Launching your first book? You might be staring at a hundred tabs right now, wondering: Which self-publishing platform is actually best for new authors? I’ve been there. When I self-published my first book, I thought the hardest part was writing it, but it turned out, choosing where to publish was just as overwhelming. Every platform […]
Ever notice how books from the same big publisher show different brand names on the spine? You might pick up a gritty fantasy novel by Tor Books and a feel-good romance title from Avon, only to find out later they’re both published by giants like Macmillan or HarperCollins. That’s not a coincidence. It’s the power
Choosing what to write about is not the first step in writing a novel. It’s the second. If you want to learn how to write a book, you first have to choose a genre. A genre is your novel’s type or category. It’s like the flavor of a story—it tells you what kind of ride
