By Piper Bayard Everything I know about writing I learned from belly dancing. Yes, belly dancing. How can this be? Art is Creativity, channeled into a three-dimensional form. It is the same basic process regardless of the medium, so the act of becoming proficient in any art is the same: discipline, practice, and dancing. Dancing? […]

by Jenny Hansen My day job as a software trainer is about building the skills of my co-workers so they can do productive work. And you know what I noticed several years back? There’s TONS of similarity between my training life and my writing life. Case in point: Leadership Freak is a business and leadership blogger […]

by Susan Spann Today the #PubLaw guest series takes a look at when you need a literary executor (or trustee) to administer the copyrights in your estate. The executor (in the case of a will) or successor trustee (in the case of a trust) is the person who administers and distributes an estate after a […]

Laura Drake is back for the second segment of Fearless Pitching! If you missed the first post, click here. Before we get on to THE day, a bit of philosophy to remember when you look in the mirror that morning: If you don't get a request for a partial, The Gatekeepers are not rejecting YOU. […]

by Orly Konig-Lopez After that headline a few of you are probably worried that my marble bag has a hole in it. You might not be wrong. But that's not the point of this post. Rejections. No one wants to get them, no one likes getting them. They sting. They make you triple guess your […]