Congratulations, you have finished your first draft and are now well on the path to self-publishing! But before you send off your manuscript to a professional editor, consider having a few beta readers take it out for a test drive. Beta readers are those kind souls...
Writers who are blessed with truly creative minds often contemplate other-worldly scenarios where their characters exist far beyond our physical planet. Their rich imaginations are busy weaving extraordinary complex tales that surpass time and space, creating...
Today, the young adult fiction genre is huge. In fact, as of 2022, 35.03 million print copies of young adult (YA) books are sold each year. Among the categories within young adult fiction, the fantasy/magic/science fiction genre has outsold all others (by far),...
If you’ve never actually spotted the “literary fiction” section at your local bookstore, there’s a good reason – it’s because there isn’t one. Since it’s not a recognizable genre, then what exactly is literary fiction? And therein lies the rub: literary fiction is...
If you still believe eBooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing, think again. It is actually the audiobook format that is experiencing the most growth since 2020, rising at a rate that is four times that of eBooks. People are looking for ways to be more...