Why You Should Consider Writing Your Book Blurb Early
Your book blurb — the material you typically use on your back cover or as part of your Amazon product description — plays a HUGE role in whether people actually buy your book. It summarizes...
How Publishing More Titles Can Snowball Your Writing Income
Writing never has been a great way to get rich. But if you're serious about trying to make money from writing books, one of the best ways to bring in a little bit more money...
Your Handwriting Can Reveal Your Mood. Here’s What That Means for Authors
By now, you might have heard the news -- writing longhand has benefits, supporting better memory of both literary essentials (e.g., word recognition) and conceptual comprehension. But what if writing longhand was also a secret...
Finding Your Rhythm in Your Writing
It doesn’t matter if you’re dealing with the posts hitting your social media feed or classic authors like Hemingway — everybody’s got their own voice that helps them stand out. Broadly, your voice in your...
Your Nonfiction Idea Is Good, But Your Social Media Following Needs to Be Better
It happened to me again. A rejection from a literary agent. I'm used to those by now. I have hundreds. But this rejection was the second in a single week that held the same rationale....
Books Are More Than Loss Leads
Do you see it, too? More and more experts, all recommending writing books as loss leads. The basic idea comes from the reality that most books don't make a ton of money. Many authors only...
Lack of Immediate Recognition Doesn’t Mean No Value
Over the past year (and especially over the past several months), I've been seriously questioning how to move forward with my writing career: Do I stick with social media, or focus on books? Posting online...
How to Make Your Writing Sound More Conversational
If writers want to do anything, it's to connect with and intimately engage their readers. They want to give people the gifts of escapism, inspiration, or education and make them feel deep things. So, why...
