How to Publish a Book

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The Ultimate Guide to Developmental Editing 

If you’ve been working on a rough draft of your story for a while, and find yourself thinking, This is...

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How to Start a Memoir

How do you start your memoir when there are infinite places to begin, and every idea leads to ten new...

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Peer Learning: Why Writers Grow Faster Together

Most writers spend years trying to improve alone. I understand the instinct. Writing is personal, vulnerable work, and solitude often...

The Creator Archetype: Writing the Character Who Builds, Breaks, and Burns 

The Creator archetype is someone driven by their imagination, vision, and a need to bring something new into existence. Think...

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Words Have Power

You might see the philosophical, inspirational phrase “words have power” written on coffee mugs or in cards handed out at...

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How to Copyright a Book Like a Pro

In the world of digital publishing, intellectual property protection is more vital today than ever. Whether you are self-publishing on...

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Book Cover Design

Make your book stand out with professional Book Cover Design. Learn how to use color theory and intrigue to capture readers at first glance.

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Alan Watt

How to Publish a Book

Master the path to publication. Learn how to polish your manuscript, query literary agents, handle rejection, and weigh the pros of self-publishing.

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A Guide to Pen Names

Create a powerful tool to protect your personhood and work with a pen name, but establish it intentionally and early in your career in order to use this device of authorship cleverly.

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A game is made of different copyright licenses to suggest that learning how to copyright a book may be a fun endeavor

How to Copyright a Book Like a Pro

In the world of digital publishing, intellectual property protection is more vital today than ever. Whether you are self-publishing on...

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How to Write a Query Letter

Writing a query letter after finishing your manuscript can feel like climbing a second mountain you didn’t know was there. ...

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How to Self-Publish a Book

On the topic of self‑publishing, conversations tend to involve the same handful of outcomes. You might have heard how Andy...

Literary agents are often one of the main factors in the success of your book. Pictured is a literary agent alone in a conference room working hard on getting your book published — cool corporate lighting

Literary Agents: Steps to Securing Representation

Literary agents serve as the link between writers and the publishing houses that print and market their books. They’re often...

A designer holding up different color tiles to decide on how to design something, visual simile for book cover design schema and process

Book Cover Design

Make your book stand out with professional Book Cover Design. Learn how to use color theory and intrigue to capture...
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A Writer’s Guide to Amazon Author Central 

Boost your book sales by mastering Amazon Author Central. Learn to curate your brand, use Kindle marketing tools, and connect...
Someone reading a book in the darkness at a café on a very sunny day, emotional themes of relaxedness

How to Publish a Book

Master the path to publication. Learn how to polish your manuscript, query literary agents, handle rejection, and weigh the pros...
author with a pen in the air with a book over her hand to suggest the incognito nature of a pen name

A Guide to Pen Names

Create a powerful tool to protect your personhood and work with a pen name, but establish it intentionally and early...
What is the Book Market Looking For

“What is the Book Market Looking For?”

“What does the market want?” I hear this question frequently from first-time novelists, as if there’s some secret, as if...

Building a Body of Work

Building a Body of Work

I remember one day over twenty years ago when I was bellyaching to a friend of mine about how nobody...

Opportunities in Self-Publishing

Opportunities in Self-Publishing

  The goal of every first-time novelist or memoirist is to see their book between covers. The paradox is that...