It's a common theme among the creatively-minded: "I'll write a novel when I retire/when my kids are in college/when I have more free time." That kind of thinking is a great way to squander writerly ...

Lots of people have, at one point or another, harbored dreams of writing the next great novel. But where to begin? Luckily, MashReads went to the best in the business to ask for tips. Cheryl Klein, ...

Write the story that you most want to read. Which, yeah, for the majority of us means a story about a giraffe and a fireman who are best friends, and the fireman hangs out in a tree so that he can be ...

November is National Novel Writing Month. I've never participated in the official month, but I did follow the excellent system proposed by Chris Baty in his book No Plot? No Problem! to write a novel ...

Every May, I get a flurry in my stomach as summer swings into view. I'm going to write a novel this summer, I think to myself. I'm going to actually do it. After all, I have three whole months ahead ...

So you’re writing a book. This is great news! YAY for you! Doesn’t it sound fun? And it is! Well, it is when it’s not sucking the life out of your soul. That's why I'm here with some writing tips and ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about writing a book, promoting it and publishing it was delivered step by step with lots of encouragement, shared stories, a few tears and laughter at the 2016 ...

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One of the questions I’m asked on a daily basis is some form of, “I want to become an author. Can you help?” There are certainly better people to ask than me. But after writing hundreds of articles ...

As a business leader or entrepreneur, I'm sure you can see the appeal of being a published author for both authority reasons and in order to grow your business. However, writing a book to check it off ...