Whether you are an indie writer looking at new markets or a newbie building up a writing portfolio, consider trying these traditional ways to get published. What will be your next steps with your work?

Jenny Hansen shares eight characteristics every character needs to be happy and "whole." Plus, suggestions for tweaking these traits to help your own stories.

Reader expectations are a moving target. Yet the real “secret success strategy” to book sales is very straightforward: give readers what they want. How do you do that?!

Tons of ideas for growing your author platform, when you are ready to step outside from quarantine. You can start planning and booking activities. Potential readers are out there waiting to hear from you!

SWAG is one of those places where authors can go very right, or completely wrong. Sherry Ficklin shows how to get it right, offering examples that fit today's publishing market and reader needs, without breaking the bank.