Before You Sign
© 2020 Lisa Greer That first contract from a publisher is exciting. Aside from not giving up rights to your work, you’ll want to address three key areas as you…
5 Ways Getting an Agent Is like Dating
© 2019 Bob Hostetler At a recent writers’ conference, I enjoyed my first “speed dating” experience. Maybe I should clarify. “Yes, you should,” my wife says. In these “speed dating”…
Leveraging a Newsletter
© 2018 Tracy Crump The Write Life (TWL) turns ten this month. Marylane and I started with just nine subscribers who attended our first workshop on writing for Chicken Soup for…
Gotcha! Catchy Headlines Cause Readers to Slow Down, Take a Look
© 2017 Beth Gooch You’ve put the finishing touches on a blog post or an article, but your work isn’t complete until you’ve topped it with a headline that tempts…
Writing Online: Remember Your Reader
© 2017 Gaye Clark Hundreds of media outlets lure writers online to get their work “out there,” with a promise of reaching millions of readers. Facebook users alone share 2,460,00…
How to Create a One Sheet
© 2017 Bethany Jett When I first heard that I had to take a one sheet to a writers conference, I thought, “A one sheet of what?” My book was…
The Long Road
© 2016 Ane Mulligan If I had known it would take almost twelve years to reach my goal of being published, I’m not sure I would have started. Except I…
Raise Your Book Above the Crowd
© 2015 Sharyn Kopf You’re probably better off if you just don’t think about how many people you compete against when it comes to marketing your novel. We live in…
How to Become a Publisher’s Dream Author
© 2015 Tracy Ruckman As a book publisher and editor, nothing makes me happier than discovering writers who take their careers seriously. Most days, I love my job, but occasionally…
Book Contract Red Flags
© 2014 Kathryn Page Camp As writers, we yearn for that first book contract to start us on the road to publication. Some of us are so desperate that we’ll…