Writing Craft
“You don’t have to write.” Or do you? That’s a personal decision. But if you do choose to write, then you need to know what you’re doing and how to make your writing the best it can be. So, you have this passion to write,...
“You don’t have to write.” Or do you? That’s a personal decision. But if you do choose to write, then you need to know what you’re doing and how to make your writing the best it can be. So, you have this passion to write,...
GRE Master Wordlist: 1535 Words for Verbal Mastery by Vibrant Publishers is a handy manual for all those readers who are preparing for their GRE exam and need to master the GRE vocabulary. The book has 1535 essential words, an easy pronunciation guide, synonyms and...
“Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.” The same can be said about reviews; not just book reviews, but any kind of review. Reviews are the means of converting customers into buyers. And the more reviews you have, the more likely Amazon will boost its...
Beyond Fake News: Finding the Truth in a World of Misinformation by Justin P. McBrayer addresses a topic that’s as current as tomorrow’s news broadcasts. The book starts with the basics: what fake news is, why it exists, its pervasiveness in our society, and the...
Irresistible Blurbs: How To Write A Book Description Romance Readers Will Love by Siri Caldwell is an insightful and thought-provoking guide that gives good tips and techniques for indie authors on how to target their audience. The book offers genre-specific cues, how to choose the...
Kid Lit: An Introduction to Literary Criticism by Tom Durwood is a non-fiction education guide easing the reader into more interesting and reflective literary criticism. Tom Durwood has been a teacher for thirty-two years and offers us his expertise and experience, as teaching has nothing...
Promotional Strategies for Books: How to Market & Promote Your Book (The Amazon Self Publisher 2) by Dale L. Roberts is a concise, to the point, clear book which any self-published author should read. As an independent author myself, I know how hard it is...
An Autobiographical Letter; With a "Self-Portrait of the Author" and a Post-Autobiographical Postscript by Norman Weeks encapsulates the richness of his life and living; his upbringing, education, maturation, personal interaction with friends and lovers, adventures, challenges, setbacks, travails, and travels, and gives readers glimpses of...
Self-publishing or small press publishing, the secret to success, at least on Amazon, is the keywords. Authors all have one thing in common: they love to write, but they hate to market their work. In today’s world, marketing is the author’s job, just as much...
Confessions of an Investigative Reporter by Matthew Schwartz is the memoir of a well-known TV newscaster. Schwartz worked in both large markets and small, generally broadcasting stories that exposed, as he puts it, “bad actors or practices.” The 41 well-written chapters mostly recall specific stories...