author Mistakes on School Tours
by Bruce Eschler Many online resources have great ideas on how to prep for presentations to youth—whether you’re talking about...
Understanding the Nonfiction Market
Understanding the Nonfiction Market to Make Your Impact by Kate Willoughby There are all kinds of books on how to write; you’ve...
Breaking Out of Your Shell
Networking and Pitching to Agents (Even When You’re Scared to Death) by Sabine Berlin "In a gentle way, you can shake the...
Channeling Your Inner Voice
by Sabine Berlin (with Heidi Brockbank and Angela Eschler doing backup) Okay, I’ll admit it: I love NBC’s The Voice. It might...