About Making Money Writing
by Bobbie Christmas Q: How do we support ourselves while we’re writing our books? A: If you’re writing nonfiction, you can write a proposal and several sample chapters instead of…
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What to know about AI in 2023
by Eric Hauch This was the year that artificial intelligence went tete-a-tete with human writers. While AI has been around for years, the introduction of ChatGPT introduced an automated process…
Michael Bracken Joins Level Best Books
Level Best Books co-owners Shawn Reilly Simmons and Verena Rose announce the recent addition of Michael Bracken as a consulting editor for the Level Short imprint. He will edit or…
The Logistics of Touring Part III – Promotion & Product
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part II. “If you build it, they will come” doesn’t apply to in-store events. It’s more like “If you build it—and tell…
Editor’s Choice October 2023
Ten Things Nobody Tells You About the Publishing Industry September 30, 2021 by Kilby Blades reprinted with permission An author offers some hard-earned tips. There’s more to authoring than conquering…
Stats You Should Know
by Penny Sansevieri Wordsrated.com recently completed an in-depth statistical report on the fiction book market. The big takeaway is that over 52.88% of all print book sales in the United…
Twelve Tips to Edit Your Book
by Marilyn Levinson, first published August 17 on the Writers Who Kill blogspot, reprinted with permission I like editing. The way I see it, the hard work of creating my…
About Style Guidelines
by Bobbie Christmas Q: I’ve been tasked with editing a magazine article that has quotes from several people. Some of the quotes use less-than-standard English. The article is in praise…
The Logistics of Touring aka Part II – Making it Happen
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part I. Last time we discussed the overall steps in setting up a book tour. Let’s look at some of the important…
Editor’s Choice September 2023
A few of the services offered with membership in the Author’s Guild include: Featured Member Service: Contract Reviews Did you know? Their legal team will review members’ publishing agreements at…