• 31 Days of Writing Prompts (Fall Edition)

    Autumn is a great season to spend time journaling because we naturally begin to look back and reflect on the year. Take time to record your thoughts this month by participating in our 31 writing prompts. As you will see there is a writing prompt for every day of the month, but don’t feel like you have to do them in order. Print the list below and select a new prompt each day. As you finish one, cross it off the list. You may even want to choose a special journal to house your thoughts this month. Happy writing, friends! 31…

  • How to Host an Audiobook Club

    Your parents’ version of audiobooks — think bulky cassette tapes or pricey CDs — are long gone. The audiobooks we have today are significantly more advanced. From an audiobook’s production time to the number of books we can choose from to how we consume them, it’s no wonder these orally produced books have soared in popularity in the past few years. A boring commute and mundane house chores are now a little less of a drag on our days because we can occupy ourselves by listening to a good book. Considering that more people are reading books by listening to…

  • 6 Summer Activities for Writers

    Summer is officially here! Here are 6 great summer activities for writers currently working on a writing project. Start a new project! Write something new this summer. It can be anything from a random essay using one of our summer writing prompts or even an outline for a new novel. Give your mind a rest from your current project and find inspiration for a new one. Revise your current project. If your writing project is actually finished, summer is a great time to do some self-editing. Go back through your manuscript and tighten plot lines, build your characters, etc. Submit your writing…

  • 10 Ways to Do Research for Your Book

    When it comes to researching for your book there are many avenues — and rabbit holes — you can take to find the information you want. Researching is a fine art, especially now that the internet can turn up results that may not be completely accurate. Whether you’re writing a fiction novel or a nonfiction memoir, research will be an integral step for every book. Since your credibility as a writer is on the line, you’ll want to be triple sure that any researched information you include is 100% factual and that you have a strong source to back you…