Hiring the Right Book Editor

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You’ve spent a lot of time writing your book — now, make sure it’s the best it can be by hiring an editor.

Working on a book or novel is a labor of love. You spend hours, days, months or maybe even years working on your story. You pour your heart and soul into it.

If you’re a fiction writer you’ve meticulously created your world and developed each of the characters.

Your story has a great arc, and the climax is heart-stopping. After editing it numerous times on your own, you’re now ready to show it to the world.

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The 5 Best Morning Routines for Writers

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Best Morning Routines for Writers

Have you ever felt like the first hour of the morning sets you on a direct trajectory towards the rest of your day?

You’re either “up and at ’em” and ready to conquer the world, or you’re…well…you’re physically present, but your mind is somewhere else.

Whether it’s still asleep or just dreaming of your future vacation days, you just cannot seem to focus.

No matter how you feel when you wake up, do you maintain a normal morning routine?

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Why You Should Write A Crappy First Draft

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Why You Should Write a Crappy First Draft

Writer’s Block. Those two little words can derail just about any writing session.

One of the major causes of writer’s block is perfectionism: trying to make everything perfect in the first draft.

When you try to do both the writing and the editing, you’re running your creative brain and your logical brain at the same time. That can kill your productivity.

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7 Tips to Increase Your Typing Speed

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There you are, writing an email to a friend when all of a sudden you have a “Eureka!” moment about how to set up a breathtaking climax for your current manuscript.

You quickly pull up a blank document and start to type, but after a few minutes you lose your train of thought—because you’re only typing at 20 wpm, but your brain is dictating the scene at 60.

It’s essential for writers and authors to have a fast typing speed; you need to easily jot down ideas as they come to mind.

If you’re typing at 20 wpm, chances are you’ll spend more time trying to remember that great scene than you will typing it.

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8 Steps To Writing A Sales-Driving Author Bio

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With almost two million ebooks on Amazon, authors can get lost in the sea of books available to readers. Because you are competing for readers’ attention, it’s important to have a compelling and interesting author bio. Unless you’re a household name, how are prospective readers going to learn about you on the worlds largest platform? …

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The Perfect Writing Software And Apps For Your Writing Style

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Ask any group of writers about their favorite writing program, and you’ll probably get a mix of answers — from Microsoft Word to Scrivener to Google Docs, with some lesser-known software thrown in. 

Some of us use more than one. We choose the tool of the moment based on the nature of the project we’re working on. 

Some prefer to stay out of the Cloud when they write. Others would rather stay in the Cloud because of the ability it gives them to bounce between devices as they write.

So, is there such a thing as “the best writing software” out there? And what are the best apps for writers in 2021?

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ASP 80: Jyotsna Ramachandran on Outsourcing Parts of Self-Publishing Business

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Jyotsna Ramachandran is a stay at home mom of 2 kids and the founder of Happy Self Publishing. She started her online business journey by publishing books written by ghostwriters. This gave her the confidence to write her own book Job Escape Plan. Her claim to fame was when her book got featured in Inc.com …

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