by Site Owner | Jan 10, 2019 | Columns, Featured, The Reader's Perspective
A new year brings new resolutions, and we decided to poll our reviewers about their reading goals for 2019. We got quite a range of responses, from specific number goals to tackling new and unfamiliar genres. What are your reading goals for the new year? “My...
by Site Owner | Dec 6, 2016 | Adventures in Self-Publishing, Columns, Featured
Awards: What Every Self-Published Author Needs to Know About the Benefits of Awards Programs If you’re like most authors, you’ve probably wondered — dreamed even — about the possibility of winning an award for your book. You’ve probably also wondered about how to go...
by Site Owner | Nov 29, 2016 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Seriously, Why Do NaNoWriMo? It’s not like you actually “win” anything. By Jennifer Levine Unless you’re in the thick of it NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is counter-intuitive. After all, writing is a solitary pursuit. It’s more fun to romanticize...
by Site Owner | Nov 15, 2016 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
The Importance of Taking a Break By Kira A. McFadden Writers write – this mantra is heard in every corner of the writing industry, and it’s true. The very nature – the core, if you will – of being a writer is that we write. To become successful, we...
by Site Owner | Nov 8, 2016 | Columns, Featured, Portland Authors, Writers on Writing
Writing While Raising Small Children By Becky Banks I’m a stay-at-home mom and writer. I spend most days chasing a 2.5-year-old, trying to convince him that pants are a good thing. I do this while writing romance novels professionally. I wasn’t always this glamorous....