Ready to skip the slush pile? Self-publishing lets you call the shots—if you know the moves. Here’s how to pull it off. At some point in the last decade, self-publishing stopped being plan B. These days, bestselling authors are building empires without traditional publishers. Debut writers are skipping the query trenches and going straight to […]
How to Write a Compelling Character Arc
Flat characters kill good fiction. Here’s how to give your protagonist a character arc that drives the whole story. Some characters change. Some resist change until it breaks them. Some remain exactly the same and leave a crater in the world around them. All three can work beautifully—if the arc is intentional. But when it’s […]
Traditional Publishing vs. Self Publishing: How to Choose the Best Path For You
Traditional publishing vs self publishing: two paths, no guarantees. Here’s how to choose what fits your book—and your ambition. Once upon a time, getting published meant stalking the mailbox for a rejection letter printed on painfully nice paper. These days? It’s more likely you’re juggling a dozen browser tabs—Amazon KDP, Substack serials, that one hybrid […]
How to Write a Personal Essay: Turn Real Life Into Publishable Prose
Personal essays aren’t diaries—they’re stories with stakes. Here’s how to write one that stands out. The personal essay is the overachiever of the nonfiction world: part confessional, part commentary, part literary flex. You’ll find it tucked between the pages of The New Yorker, scrolling across Medium, or buried in a Google Doc labeled “final_final_final_draft_for_real.” In […]
How to Write a Self-Help Book: A Blueprint for Success
Ready to help others and build your brand? Here’s the step-by-step of how to write a self-help book that’s honest, useful, and uniquely yours. At some point, you figured something out—something that made your life easier, better, less chaotic. And now, people keep asking how you did it. That’s the seed of a self-help book. […]