The Good and Bad Side of Google (and Other Search Engines)
All about the beauty and pitfalls of using Google to research your book or other writing.
Who Is Your Villain?
Every nonfiction book should have a villain and hero. Does yours have one?
Top 10 Signs of Bad Writing (Or How Not to Turn Off a Potential Agent or Publisher)
Whether you're writing a snappy cover letter, traditional book proposal, or full-length manuscript to wow a literary agent or publisher, you need to steer clear of the biggest mistakes writers make in crafting their prose.
The Secret to Creating Truly Original Content
In the last decade, the Internet has exploded with content, making research much easier and faster for writers. I find myself online every day searching for information and fact checking. But all this access at our fingertips has its minefields, for it's far too easy to cut and paste with good intentions during the crazy...
The Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Write a Book
Writing is hard. Landing a publishing deal at a major house is harder. Selling books and making the New York Times bestseller list is perhaps the hardest of all. This reality prompts many questions about what it takes to succeed in a crazy, ever-changing book world. After all, no one wants to write a book...
Kindle: Friend or Foe - Vitamin K
He sits on a shelf, as abandoned as any neglected child. Unwanted. Unsupervised. Unattended to. My husband gave me this Kindle more than a year ago at Christmas, no doubt thinking it was a must-have for bookish people like myself. I beg to differ. As someone who is in the publishing industry and who devours...