There are lots of people who dream of becoming authors and seeing their books in the bookstores, but for most of them it remains an unfulfilled dream. Everything Publishing by Karen McDermott has all the tools and techniques that will give readers the details required...

The Write Way: Everything You Need to Know About Publishing, Selling and Marketing Your Book by Amy Collins is a useful guide for all aspiring writers out there who want to get their book published and want to know how to go about it. Reading...

What makes a really good young adult novel? Is it the characters? The setting? The plot? The conflict? All of these things, but perhaps many would answer, without a doubt, that the most important element in young adult fiction is the characters. Readers want characters...

Write Your Story: A Self-Start, Write Your Own Biography is a nonfiction instructional guide for writers written by Jennifer Carlson. Dr. Carlson is an author and professional photographer, whose main career field is emergency management. She’s also a keen collector of inspirational quotes that make...

Are you an independent (“indie”) author, struggling to get people to buy your books? I know I am. Let’s face it, we authors are (hopefully) good at writing, but not often good at the sales and marketing side of our business. And it’s exactly for...

Do you want to write a book and get it published but do not know how to go about it? How To Write Your Book: From an Idea to Your Published Story by Bobbi Madry and Francine Barish-Stern is an insightful and useful guide that...

Discover how to write and sell your cozy mystery in the excellent how-to book, Writing the Cozy Mystery: Expanded Second Edition by Nancy J. Cohen. Interpersonal relationships define a cozy, as do happy endings wherein the sleuth comes out on top, and the villain is...

Branding Your Website and Blog: Claiming Your Unique Place in Cyberspace by Maria Bowie investigates different techniques that can be used in creating your own style on your blog or website. Bowie explains the importance of branding with regard to creating an inviting and fitting...

Introduction To Literature is the second book I have reviewed by Anna Faktorovich. I anticipated reading it because I really enjoy her writing style. She is informative, humorous, and insightful. I felt her previous book was funnier, but that particular topic lent itself more to...

Research Writing About Cultural Artifacts is a much-needed addition to the already crowded field of books about research writing. I think it is needed because it offers a less boring, more interesting approach. This is important because, in this day and age, the one thing...