If you’ve spent any amount of time in online reading or writing circles, you’ve probably come across posts like this titled ‘X Times Men Didn’t Know How to Write Female Characters,’ each featuring screenshots of tragically sexist prose. Or maybe you, like me, were forged in the unforgiving fires of 2012-era Tumblr and have seen […]
Writing a book is an art form, and that means that there’s not one right way to do it—it’s going to look different for everyone, and as long as someone’s method works for them, it’s fine. That said, if you’re a new writer looking for advice, this can make a project as big as a […]
As a literary agent in major trade publishing at the Trident Media Group literary agency, I often have to explain many of these key book publishing terms and phrases to new clients. This serves as a light glossary of key terms for new authors unfamiliar with the phrases and abbreviations casually tossed around in the […]
After spending weeks, months or maybe even years perfecting the words in your book, you’re probably ready to toss it online and cross your fingers that you’ll receive rave reviews. But before you jump on the self-publishing bandwagon, take some time to learn how to make a book cover — an amazing one, at that! […]
You’ve penned a book you’re proud of, and now you’re ready to share it with the world. But first, you have a question: Should you self publish or get a publisher? Maybe you want to become the next Sarah Dessen of YA fiction, or perhaps you created a series you know will rival the book-to-movie […]
Out of 63 speakers, only 10 supported the resolution during the citizens speaking portion of the meeting that lasted nearly two hours. The crowd overflowed into a separate city hall room watching on a monitor. One after the other, residents of various backgrounds and ages spoke against the proposal, which would prohibit the city from […]
Chennai-born Malar Vizhi Balaji instills the love for reading among children, as her signature bookstore chain expands in her adopted homeland Published: Sat 26 Nov 2022, 12:36 PM Last updated: Sat 26 Nov 2022, 12:41 PM Malar Vizhi Balaji was a voracious reader since her childhood days in Chennai, India. She would spend all her […]
You can actually get paid to read books online. Sounds like a dream job, right? There are chances to earn extra money with jobs reading books from home. So you can get paid to write book reviews if you have a good writing style and earn from home with book reviewer jobs. If you love […]
Google has quietly announced that on September 30th, Book on Google for flights will be discontinued in most countries or regions outside the United States. I am not sure why this is the case, maybe because there are just too many regulatory and monopolistic issues with the service outside of the US, and the ROI […]
As a literary agent at Trident Media Group, a plethora of nonfiction book ideas come across my desk. So many people think they have a book in them, but it takes more than merely being audacious to see a book through to publication. What’s unique about nonfiction is it can be sold on a proposal […]