by webwolffy | Dec 29, 2023 | Tips, Writing
You’ve finally finished your hours of researching, writing, and editing! You’ve sent in your manuscript and your publisher asks for a book description… That shouldn’t be hard, right? All you have to to do is condense everything you know about...
by webwolffy | Dec 29, 2023 | Tips, Writing
For many authors, choosing a title for their book is much like choosing a name for their child. A book’s title is usually for life, and you want to be sure it’s “just right.” After all, as much as we say “Don’t judge a book by...
by webwolffy | Dec 29, 2023 | Ask the Authors, Tips, Writing
Do ideas just come to authors, or do they have to work for them? How do they decide what kind of book they’ll write? Betsy Streeter and Dave Edlund talk about how they found their path. Do you have any questions for our authors? Let us know by leaving a comment...
by Jori Hanna | Dec 29, 2023 | Ask the Authors, Tips, Writing
We asked John Desjarlais to discuss his process writing (and plotting) a murder mystery. In these books, everything is important. Characters, settings, interactions, motive—especially motive—all play into whether or not your reader will believe your story. Packed with...
by Jori Hanna | Dec 29, 2023 | Ask the Authors, Tips, Writing
There are many ways to go about writing a book. Whether you outline or sit down with a blank page, write it yourself or hire someone else to write it for you, you have options. Eva Shaw got her start by sitting with others and learning how to tell their story. This...
by Jori Hanna | Dec 29, 2023 | Ask the Authors, Tips, Writing
People often assume it takes an incredible stroke of luck or skill to become an author. But how many authors started out from the beginning desiring to write books? How many of them, instead, started out in a completely different field? We asked Rebecca A. Miles to...
