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 […]

I’m off to the Colorado Christian Writers Conference, so time is a bit crazy for me. I found this article I wrote two years ago and thought it would be fun to share with you. I learned a lot as a newly published a […]

You will have to pick up after yourself.

Writers find themselves increasingly on their own. Because proper editing is time-consuming and expensive, publications and publishers have significantly diminished — o […]

Say that you’re ready to license the rights to your titles. But where do licensing activities fit into your publishing timeline?

As your spring and summer titles release to consumers, licensing professionals c […]

After hanging in mid-air for a split-second, our canoe drops hard. Immediate primal fears, heightened by expedition tensions and summer’s heat, grip us. We are descending out of control and into the core of a […]

Like most of you, I have a lot of thoughts about recent events that have centered on race and equality. I’ve read many stories about how this is changing the face of media and wondered how it would affect my w […]