News & Articles

WPN regularly publishes articles on a variety of topics of interest to our members and the publishing community. To find articles on specific topics, please use the drop down menus. We accept submissions from the community for publication. If you have an article, (limit 2,500 words), please send to editor@writersandpublishersnetwork.com .

Email Efficiency and Safety

by Barbara Florio Graham A friend and I were reminiscing recently about the early days of email. We were members of a writing group who joined one of the earliest…

RIP SPAWN Member Ellen Reid

I’m saddened to tell you of the passing of author Ellen Reid, a WPN member, and owner of the Beverly Hills Book Awards; Indie Excellence Awards; and the Mind, Body,…

When You're the Speaker

by Barbara Florio Graham As a professional speaker and teacher, I’ve given three-day workshops to Canadian federal government departments that paid me $1,000/day, international conferences where the payment was in…

Six Truths About Anthologies

by Barbara Florio Graham I’m using the term “anthology” to cover all kinds of books you may contribute to, but you aren’t the primary writer or co-writer. There are a…

Winging It: LIVE on the Radio

by Barbara Florio Graham When I was asked to do a two-hour interview on a popular news/talk radio show, I was delighted. My publisher had hooked the host with a…

Truth in Fiction—How One Author Keeps It Real

by Patricia Fry Every hopeful author and freelance writer has heard this important credo: write about what you know. For years, I wrote nonfiction. Still do. But five years ago,…

What Happens When Your Publisher Sells the Company?

by Libby J. Atwater Publishing presents enough challenges to first-time authors, but even veterans like me can be surprised when a publisher announces he’s selling his company only a few…