Writing for Digital Publications: 9 Tips To Get You Started
By BookBaby author Nicholas Rubright From setting expectations to understanding SEO, there are things you can do as a writer to launch and succeed in a career writing for digital publications. Digital...
View ArticleHow Long Will It Take To Write My Book?
By BookBaby author The Book Professor With the right tools, even busy people can make time to write a book. So how long can you expect to be at the keyboard before your manuscript is complete? Do you...
View ArticleReading: A Path To Success
By BookBaby author Steven Spatz Reading — in addition to being plain fun — can make you a better (smarter, more informed, satisfied) person. In my experience, successful people are often voracious...
View ArticleNine More Idioms Traced To Their Roots
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna Idioms find their way into our speech and writing, and these colorful turns of phrase can be even more interesting when you trace them back to their origins. As...
View ArticleWriting A Nonfiction Book: 7 Tips For First-time Authors
By BookBaby author The Book Professor Use these expert-level strategies to hone your ideas, sharpen your focus, and write an expert nonfiction book. Writing a book isn’t easy. Even successful authors...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Unlearn What You Know About The Writing Process
By BookBaby author Janna Lopez Unlearning what you “know” about the writing process can ignite your creativity and help you realize your writing potential. Here we are. Time to turn the page on another...
View Article12 Authors Who Died in 2021
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna As we move on from what was a difficult and taxing year, let’s pay tribute to 12 writers and publishing icons who died in 2021. Though they’ve left us, their voices...
View ArticleReading Habits From Around The World: 2021 [Infographic]
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna While the “Reading Habits Of Five Generations” infographic has epic numbers of views on this blog, we’ve featured these popular “reading habits” posts for several...
View ArticleBuild Creative Momentum By Setting Micro-Goals For Your Writing
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Breaking down your writing process into a string of micro-tasks can increase your productivity and help you tackle daunting challenges. In my recent column “One...
View Article5 Ways Being An Entrepreneur Has Primed You To Be An Author
By BookBaby author The Book Professor Most people probably don’t think “author” when they imagine an entrepreneur, but the experiences of entrepreneurs have prepared you to be an author, and your story...
View ArticleThe Fine Art Of Bad Writing
By BookBaby author Lee Purcell As writer/producer/actor Dan Harmon once said, “Good writers hate bad writing, but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does.” We’ve got proof. Ah,...
View ArticleActively Seek Inspiration For Your Writing
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Great ideas can come from the most mundane, extraordinary, or unexpected sources. If you don’t know where to begin your next work of fiction, actively seek...
View ArticleSensory Language Makes Your Writing Come Alive
By BookBaby author The Book Professor One way to make an impact on your readers is to invite them into the room with you. Bring them in close by crafting scenes fueled by sensory language. I live in...
View ArticleHow I Launched My Fiction Career By Writing Nonfiction
By BookBaby author C. Hope Clark You can juggle fiction and nonfiction writing in your career, but you’ll need organization, diligence, and the ingenuity to recognize how to give each skill set its...
View ArticleThe Drama, Humor, And Horror Are In The Details
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick For laughs, scares, tears, and thrills, nothing brings out emotions and draws in your readers like the little details in your writing. Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s...
View ArticleWriting Without Purpose
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna Writing does not need to be about productivity, results, recognition, or word counts. But are you ready to try writing without purpose? It has been a long while...
View ArticleBuild Yourself Up As A Writer With Positive Language
By BookBaby author C. Hope Clark When asked if you’re a writer, do you use excuse words to hold yourself down, or do you use positive language and build yourself up? With multiple books published and a...
View ArticleWant To Be A Writer? Let Your Imagination Run Wild.
By BookBaby author Lee Purcell Read weird books, explore wordplay, and venture into genre combinations that don’t make intuitive sense. There are lots of ways to let your imagination take your writing...
View ArticleRethink Poetry And Evolve Your Writing
By BookBaby author Janna Lopez I once had resistance and harsh judgment against what I believed poetry was or wasn’t. Now, it’s a standard part of my teaching and I’ve seen it work magic with so many...
View ArticleHow To Fail As A Writer In 23 Easy Steps
By BookBaby author Dawn Field Want to be certain your writing career never leaves the ground? These 23 tips will help you stave off success and fail as a writer! To ensure you fail as a writer: 1....
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