• What needs to go on your book’s title pagesThe very first pages readers will see when they open you book are the title pages? Title pages? Yes, you may have two of them.• Fore…

When are you most creative and most productive as a writer? Write a description of that place, noting the time of day, which of your senses are appealed to during that span, if you use pen and…

To make your writing smoother when listing items, consider using parallel structure. This occurs when you follow the same grammatical pattern as providing a list of equal items or ideas within a se…

Writing a novel series certainly is a smart tactic when self-publishing fiction. After all, once readers like a character or universe, they’re likely to purchase other books in which they’re featur…

"I assumed I’d sing it once and let it off, but it has persisted."

Self-publishing always sounds appealing: It’s a quick way to get your book in print, you don’t have to deal with literary agents, editors and publishers who want to rewrite your bo…

More about community than religion, Senior National Correspondent Steve Osunsami profiles the unique hymns and peculiar harmonizing of a style of folk singing that draws adherents from all religions.

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I received a series of emails yesterday which I now know to be AI generated and suspect to be part of a phishing scam, so I’m flagging them up here as a warning to other authors who may be targeted in...