Author Ann Garvin shares her unease with marketing strategies and shares her struggles to be authentic and sell more books at the same time. The post Be Authentic, They Said. Sell More Books, They Said. appeared first on Writer's Diges…

In this interview, author Ally Zetterberg discusses how where she was living inspired her setting in her new thriller, The Dating Game. The post Ally Zetterberg: Don’t Worry About Being a Great Writer appeared first on Writer's Digest …

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a “(blank) the World” poem. The post Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 798 appeared first on Writer's Digest . For this week&…

I know! I know. I’m being very annoying with all this “book promo” stuff, but hey, I got a book out, and if I don’t promo it, they pull a lever and I fall into a glass tube full of coked-up piranha. In fact, real qui…

The Calamities (Book One of The Fiends) is now out, rampaging through the populace, gamboling about, claws at the ready, teeth sharp, and its countless eyes fixed upon you. So, I do hope you’ll check it out! Here’s how, and wher…

In one week, the demons are free! The Calamities hits shelves next Tuesday, 8/18, and let me just be the first to say: AHHHHH. And, in addition: AHHHHHH. It’s very exciting to have this story on the precipice of emerging from its long…

How can you use AI to research, edit and handle admin and marketing tasks while still writing every single word yourself? How can you double down on being human and reach readers on a personal level? Anna McPhee shares her perspective as a …

How can you redesign your author business for the publishing environment that actually exists, rather than the one you wish you had? And how do you decide which marketing efforts will still bring readers to your books in ten years' time? Tr…

How can the Fast Drafting method help you finally finish your novel? And how do you make progress when you only have 30 minutes a day to write? Jessica Brody shares her tips for finishing first drafts after 20 years as an author. The post F…

The mere thought of public speaking is enough to make many professionals break into a cold sweat. Standing in front of a crowd requires confidence, but much of that confidence actually begins long before you take the stage. It starts with t…

Word processors have been a staple of the writing process for decades. They reliably flag simple misspellings with a red line and catch basic grammatical errors with a green one. However, modern writing demands a level of sophistication tha…

Every great writer knows that an active, robust vocabulary is the foundation of compelling prose. When you have the exact right words at your fingertips, your sentences flow smoothly and your grammatical structures remain precise. However, …

The article How to Publish a Short Story: Write Your First and Second Drafts appeared first on The Write Practice . If you're following along with our short story publication series, by now, you should have a publication in mind and have th…

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