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Eccentric Writing Habits of Famous Writers [Infographic]
By BookBaby author BookBaby Visual artists, musicians, writers… the creative arts have been known to elicit eccentric and bizarre behavior in the people who chase their muse. If you are prone to...
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Planning and Productivity Tips for Writers: BookBaby Twitter Chat with Wendy...
By BookBaby author Lucy Briggs Wendy Strain has academic degrees in English, education, and graphic arts coupled with 15 years of freelance and career writing experience in journalism, blogging,...
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The Jungle Book: Beautiful Film, Flawed Storytelling
By BookBaby author Alex Kulaev This storyteller finds six cracks in the new Jungle Book that mar the narrative in this visually enchanting movie, providing a lesson in how to construct a story by...
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Poetry as a writing exercise
By BookBaby author Marry McAleavey Experimenting with poetry as a writing exercise can be a way to stretch your comfort zone, improve your writing skills, break out of writer’s block, and introduce you...
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A Library for Self-Publishing Success: Must-read Books for the Indie Author
By BookBaby author Scott Bilker Everything you need to achieve self-publishing success is contained in these seven books. So put down your pen and get readin’! There are so many people who are either...
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Things I Learned About Storytelling From Stranger Things
By BookBaby author Alex Koolaev It’s good practice to reverse-engineer the stories you love most and apply the best storytelling elements to your own writing. Stranger Things had that effect on me, and...
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Honoring Fact in Fiction
By BookBaby author C. Hope Clark A writer can honor fact in fiction just as in nonfiction. Friends, family, pets, locations, events… anyone or anything can be inserted smartly into storytelling, with a...
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Dedicated Reading Time Can Improve Your Writing
By BookBaby author Nancy L. Erickson Good readers make good writers, so it’s important to include dedicated reading time in your schedule to bolster your vocabulary, help you unwind, and expose...
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How to fail as a writer
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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How to trick yourself into writing a business book
By BookBaby author Ginny Carter By breaking your big idea into manageable sub-topics, you can tackle the job a little at a time and effectively trick yourself into writing your business book. Let’s say...
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What is a Book?
By BookBaby author Micah Solomon What is a book? Why did the publisher hire me to write it and print all these copies? Why am I sprawled in the front hall manipulating packing tape to stick to the...
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The Roadmap to Successful Authorship
By BookBaby author Nina Amir This post is a compilation of excerpts from Nina Amir’s new book, Creative Visualization for Writers: An Interactive Guide for Bringing Your Book Ideas and Career to Life....
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How To Improve Your Writing (By Not Writing)
By BookBaby author Dawn Field Sometimes the solution to a problem requires you to stop and think. As an author, that means you need to step away from the keyboard to improve your writing and get your...
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Keep the “ME” in your MEmoir
By BookBaby author Viga Boland Without the “me” in your memoir – the fragile and imperfect person who lived the events in your story – you leave out the human element your readers long to connect with....
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Abandon Your Draft And Become A Writer
By BookBaby author Dawn Field Just like the phoenix rises from the ashes, sometimes ruthlessly throwing away drafts is the best thing you can do in your quest to become a writer. In mythology the...
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Creative Visualization for Writers
By BookBaby author Nina Amir Nina Amir joined our October #BBchat to talk about the roadmap to successful authorship and her new book, Creative Visualization for Writers: An Interactive Guide for...
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Avoid This Business Book Mistake (In Three Easy Steps!)
By BookBaby author Ginny Carter Beginning with a detailed outline is recommended, but not understanding your audience is a business book mistake you can’t afford to make. You want your new business...
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Why You Should Read About Writing
By BookBaby author Dawn Field How much of your precious time do you save to read about writing? Here are five critical reasons for spending some of your invaluable “off-writing” time reading advice...
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Mind Mapping Can Help Organize Your Writing Process
By BookBaby author Pat Fredshaw Mind mapping is a technique for outlining information in diagrams using written text as well as lines, symbols, keywords, colors, and images. A mind map is a visual...
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Want To Write Full Time? It Takes a Work/Life Balance.
By BookBaby author C. Hope Clark To enable myself to write full time, my work/life balance can’t be too loose or too strict. It’s critical to feed the passion and provide for myself and find the...
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