Book Awards for Self-Published Writers

In the last post, I discussed how to prepare to write a book review: what questions to prepare beforehand, how to scan, read, question, and take notes. This article describes how to add the most important element of a professional book review: the critique. I try not to critique a book until I have been through…

Publisher Sulis International is seeking submissions for all imprints: Sulis International Press General and academic nonfiction Keledei Publications Non-fiction religion Legal Yankee Publications Nonfiction legal education Riversong Books: Fiction How is my book distributed? We supply print books to Amazon.com (worldwide) and Ingram (worldwide), and will also be made available to all online stores, brick-and-mortar stores, and…

Here are some excellent articles from around the web to hone your writing skills. This month’s posts focus on time management for writers and what to write about. setting realistic writing goals (thewritersaurus). As the title states, this article discusses how to set realistic writing goals. Importantly, the author notes that ‘word count’ goals will (and…

Whether you appreciate his style or content, it is hard to deny that Kurt Vonnegut was a master of language—intelligent, creative, and meaningful. Here is his list of eight rules for writing a short story, from his collection Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction. : Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that…