Books and Publishing

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 […]

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: 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 […]

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. […]

Forget formula. This is how to write a short story that grabs readers fast and leaves them wanting more. Short stories are proof that good things really do come in small packages. You don’t need 400 pages, a map of Middle Earth, or a six-book sequel—just a sharp idea, a handful of compelling characters, and […]