Writing and Creating Books

Why You Should Publish Audiobooks

10 Reasons Why You Should Create an Audiobook

When you write a book or ebook, you should also create an audiobook out of your book. Creating an audiobook is incredibly important for fiction, poetry, business nonfiction, self-help nonfiction, history, memoirs, and related titles. Audiobooks could also be very effective for children’s books where children can read along with your book as they listen […]

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Lisa Garant on Greatness

Looking for Greatness? Look in the Mirror!

If you’re looking for greatness, look in the mirror! — Lisa Garant If you want to be a great writer, only you can create that reality for yourself. No one else can do that for you. Look in the mirror. That’s who can do it for you. — John Kremer If you’re looking for greatness, […]

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Great Authors Steal Content

Good Book Authors Borrow Content

Good book authors stare at people a lot. Scenery, too. Events, as well. A good author pries. Asks lots of questions. Irritates those around him sometimes with way too many questions. A good author listens. Not only does she ask questions, she listens to the answers. A good author eavesdrops. Listens to conversations on the […]

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Slammed by Colleen

Colleen Hoover: A New York Times Bestselling Self-Publisher

Below is an excerpt from an interview with Colleen Hoover, a New York Times bestselling author who self-published several novels, including Slammed several years ago. I just wrote these books less than a year ago, so I never tried to get them traditionally published. In all honesty, I wrote them for fun and never thought […]

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