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The Traits and Trends of Best-selling Books [Infographic]
By BookBaby author BookBaby Breaking down the elements of best-selling books is akin to analyzing what makes a hit song – or a viral video. A sterile dissection just doesn’t work. That said, analyzing...
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Is it a love story or a romance novel?
By BookBaby author Dawn Field You can write a love story outside the romance genre. Romance is a staple of all types of literature. So when is it a “romance” and when is it just a book with a love...
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How To Find Your Book’s Marketing Message
By BookBaby author Ginny Carter If you don’t know what the central, golden nugget is in your book, if you haven’t distilled it to that one central tenet, you’ll fail to find your book’s marketing...
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Choose Words That Convey Your Meaning
By BookBaby author Nancy L. Erickson When writing, choose words thoughtfully; you are writing to communicate ideas and feelings for your reader to experience and understand. Words make up your...
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On-purpose Writing
By BookBaby author Dawn Field Write with purpose in mind. Edit with purpose in mind. Polish with purpose in mind. Use it as your criterion for chopping (or lack of it) and gauge your satisfaction...
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Find A Morning Routine to Supercharge Your Writing
By BookBaby author Steven Wesley All successful people have routines. Some take it to extremes (Mark Zuckerberg wears the same outfit every day). What routine can you develop to supercharge your...
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Start With Your “Why” When Writing Your Business Book
By BookBaby author Ginny Carter Start with your “Why,” and your “Who” and “What” become clear when writing your business book. Instead of fuzziness and frustration, you will have razor-sharp focus that...
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When Do You Know Your Book Is Done?
By BookBaby author Steven Spatz Most authors probably wish they had a gauge of some kind to stick into the pages to tell them when their book is done. It’s not just new, inexperienced writers who have...
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Lead Your Readers With Your Book’s Structure
By BookBaby author Nancy L. Erickson Your book’s structure is the tool that will gather up your readers and keep them following along with you; it’s the tie that binds all the parts of your story...
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Famous Authors Who Died Before They Were Famous
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna If you look up J.K. Rowling in an Internet search, you don’t have to dig too deep before you learn she is the first billionaire author. Now that’s some wizardry. But...
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Finding Your Voice As A Writer
By BookBaby author Dawn Field Once your voice is real and audible, people’s attitude to your writing will change. Finding your voice means you are writing something no one else could write. George...
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Are You Wasting Your Time Writing Your Business Book?
By BookBaby author Ginny Carter If you find yourself asking if you’re wasting time writing your business book, look out for these five signs. They’ll help you avoid getting an answer you won’t like....
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The World’s Most Popular Books Through The Ages [Infographic]
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna Not many lists will feature The Holy Bible, The Quran, and I Ching alongside The Second Sex and Fifty Shades of Grey, but this infographic from Global English...
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The Number One Enemy Of The Writer
By BookBaby author Dawn Field Unclear thinking is an enemy of the writer, and it’s most often about being lazy and not fully imagining your story. Write with clarity of purpose, and your writing comes...
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The Yin And Yang Of Great Fiction
By BookBaby author Dawn Field You can be the sweetest person possible in real life, but if you want to write great fiction, you need to be the opposite. You must be the cruel overlord of your story....
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In Case You Forgot, Reading Is Important!
By BookBaby author Nancy L. Erickson For children and adults, writers or not, reading is important to personal development, well-being, and the learning mind. Every day is a great day to celebrate and...
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Elmore Leonard and Hollywood
By BookBaby author The Script Lab Elmore Leonard’s punchy style and compelling characters has Hollywood continually coming back to his work. Some of the many adaptations of his writing are highlighted...
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Your Story Needs A Good Straight Man
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick You need a good straight man (or woman) to bring your comedic, heroic, or otherwise unconventional characters into sharper focus. I met this guy at a conference a few...
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Unity In Writing
By BookBaby author Dawn Field In an important sense, unity in writing is an author’s core design principle. This is the starting point and end goal in writing. What are you aiming for when you start...
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Reading Habits Around The World
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna We’ve already got the Olympics, and even the Reading Olympics – at least they’ve got that in our school district here in the suburbs of Philadelphia – but this...
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