Books

Okay, lets start with a list of Authors that some of us have heard of: Shakespeare, Charles Dickens,Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, James Baldwin, Nathan Heard, Donald Goins, F....

We've all faced it at one time or another. We sit down to write, hell bent on churning out pages of vivid, moving prose. Then instead of being set on fire, we feel like a dried up speck of dust....

So you've finished writing that next great bestseller. You've submitted your book to dozens of publishers and agents, but you can't seem to get any of them to represent you. If this sounds like...

Writing a historical novel requires a lot of time, patience, and a boatload of research. However, there are many steps you can follow to make this creative process a more worthwhile and enjoyable...

The Kindle is an electronic book reader available from Amazon. Users are able to download, store, and read materials such as books, blogs, audio books and newspapers, on the Kindle. The...

As with music and movies, increasing numbers of people are using the Internet to read books. Book publishing has been around for centuries more than recording or film; thus, many more books are in...

The biggest expenses when publishing a book are printing, warehousing and distributing. Therefore the first step in an economical publishing plan is to cut out large print runs, warehousing and...

True stories make great books. The old saying, "truth is stranger than fiction," holds true time and again. The laws regarding these issues of privacy and ownership of a story vary and are often...

To publish a book with Barnes and Noble you need to submit your work to one of two publishing houses that Barnes and Noble acquired in 2003, Sterling Publishing, at www.sterlingpub.com, or to Lark...

The Internet offers many opportunities. For writers who enjoy writing and sharing their work, there are many ways to use the Internet to write, share and print stories with others. Sharing your...

Writing an emotionally compelling, intelligent, fun-to-read story can be a very difficult, but highly rewarding task. It requires practice and learning from trial and error, writing every day and...

You automatically own the copyright to anything you write under U.S. law in most circumstances, and the trick is preserving those rights, even when you're self-publishing a book. If, on the other...

A silent comedy is a comedy that relies on funny actions to get a laugh. This type of story was made popular by Charlie Chaplin in many of his early films. Silent comedies in film are easier to...

Depending on your goals, publishing a book can be fairly simple or quite complex. There are only two choices when it comes to publishing a book: do-it-yourself or get a publishing house to do it....

Even though this article is on "how to use a Thesaurus for Poetry," these books come in handy for all types of writing. Once you know how to use them, they can improve your word skills...

This is a simple 101 approach to writing comedy. Laughter is simply one of the most powerful tools we have to share emotions with each other, and ease stress. Comparable with music it is a...

Percy Jackson & the Olympians is an incredibly popular series of books and is soon to be a motion picture. The series has over two years and counting on the New York Times Bestseller list....

In writing a book, the goal of location is to scoop the reader up on a magic carpet and take them to the world of your imagination. That magical place is called the setting. Here's how to...

The Gods were actually described as having essentially human, but having ideal bodies. Zeus was their chief god. The gods and goddesses were said to live on Mount Olympia. Each god of goddess...

Reading can be one of the most enchanting past times you can have. Unlike watching a movie, with a book you can really dream along with it, ponder some meanings, rewind and absorb. You can...

The function of a book is to get the reader to hop onto the magic carpet of your imagination and take them to the world---the setting--of your book. Here's how to create a compelling setting for...

If you’ve self-published a book recently and have listed it for sale on Amazon.com, you’re probably checking your Amazon.com sales rank on a regular basis. You’re also likely to be comparing it...

Here is a great personalized gift idea for a writer: a hardcover journal you can make yourself with scrapbook photo pages and writing prompts on alternating pages. It's a cheap gift to make, but...

After receiving my refurbished Amazon Kindle 1 I noticed right away that the battery charge would only last two to three days, even with the Whispernet service turned off. Whispernet is the free...

The Harlem Renaissance was a 20th-century arts movement in African-American culture and history that took place in the Harlem section of New York City. It was a "rebirth" of the arts, including...

"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, published in 1966, has the distinction of being number 47 on the list of the 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990 to 2000, according to the...

A continuous story, also known as a serial story, is a story that has no end. In theory, a serial story can go on forever. Realistically, it ends when the writer determines it's time to stop...

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a work of science fiction, but not of the typical kind: It experiments with the idea of an intelligence-enhancing surgery that allows an individual with...

Are you one of those people that loves books so much that you'll go to a used book store, or a Barnes and Noble and buy a ton of books? I was. I could go into a bookstore and easily buy 10 to 15...

For many authors writing the book is the easy part. While some thrive on marketing and sales, many would prefer to let the publisher do the promotional work. Years ago, that was fine, but now most...

Students of all ages across the world study the works of William Shakespeare, which provide enlightenment and delight for those who can understand his meaning. Many students of Shakespeare become...

A good story contains three elements. The first two are narration and dialogue. Narration is the action of the story. Without it, there is no story. Dialogue is the words exchanged between the...

If you have a great idea for a children's story but have held off writing it because the book requires illustrations, and you can't draw, it's time to sit down and write your story. You don't have...

Hatshepsut was the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh; she was crowned regent of Egypt because her half-brother, Tuthmose III, was too young to rule. To assert her power, Hatshepsut often dressed as...

Fiction writing is the act of creating something that doesn't exist--making up a story. Ideas for made-up stories can come from anywhere. Real life stories can spark ideas for fictional accounts...

Often when publishing a book you are limited in sales and communication by the number of people you can reach who speak your language. However, there are opportunities for further growth by...

Renowned for his ability to fly and his practically indestructible body, superhero Superman was created in the 1930s by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Sixty years later, however, DC Comics killed...

The Internet continues to open new opportunities for publishing. If you'd like to publish your own books but don't want to deal with large print runs and warehousing, publishing your books...

A short story explication is a literary analysis of a short story using various literary criteria to make clear to an audience the story's purpose. Writers who analyze short stories do so by...

With modern technology advancing each day to allow us to experience things in a more convenient ways, it is no surprise that Amazon has won over technology lovers and skeptics with its latest line...

Poetry comes in many forms, from extremely short haiku to the epic. Poetry can be rhymed or unrhymed, it can be literal or abstract, and it can encompass any subject matter. The horror genre is...

The Kindle is Amazon's trademark e-book reader. As of December 2009, the latest models of the Kindle and Kindle DX allow you to use the Kindle's innate wireless capabilities internationally. On...

You've written a wonderful book about childhood disability and want to share it with the world. No doubt your book is filled with great information and inspiration, but that's not enough to get it...

With traditional publishing getting harder to break into, many writers are turning to self-publishing. A popular platform is the digital reader Kindle. Kindle readers are voracious book buyers...

You've heard that the release of the second movie in the Twilight series New Moon has everyone choosing between Team Edward and Team Jacob. You may have asked yourself, "how will I...

Creating E-book and selling it is one of the fastest ways to make money online. The thing that set E-books apart from the rest of online money making method is that almost anyone can do it. You...

So your high school English teacher thought you were brilliant, and after having read your latest piece, your mom went out shopping for scrapbooks to hold your future bestseller lists. But there’s...

Learn how to use Twitter to express yourself creatively and enjoy the fun of writing for an audience!

Working adults and full-time parents often find it difficult to justify reading more fiction, especially since the act of reading is a solitary one that excludes others and requires focus....

There are two routes to publishing your Christian nonfiction book: submitting your work to a publisher or utilizing one of the low-cost methods now available to self-publish. Publication through a...