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As the lines continue to blur between writing skills and business skills, so too do the pretexts of creating a book. The classic pretext for creating a book was, of course, to express a novel idea or story. In contrast, the classic pretext of starting a business was to harness an economic advantage to generate …Read More

As an aspiring or published author, what do you want from your writing career? Fame? Fortune? Freedom? All of the above? It seems that today some authors get to have their cake and eat it too. Not only did their self-published books develop a huge fan base and provide financial independence, but the authors got …Read More

Heroes in literature have faced some pretty awesome foes, from gods to natural disasters to a devil wearing Prada. But the one thing that has destroyed more protagonists than any force of evil is the writer’s story outline. An outline keeps a story on track and moves the plot toward a satisfying conclusion. It’s not …Read More

I remember when my favorite sound was squeaky shoes on freshly mopped parquet. Or wait, maybe it was the loud reverberating slap of an off-hand punctuating a defensive rebound. No, I know. The most delightful sound to me, if I can describe it correctly, was the sound of utter perfection. Thwup. Frip. KUNH. CHOONK. A …Read More

If you were an author 50, 25, even 10 years ago, you’d clamor for the opportunity to sign with a traditional publisher. Landing such a book deal meant an advance, access to professional talent like editors, and distribution. Those were the solutions authors sought because the problems they solved were the most obstructive. But are …Read More

Have you ever met that person who says she dreads having to write anything? This person will sit at the computer and panic. She will start to write and stop, get up for a cup of coffee, get distracted, and move on to another task. This is the same person who, when having a conversation, …Read More

“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” — Mark Twain Every writer, from experienced authors to fresh bloggers, has to contend with editing. Editing is an invaluable and inseparable element of writing; it cannot be overlooked. And most writers don’t write for a large publishing house …Read More

The publishing industry is in a state of tremendous flux. The traditional model where publishers act as gatekeepers to talent is under siege from ebooks and self-publishing. Authors today don’t have to bang on the doors of the “Big Six” publishers like Random House to get their books published; they can leverage existing platforms like …Read More

We are excited to feature Shawn Murphy’s ‘Creating Joy At Work’ as our featured Snippet this week! Download Now From Creating Joy At Work: The current work environments that suck the life, joy, even optimism out of employees and the culture will render companies irrelevant - a relic of the 20th century. The fundamental shift …Read More

Why do people band together for greater democratization of services, societies, and governments? They want greater fairness of inclusion, right? The people insist on being more included in the process—the process of debate, the process of establishing standards, the process of governance, the process of reforms. For the people and by the people is the …Read More