True Treasure upgrades the way you think about your money, giving you intentional ways to make financial decisions based on your values and priorities. Through a rewarding process of soul searching and […]

Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Love and Murder

Author: A.E.S. O’Neill

After having been set up in Iraq, Alby O’Brien is on the Iraqi hit list. Therefore, Alby is now hiding in southern New Jersey to avoid […]

Many freelancers end up working with clients who are not an ideal fit for them especially at the beginning of their business, but bad clients and even toxic clients can still land in your lap as your business […]

After landing on the moon . . . that could have been a fun location for a murder.

The Egyptian Pyramids, Eiffel Tower, or White House? They would be great locations for a good murder. In fact, they have […]

April: English Language Month. A month-long celebration of the uniqueness of the English language and all the learners working hard to master it.
April: National Poetry Month. Spend time this month writing, […]

The copyedit is the last stage in the process of bringing a manuscript to publication, and it is the last time the manuscript will be reviewed before being typeset and laid out in book format. All substantive […]

Marcia Rosen (aka M. Glenda Rosen) is the author of 10 books, including the Senior Sleuth Mystery Series and the Dying to be Beautiful Mystery Series. Once again, she delights her readers with Murder at the […]

On Monday, The Baltimore Sun won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.

Its series of articles on Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s fraudulent children’s book scheme led to the mayor’s resignation and guilty […]

Finding an attorney when you need to prepare or review a writing or publishing contract is not always easy, especially if you live and work outside most major cities. Often, it isn’t that there are no literary a […]

After passing the California Bar Exam, I attended the swearing-in ceremony before the California Supreme Court. In a speech to the crowd, one of the Supreme Court justices advised that the most common mistake made […]

Member Benefit #1

We recommend that you start with Make the Most of Your Membership: A Quick-Start Guide to NAIWE. This handy guide provides a brief overview of the benefits you receive, along w […]

Books by well-known authors who have died are still read. Why do their words still matter to generations of today?

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing […]

The proverb about March is “In like a lion, out like a lamb” and usually refers to how the weather behaves. But for us here at Artemesia Publishing March is “In like a lion” because of the new cozy mystery […]

Have you heard insincere words that caused you to rethink the character of the speaker? Was it the tone of voice, the actual words? What made you doubt the sincerity of the words?

Prepare for the Writing […]

What is your favorite quote? What words in it make it your favorite quote?

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on […]

Word Choice. Inner Thoughts. Open Book. What do these three have in common?

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on […]

Walk like you talk. How do your words reflect in your actions?

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on our blog and […]

Words Matter Week, which is in its 15th year, is a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March by the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

Words are the basis for […]

We wanted to get to know Karin Beery (NAIWE’s Fiction Expert) better, so last month we sat down with her. Here are some thoughts she shared with us.

What role do editors play in the publishing […]

I read a book that says writers can — and even should — write just about anywhere and everywhere. We should write in cafes, restaurants, and coffee shops; on buses, boats, trains, and planes; and where beauty sur […]