By Madison Kennerley/ Your website is probably the last thing on your mind after professional and personal responsibilities. Many things might get in the way of updating your author website, but that doesn’t mean you should forget about your online space. Keeping your author website up-to-date is your best strategy for building a solid personal brand and ensuring that your followers come back! Even if you’ve got no time to spare, there are many things you can do that will instantly improve your website. Here are 7 simple ways for improving your website right now. 1. Include a Call-to-Action What would you like the visitors to your website do next? You need a clear CTA on your website to make… read more →

By Bailey Belmont/ The Latin proverb nomen est omen tells us that a name is a sign. No matter how much we like to think that we make our own fate, it turns out that our names have a hand in determining it. And it’s not always for the better. Studies show that in the United States if you have an African-American sounding name, you are less likely to be employed than if you have a typically Caucasian name. Similar things will happen in Sweden, where immigrants who change their names to ones that sound Swedish or neutral get better pay. But even if you look beyond the evident racial or ethnic bias, names have the power to carry a… read more →

By Justin Fenech/ If I were to tell a fictional story, a lie, over a copious amount of pages, what would it entail, what would it involve? This is an almost impossible exercise. I cannot trust a single answer I might come up with, for it will all be laden with previous experience. Books I have read, books I have heard of will all filter in, corrupt the purity of the thought-experiment. But it must be tried. Why would I write a novel in the first place? What function would it serve? Education? Entertainment? Enlightenment? Posterity? Looking back on why I actually began to write (and yes, I realise, this is not an un-biased thought) it would be a self-indulgent… read more →

By Susan Saurel/ So, you have an idea for a story. Maybe you found inspiration in your own life. Maybe you got inspired by the life of someone else, or the story just came to you in a dream. There are no rules when it comes to inspiration. It goes beyond our limits of understanding. The way we turn that inspiration into words determines whether we’re good writers or not. Once you find your inspiration, how will you develop the chapters and scenes? How will you fit the characters into scenes that convey their personality? You have many questions on your mind before you start writing that story. We’ll try to make things easier for you. This isn’t a precise… read more →

By Mary Walton/ When you’re writing, you’re not thinking about the technicalities of writing. It’s all about getting the story onto the page and getting it done. Before you send that story anywhere though, it needs to be proofread. However, you don’t need to do it alone. There are lots of tools online that will help you fix up any grammar issues, or even help you improve your grammar in the first place. Here are ten tools that you really need to try out for yourself. Word Counter: This tool, as the name implies, will give you a word count when you paste your text in. What’s really useful though is that it will also highlight any mistakes that you’ve… read more →

By Jessica Freeman/Family skeletons, secrets shared with friends only and secret relationships dangle in the closets of all our minds. Every person has its own unique, interesting story that molders when kept in the dark. Writing our life story is one way to open the closet of our lives widely, in order to uncover the hidden secrets and treasures. However, not everyone opts for this idea. If you are good at writing and want to share your story with the world, the first thing to do is sit down and begin writing the truth of your life. Every writer is faced with the fear of revealing the secrets and becoming vulnerable. They are also scared of the idea that no… read more →

Novel Publicity wants you to know: We, are not Alone.  As a response to negative mainstream news, Novel Publicity and its affiliates reached out to authors all over the world to come up with a positive response to all the turmoil we are exposed to in the world. There may be days you feel alone, like you are not part of your wider culture, days that you are discriminated against, or even worse, the target of hate crimes. Below, you’ll see a personal message from the author, followed by a short story or poetry exclusive to our blog, resources, and information on The Trevor Project. We’d love to hear your comments, and even better, we’d love you to participate in this… read more →

Novel Publicity wants you to know: We, are not Alone.  As a response to negative mainstream news, Novel Publicity and its affiliates reached out to authors all over the world to come up with a positive response to all the turmoil we are exposed to in the world. There may be days you feel alone, like you, are not part of your wider culture, days that you are discriminated against, or even worse, the target of hate crimes. Below, you’ll see a personal message from the author, followed by a short story or poetry, exclusive to our blog, resources, and information on The Trevor Project. We’d love to hear your comments, and even better, we’d love you to participate in this… read more →

Novel Publicity wants you to know: We are not Alone.  As a response to negative mainstream news, Novel Publicity and its affiliates reached out to authors all over the world to come up with a positive response to all the turmoil we are exposed to in the world. There may be days you feel alone, like you, are not part of your wider culture, days that you are discriminated against, or even worse, the target of hate crimes. Below, you’ll see a personal message from the author, followed by a short story or poetry, resources, and information on The Trevor Project. We’d love to hear your comments, and even better, we’d love you to participate in this series and see how… read more →

Novel Publicity wants you to know: We are not Alone.  As a response to negative mainstream news, Novel Publicity and its affiliates reached out to authors all over the world to come up with a positive response to all the turmoil we are exposed to in the world. There may be days you feel alone, like you are not part of your wider culture, days that you are discriminated against, or even worse, the target of hate crimes. In the first of this series, we welcome authors Shannen Brady and Sarah Brady, a mother-daughter team who care as much as we do about human rights and equalitiy. Below, you’ll see a personal message from the authors, followed by a short story exclusive… read more →