We hope you will accept our March writing challenge. Every month we offer a new writing challenge here at writebythesea.com. This month we are challenging you to remain grateful every day, even in the midst of these trying times.
Every month, you’ll find a new writing challenge here. This month is the perfect time to figure out what you want to accomplish as a writer in 2022 and what it will take to reach that goal.
by Michael Selden Promoting a book is probably among the most difficult things to do, especially for small, independent publishers. Many channels are not open to them. Millions of books are published every year, and organizations like ALA use the big five publishers as filters to help them separate the grain from the chaff –…
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson A Web site owner was asked what the “three most important components are for publishing a professionally produced e-book” and he referred the question to me. As long as I was figuring out the answer to this all-important question, I figured I’d pass it along to you but the question was just…
by Melissa Abramovitz If you write fiction for children, you will probably need to do some research. If you write nonfiction, research is an absolute necessity. Many writers cringe at the thought of research, possibly because it reminds them of writing term papers in school. I’ll admit that research isn’t always fun. But most of…
by Nancy I. Sanders If you want to learn more about how to write a picture book, here are several basic steps you can take towards your goal: Step 1: Read a book about how to write picture books. Two of my favorites are: Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul The Nuts and Bolts…
by Sandra Knight, Contributing Editor Are you looking for expenses to reduce your taxes as an author? Do you know which costs you can deduct to lower your taxes as a professional author or freelancer? If you don’t make a profit, can you still submit your losses? Taxes can be a hassle until you realize…
by Suzanne Lieurance Writers write all kinds of stuff. Sharon Blumberg enjoys writing monologues. Recently, I wanted to find out what attracted her to monologues and how she got started with this type of writing. Her answers to the questions I asked her for this interview might help you see if you might have fun…
by Contributing Editor, Caroline Howard-Johnson Poet, Author of Fiction and Nonfiction It’s not something we usually think about when we take our first writing class or write our first novel, but the day will probably come when your first published book will need to be issued as a second edition. Or you’ll at least…
If you’ve been thinking of joining The Monday Morning Shove, but you’re wondering if it’s just a group of people who talk about writing but don’t write very much or ever get published, think again! Members of The Monday Morning Shove are active writers, who write and submit often and get published often. They have…
by Irene S. Roth, Contributing Editor It takes hard work to become the best writer you can be. But it’s worth the effort. Many writers shy away from believing they can become excellent writers. Personally, I’ve been writing nonfiction e-books, newspaper, and magazine articles as well as blogs for three decades. Yet, I still can’t…
by Carolyn Howard-Johnson Once upon a time, way back in the last decade, author and researcher Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s publicity predicament illustrated to the world of books what we authors suspected all along: Huge amounts of publicity surrounding a release don’t necessarily translate into massive sales figures. In fact, the result of a major publicity…
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