by Lindsay Flanagan | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Nonfiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles and Lindsay Flanagan The query letter. It’s your audition, your one shot at piquing an agent’s or editor’s interest so they want to see more. And it either thrills you to the tips of your fingers to write it or scares you to your very core....
by Lindsay Flanagan | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog, Fiction How-to, Nonfiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles with Angela Eschler, Adrianne Montoya, and Lindsay Flanagan Have you ever thought about time travel? What if we said it’s possible—well, sort of. We don’t have a DeLorean, and we’re not sure falling through Stonehenge can take you back in time,...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Book Promotion/Platforms, Nonfiction How-to
by Brian Halley with Mike Nash Book-cover design is about getting the reader’s attention (hooking them) and then reeling them in with promises about what transformative and/or emotionally and intellectually exciting experiences they’ll get from the book. If it’s...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog, Nonfiction How-to
by Marla Buttars Titles, as we mentioned in the previous blog about fiction titles, are an important marketing tool. Both nonfiction and fiction titles serve as an immediate hook for readers searching for certain content, whether it be a good romance, a book about the...
by Lindsay Flanagan | May 8, 2017 | Blog, Fiction How-to, Nonfiction How-to
by Annette Lyon Q. What is the best software to write with? A. USA-Today best-selling author says Scrivener for writing and Microsoft Word for editing. Writing Time-Saver and Organization Heaven Annette Lyon: I use Scrivener mostly for drafting and revision....
