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If you can talk, you can write a book You may think you can't write a book. Think again. If you have an uncanny ability to speak eloquently (or at least semi-intelligently) off the top of your head, then you can write a book. In this article, you'll learn the seven simple steps to "...
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Science Fiction Writers Association Damon Knight (1922–2002) founded SFWA in 1965. Today, SFWA's 1500 members include most professional writers of science fiction and fantasy in North America, and many from elsewhere in the universe. SFWA® has brought together the most su...
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Romance Writers of America The voice of romance fiction. They have a selection for editor/agent appointments, for one thing. This is a well-organized and simple to navigate web site that is a must for any romance or erotica writer. Go to: 1652 Hit(s) | Read more...

Massive Book Publishing Growth Predicted The proliferation of home computers, internet connections and digital imaging has combined to re-invent a once considered “obsolete” industry. More books are being printed than ever before and distribution channels for them are evolving t...
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How to Write a Winning Book Proposal The top two reasons your book proposal will succeed or fail. Last year I wrote a book proposal for a first-time author that netted her a $30,000 advance. The editor at Wiley & Sons said that it was “the best book proposal he’d ev...
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First Time Self-Publishers: Find a Mentor I wish I'd had a mentor when I was going through the process of self-publishing my book. I was, to put it mildly, clueless. There is so much to know, and so little reliable information that it's a wonder I even got my book published. Ready...
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This Girl Has Fangs: One Horror Writer's Bloodless Story When I say Horror Writer you think ___________.  Did you fill that blank in with an African American woman in her early thirties who graduated from Reed College, a notoriously liberal school? No? Meet Jemiah Jefferson.
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Rick Frishman--Book PR Quickies Your ether PR guru has arrived via the Internet in the form of the mustachioed Rick Frishman. Self-described as being able to teach entrepreneurs to “get more visibility for themselves and their businesses by leveraging the magic of publicity.” Fr...
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From Zine to Teen Queen and Back: What Happens After Your Book is Published Zoe Trope took copious note while blazing through the hollow halls of High School in her 2003 HarperCollins memoir, Please Don’t Kill the Freshman. Keeping a record of what was not being taught in class and the hormonal sport that s...
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Thinking Inside the Box: DIY Book Making and Selling Chicagoan Rob Christopher is the author of a book that’s not really a book. Call it more of a literary object. His first collection of writings, 100 Spinning Plates, doesn’t even fit on a shelf. In fact, it isn’t even bound. Also check ou...
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Why Does This Publisher Suggest You Avoid POD? We interviewed one of the largest and most successful print on demand (POD) publishers and were quite surprised by what they had to say. Did we hear them right? Authors should avoid using print on demand services? Hmm... Read more to see what they re...
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Want to Write a Book? You'd Better Start Now So you want to write a book... That puts you smack dab in the middle of roughly 80% of the world's population. The key difference between you and them, though, is that you're actually writing. Aren't you?
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Writing Fiction That Sells As the craft of writing has evolved, it has naturally formed the plot structure most pleasant to the human mind. This is the Three Act Structure, and it applies to short stories, novels and screenplays alike. What follows is the general flow of the T...
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Use Social Networking to Market Your Book Got a book or business you want to promote? How about getting involved in a social network first. I know of several people who are active in online social networks (the most prominent is MySpace) as a means to promote their books. Learn ho...
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Ezine Marketing - The Free Lunch An ezine, or newsletter as they are also called, is simply a group of people who have subscribed to it. They're much shorter than paper magazines and are generally read in one sitting. There are thousands of ezines on the internet pertaining...
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