Why Bookshop Is Amazing

by | May 31, 2022 | Marketing, Publishing, Tips

by Bailey Potter, Collaborative Editor There are a number of reasons why the online book retailer Bookshop.org is amazing, but the top reason to love buying books from them is to support (more than 1,400) indie bookstores, which is why they started as a business in...

Sensitivity Reading: What Is It?

by | Mar 30, 2022 | Publishing, Tips, Writing

Guest Post by Viveca Shearin So, picture this: you’re a person of color reading a book. All is well. You have your favorite cup of coffee and some snacks nearby, you’re snuggled on your bed, and nothing can stop you from reading. Until you come across a scene in said...

7 Ways to Get More Writing Done This Year

by | Jan 5, 2022 | Publishing, Tips, Writing

By Executive Editor Ali Shaw If, like me, your hope for this year (or dare I say, “resolution”) is to make more progress on your writing, then we’ve got to put some strategies in place to make that happen. Hope is a strong emotion, but unfortunately, it alone will not...

Typing Away Tension and Turmoil

by | Nov 4, 2021 | Fiction, Tips, Writing

Guest Post by Lauryne Wright, Author of the Other Worldly Series Do you ever become overwhelmed? By life, by news of the day, by that next scene you’re fixing to draft but fretting over? That’s how I feel as I plot book five of my Other Worldly series. Like the last...

Write Book (Check). Now What?

by | Oct 1, 2021 | Publishing, Tips, Writing

Things have been hopping around here, and­ one of our exciting developments is that our founder and executive editor, Ali Shaw, has a book coming out! Write Book (Check). Now What? is a short guide to the publishing basics that new authors need to know. When you’ve...