Have you ever wondered what makes one good book a huge success while another, equally good book falls by the wayside? The simple answer is usually poor marketing, beginning with not having a strong launch. The […]

We wanted to get to know Greg Smith better, so last month we sat down with him. Here are some things he shared about novel writing.

What is one thing that you learned about your craft the hard way, and what […]

In this memoir, the author shares experiences of the twentieth century regarding growing up. A Rustic’s Journey to the Twenty-First Century is a wonderful coming-of-age story.

In the week before […]

One of the common pieces of wisdom that always floats around the freelance-o-sphere is that you should always be marketing. Market when you’re slow, market when you’re busy, market when you’re in Goldilocks […]

March 3–9, 2019

Words Matter Week, which is in its 11th year, is a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March by the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

Words are t […]

We wanted to get get to know Claudia Suzanne, NAIWE’s Ghostwriting Expert, better, so last month we sat down with her. Here are some things she shared about her craft of ghostwriting.

What is one thing that you […]

It’s the dream of many writers—you create a personal blog on a passion topic. Then, you use that blog as a writing sample that helps get you hired for freelance-writing jobs.

Many writers have a blog on the […]

April Michelle Davis wrote her book A Princess in Disguise because of her fascination with princesses. She wrote this fiction book using descriptions of many 1700 and 1800 places and things.
In August 2017, G […]

April Michelle Davis’s young adult book A Princess in Disguise was reviewed by Kathleen Lance of One Stop Fiction. And this review led to A Princess in Disguisereceiving an award: The One Stop Fiction Book […]

April Michelle Davis was selected as the local author from the northern Virginia area to have a portion of her young adult book A Princess in Disguise read to an audience of elementary school age children an […]