The more productive you are as a writer or blogger, the more writing gigs you’ll win, the more books you’ll write, and the more money you’ll earn! One of the keys to earning a great living as a writer is to increase not just the number of words you write every day, but to figure [...]

These quick tips for writing a long or short author bio for magazine articles, book contributions, or book proposals are at the tweeted request of a fellow writer. I love getting requests – please feel free to ask me questions about writing!
As synchronicity would have it, a different author emailed me the very same day and asked [...]

Here are my 12 steps to finding a literary agent…I’m a full-time freelance writer who just signed on with the Irene Goodman Literary Agency in NYC, and I’m thrilled to reach this milestone in my writing career!  
First, I gotta share a quip I found from Irene Goodman herself:
“Writing is your job, just like your postman has a job,” says [...]

These 17 reasons book manuscripts are rejected are from a panel of editors, literary agents, and publishers at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve also pulled out some great writing tips and quips about the book publishing business from this discussion…
But first, a quip from an agent about getting published:
“You don’t have to have [...]

These six reasons successful writers need literary agents are from best-selling author, former journalist, and writing teacher Maeve Binchy… 
Before her tips, a quip: 
“In an agent-author relationship there’s plenty of room for a minefield of misunderstanding,” writes Binchey in The Maeve Binchy Writers’ Club. “The agent thinks the author should be speedy in the writing and the rewriting, [...]

Standing out in the slush pile is one of the key ways to get published as a freelance writer, novelist, or poet! When you send story ideas or book proposals to editors and publishers, you need to float to the top – and stay there. New research reveals one way to get people to remember your writing; it’s a [...]

One secret of being a successful writer is to find ways to make your writing better! These tips will improve your skills as an author…
Before the tips, a quip: 
“Of course, everyone who submits a book thinks it’s good and deserving of publication, critical accolades, and brisk sales,” writes Pat Walsh in 78 Reasons Why Your Book May [...]