What Are Literary Agents Looking for In Your Manuscript?
What do agents look for in a book?
Well, perhaps not surprisingly, they're looking for a lot of the same things as publishers; after all, that agent is going to have to convince a publisher's...
5 Secrets of Successful Authors: A Guide for Self-Publishing, Pt. 1
BookBaby has just made available (for FREE!) the first in an ongoing series of PDF guides that give you the inside secrets from indie authors who have made it big!
In part 1, learn about how...
Writing Advice: World-Building for Every Genre
How to create a world your readers will want to inhabit
(The follow article is an excerpted chapter from CJ Lyons' NO RULES, JUST WRITE: Crafting the Character Driven Novel, copyright 2011. Thanks to CJ...
Why Some Authors Should Use a Pseudonym or Pen Name
I've always wondered why authors (particularly genre writers) use pen names, and whether it's better to use a pseudonym or pen name, or if you should write under your real name. I asked all four "writers" (e.g., Jennifer) why she write under different pen names.
