Writing a Christian Based E-Book

Creating e-books are a great way to help others buy sharing your expertise and experience in a particular subject. As a Christian it is also an easy way to make some money without sacrificing your faith or values.By creating your own Christian based e-book you are able to mix your faith and passion together in order to help others. Full Article

The Building Blocks of Powerful Writing

Writing well is writing so that your readers understand the meaning you’re
trying to convey. So how do you do this? Find out ways to appeal to your
audience and deliver your message in a way that rouses them to action, or
makes them think, to make an impact.

Your Book Is a Business

Whether you are writing a book on frogs, women business owners, creating financial stability or something entirely different; you have to start looking at your book as a business. Read on to learn the six areas that need serious thought before you head down the road toward publishing.

Planning & Goal Setting

The simple “how-to’s” of powerful goal setting so that your goals are achieved effortlessly.

The Four Thinking Barriers that keep you from being a Successful Novelist

Even the most successful writers of today had to overcome various obstacles to bring us the thrillers, romances, mysteries, and epics that we enjoy reading. Every writer has to tackle the four barriers that mess with our thinking processes: Safe, Perfect, Victim and Feel. Full Article

Effective Character Descriptions for Novel Writers

What is your character all about? A character is more than just a name; he or she has something to say and to offer to the reader. Any reader who seeks a decent story won’t be satisfied with a character that exists in one dimension. Full Article

Create, Complicate, Resolve: The Keys to Keeping your Readers Interested

The challenge of writers is to create a story others will be interested in. You won’t find a more honest or brutal group of people than your readers. The family loves you, hopefully, so they will like whatever you create for them to read. But, that doesn’t guarantee that the publisher won’t find the story worthless. Full Article

Assessing your Novel Writing Progress: Check These Four Things

It’s important to check the status of your novel now and again during the writing process. The middle of your draft makes for a good stopping point. Is the story heading towards an ending that will wow your readers? Take a time out and see how you are doing. Full Article

4 Steps to Finding the Market for your Novel

Knowing what genre your book will fit into will help you decide where to begin in the search for a market for that novel. It is easy to come up with a zillion ideas for the novel, but marketing is entirely another ballgame. There are four important steps to remember when shopping for the perfect place for your story. Full Article

How to Optimize Your Amazon Profile to Market Your Book

Published and self-published authors can optimize their exposure on Amazon thanks to many author-friendly features. And if you don’t know about these opportunities, you’re wasting free book marketing resources.

How to Get Free Targeted and Sincere Reviews for Your Book

Getting free targeted and sincere reviews for your book requires research, commitment and follow through. Full Article

Fiction Book Marketing Tips to Help Authors Build a Bond with Readers

To encourage readers to want to spend time in the imaginary world of your novel, you should provide information that helps them enter into your world.

6 Tips for Creating Book Club Discussion Questions for Your Book

Book groups can be a good target market for your book, especially if it’s fiction. But given how busy people are, it’s helpful for readers to know that if they suggest a book to their reading group they won’t have to struggle to come up with questions. All the work has already been done for them by the author!

Saying Yes to Self-Publishing Your Novel: My Story

How many of you have a partially written or completely written novel stashed in a drawer or on your computer, destined never to see the light of day?

Now is the time to consider self-publishing your novel.

One Space or Two?

One of my subscribers writes ‘I can’t hold my tongue any longer…not that that is fun or anything, I just had to tell you something! Just a tiny ‘lil thing. You have 2 spaces after each period. Unless you are typing on an “old fashioned” typewriter, on a computer you use only one space. This is part of my business, graphic design. I hate to criticize but I know you want to be professional and that stands out. It creates a visual break in the copy making it like a stutter in reading. This is a common mistake for those not “in the field”.’ Full Article