What to say about covers that hasn't already been said? Although you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, authors only get one fir...

Author intrusion is one of my greatest pet peeves AND something I've struggled to correct as a writer. What is author intrusion? Anyth...

Let's learn about plot holes and predictability through more fun google images. And just so you know, those are three of my f...

Some self-published books are so full of grammar mistakes and typos that you can't get into an otherwise great story. This is perh...

Finally Friday! And we close the week of self-published authors with Kathleen S. Allen 17yo Cassie is tired of feeling invisible especi...

Hart Johnson aka The Watery Tart (is that not the best name ever?) is with us today, sharing her perspective on self-publishing… ...

This week I've got at least two, hopefully three self-published authors to talk about that aspect of publishing. First up is Angela ...

First off a very big thank-you to our judges who stopped in to read all the queries AND make requests! We are very appreciative of your tim...

At some point in our writing lives we will all - hopefully - be signing a contract with a publisher. Some of us will be fortunate enough t...

Deadly by nature. Possessive by instinct. These darkly beautiful gargoyles must hide the secret of their existence in today's world...

Like a lot of writers, I'm an introvert. Socially awkward. I tend toward the gloomy and the "oh-God-I-suck" side. I've bee...

This is the tough part. We all like to complain about how much crap is being published, and none of us want to be part of the crap. It's...

Some more nuts and bolts of self-publishing: the book itself. Dead tree edition If you put your mind to it, you can make Word generate a ...

Publishing is a field where you can do a surprising amount of the work yourself, or pay someone a fairly small amount to do it for you. (Com...