Each month, we feature a member of the NAIWE Board of Experts on a topic that is designed to help you grow in your field. Our experts are successful full-time publishing professionals, and they impart a lot of […]

The baggage I’ll write about today isn’t that negative psychological baggage we all carry with us: regrets, guilt, shame, and the like. I’m referring to the things we actually need to lug with us if we are to su […]

I’m an expert. I have six books under my writerly belt and can throw my marketing girth out there for all to see and admire. Why can I say this? Because I received my first royalty check—that I promptly spent on […]

In the land of fairy times, in the anon time before I understood the publishing biz, I held this cherished belief that publishers knew everything, were perfectly consistent, and had universal opinions about each […]

Like the nerd I am, today I read through my latest issue of The Costco Connection. On page 11, I found this quote from Brian Tracy, the chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a training and personal […]

Poynter has a regularly updated post up about newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures. To me, it’s hard to watch all the publications and professionals being impacted by the pandemic. I wonder how the pan […]

I have all the answers you seek, young Padawan. (Advanced apologies for those of you who don’t like Star Wars.)

Platform:

Speak to as many people as you can (The clone wars come to mind. . . . Millions is p […]

Seasoned and nubile writers scribble notes while the lecturer shares her publishing expertise. Both a magazine editor and a creative writing professor, Sandra Glahn teaches the workshop “The View from the E […]

May this piece be a blessing to those of you who want to deepen your stories.

While I prefer to have a life like a maple tree in spring — full of promise, growth, and branches that reach for the sky in g […]

I’ll never forget the day I interviewed Patrick Dempsey. I’ve always been a fan of his, and seeing him soar to fandom thanks to Grey’s Anatomy was the icing on the cake. I couldn’t believe I was going to speak t […]

NAIWE’s Grammar Expert John E. McIntyre has not gone around the bend. Let me explain.

Usually someone talking about “correct” English imagines that one form of English, the dialect we identify as standard Engli […]

We wanted to get to know Brian Schwartz (NAIWE’s Self-Publishing Expert) better, so last month we sat down with him. Here are some thoughts he shared with us.

What makes a good review?

A good review helps […]

Marketing Schmarketing! It’s the portion of my writing life that I estimate will take a little bit of time, when in reality, it takes quite a bit.

When my friends were raising support, they heard an i […]

On Sunday, I listened to some amazing podcasts about the music industry and how it had to morph and change in light of Napster and the digital sharing age.

I tend to gravitate toward the idea of tribes, of […]

Recently I received an email from a long-lost acquaintance who decided it was time to write a book. He asked me if I could give him contacts in the publishing industry, including my agent. In his letter, he proved […]

At the recent Christian Book Expo, I spent a good deal of time talking with a friend of mine who’s in an ancillary business for Christian writers. He said in this economy he’s diversifying his business, str […]

This past weekend I went to Nashville to record the Thin Places’ audio book. This is my first time reading for a book recording, and the whole process proved to be enlightening. Afterward, I realized that if e […]

Traveling, promotion, and marketing always take far more time than you think it will. When I had three books released in one year (which made for a hectic prior year in terms of writing), I got very, very tired […]

One of the easiest ways to get additional assignments is to work often for your favorite clients.

Three important strategies for getting existing clients to hand you new assignments are

always having a […]

As a recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English, I knew I wanted to work with words. I thought about becoming a teacher or working for a newspaper, but neither of those ideas panned out.

A few months l […]