April 28, 2023
While word count is of course affected by various factors like personal writing and publishing goals, genre conventions often determine expectations for the length of different works of fiction. By […]
Writing
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Whether you’re a seasoned author or just starting out, our tips will help you improve your storytelling, develop compelling characters, and overcome writer’s block. Avoid common writing mistakes and elevate your work with Elite Authors’ writing support services, or contact our team for personalized guidance.
April 24, 2023
Love is in the air! It’s time to put your content marketing skills to the test and take a crack at writing an epic romance novel. Writing a compelling love […]
April 21, 2023
Writing a book is an exciting process! However, it also involves a lot of decision making. One of the most important—and hopefully one of the most fun—choices an author makes […]
February 14, 2023
Your book description is your manuscript’s first introduction to your potential readers. It’s an essential piece of metadata that can make or break a book’s success. When authors write a […]
February 8, 2023
As an author, you want to write a book or story that your readers can really lose themselves in. Thanks to your creative writing and mind mapping skills, they can […]
January 10, 2023
Great books don’t just happen. And successful books generally don’t start with the author sitting at their computer typing a story off the top of their head. The writing process […]
December 14, 2022
Music is a beautiful, emotional method of expression. Artists and songwriters pour their hearts and souls into each piece they compose. Similarly, authors dedicate a substantial portion of their lives […]
May 18, 2022
Book design is crucial when you create a book for a young reader. The book size, illustrations, colors, and font all need to complement each other to attract your target […]
November 3, 2021
Twenty years ago, the publishing industry looked vastly different. Indie Author Day was a distant dream. Online retailers like Amazon, where users could easily upload and publish a book, hadn’t […]
October 20, 2021
If you’ve never heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), then you’re missing out on a great opportunity to write a novel! Many writers want to become serious authors. And […]
March 3, 2021
Many new authors make the decision to self-publish their novels instead of going through the hassle of doing so through a publishing company. Self-publishing offers plenty of advantages. For example, […]
January 20, 2021
So you’ve written an article, self-help book, or novel—congratulations! Perhaps you’re in the process of marketing your book and are neck deep in the world of advanced review copy (ARC) […]
November 18, 2020
Authors who want to sell their e-books through the Kindle store have a common question: what’s the average size of a Kindle e-book? Maybe you’re talking about the size of […]
June 19, 2019
If you want to get anywhere with your writing, it’s important to treat it as a job, even if you’re not necessarily earning any income from it yet. This is […]
May 23, 2019
You’re at the Grand Canyon. It’s breathtaking in a way that makes you speechless but not wordless. Your hands begin to twitch with the need to capture what you’re smelling, […]
March 28, 2019
Ghostwriting is when a writer pens a work that another person will get the credit for. However, a ghostwriter career involves a bit more than that! First, you, as the […]
March 8, 2019
The web offers seemingly endless opportunities for blog writers. But with so many blogs to contribute to, it’s hard to know how to start blogging. Not every blog is worth […]
December 11, 2018
What do Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, JFK’s Profiles in Courage, and Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Drew series all have in common? They were all written in whole or in part […]