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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....

Writing fiction for teens and tweens is more than just a creative outlet for keeping a youthful mindset and revisiting your own high-school ghosts; it's a way to connect with the younger...

Literature is categorized into various "genres" -- classes and forms of material that share certain general characteristics. For students, it is necessary to be able to discuss literature in terms...

Historical fiction is a made-up story, written in the style of fiction, which takes place in historical circumstances and/or involves a historical figure. It may include make-believe characters...

Selling a large book collection can be a daunting task. With hundreds or thousands of books, where do you start? The steps below will help you sell a large collection of books. Depending on what...

Unlike fiction, which is able to be taken from the imagination, non-fiction comes from real life events or real people. Non-fiction is where you have your self-help books, biographies and...

Literary criticism is more than just a book review. It is a critical analogy of a particular work of fiction by another writer who is not affiliated with the author. English literary fiction...

Anyone with a goal or dream to become a fiction writer must determine what genre suits him best. When you've found your genre, you'll feel comfortable in your writing and it will come more easily...

While little funding exists explicitly for historical fiction, many grants, awards, fellowships and scholarships are available to fiction writers. Whether you are a first-time novelist from...

Romance novels are one of the most popular forms of fiction today, accounting for approximately 55 percent of paperback book sales. Because romance includes subgenres in almost every genre of...

Crime fiction is perhaps the most popular of the mystery genres, combining intrigue and heroics with a fascinating problem-solving process. In order to get started with writing a crime fiction...

The New York Times Bestseller List is published weekly in the New York Times Book Review magazine. It lists the week's top selling books in a variety of categories, from fiction to graphic novels....

Organizations offer grants for writers and authors for both fiction and nonfiction. Grants from institutions cover academic/research writing, freelance work and fiction.

Books for teen girls written by or about African Americans offer different perspectives than traditional or classical literature, which usually comes from a different social perspective. Reading...

Settling down to enjoy a good book is a favorite pastime for many Americans. According to research done by National Center for Education Statistics in 2003, 32 percent of Americans read books on a...

Historical fiction is a specific genre, set in the past and pertaining to historical events or people. The work must walk a fine line between fact and fiction: presenting historical details...

Some people read for pleasure while others read for academic purposes. The historical novel is a fictional account of historical events and characters. Reading historical fiction is similar to...

Imagine standing next to George Washington as he crossed the Delaware, able to feel the December chill and fear the ice flows in the river. The purpose of historical fiction is to breathe life...

Several of the world's largest English-language publishers are located in the United States, although foreign corporations own two of the best-known U.S.-based publishers. Many of the major...

Historical fiction is a sub-genre of fiction in which you write a fictional account of an historical figure or event. Writers of historical fiction use healthy doses of historical fact in their...

Just what is meant by “the plot,” anyway? In fiction, it is what happens in a story. It’s something you have to think about when writing fiction, because you have to give your reader motivation to...

Many a new author has broken into the ranks of publishing by first exploring smaller markets such as short story anthologies and poetry chapbooks. Although the payment structure of advances and...

While using an agent to get your book published will increase your chances, an agent will cost you about 15 percent of your earnings. Many beginning authors aren't willing to pay that much money...

There are many fan-fictions scattered across the web. But, are they all worth the read? Do you want to find out or do you want to take things into your own hands and write your own? It may be the...

With a broad range of book genres, styles and markets, the first place to start is to determine whether you want to write fiction or nonfiction; then set a goal. If it's a how-to book, the goal...

Finding books to keep your teen reader's interest can sometimes be a real challenge. With successful book series like "Harry Potter" and the "Twilight" books, teens are reading at an accelerated...

Historical fiction is a story set in a time previous to that of the writer and reader, with characters who react in varying degrees to historical events.

Non-fiction is simply the imparting of information that is not made up. It covers many different genres of writing and storytelling, and has been in existence since people first began sharing...

In fiction, supporting or secondary characters help drive your plot forward and add depth to your main characters. In this article, I'll show you basic ideas on how to create solid supporting...

Creating your own books and ebooks can be a great way to earn money as a writer. In this article, I'll walk you through how you can get started.

In the past two years I've gone from no publishing credits to over TWENTY published short stories, including winning a contest (which paid $250) and getting published in a major anthology (out...

Science fiction is a very flexible genre to write stories and novels, considering that it combines well with other genres and allows you to work within your own rules as a writer. In this...

You want to write a book, but you don't know how to get started. The thought of completing such a project may seem daunting at first, but when broken down into individual goals, writing a book...

Even if you've never written a story before, you're probably familiar with short-form fiction from your memory of fairy tales, myths and legends. Any of these tales could be expanded to a length...

Writing your own biography gives you an opportunity to explore your past and to share about your experiences. In this article, I'll show you how you can organize this project and have fun with...

The Internet provides a wealth of easily accessible information and introduces users to original literary voices. African American literature has found a home online, featuring classic works and...

"Tenchi Muyo!" is a Japanese manga created in 1994 by Masaki Kajishima and Hiroki Hayashi. It was a wildly popular manga about the adventures of a boy named Tenchi Masaki and his friends. While...

The National Book Awards are given annually. According to the National Book Foundation, who sponsor the awards, their purpose is to "celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its...

The odds against publishing a first novel are daunting enough, but the short story writer's lot is tougher still. Most magazines do not pay the sorts of fees that make it possible to leave the day...

A book series is a collection of fiction novels based typically around a central character. The success of series books goes all the way back to the days of pulp fiction with the "Doc Savage" and...

According to Dictionary.com, fiction is a class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration. African-American fiction is a genre that is targeted toward the African-American community....

Movies like "Independence Day" and "Alien Versus Predator" create alien beings and worlds that we find convincing. These aliens are a far cry from the standard little green Martian from the pulp...

No one can truly write like Borges. There can be only one Borges and any attempt to write exactly like Borges will ultimately prove futile. Jorge Luis Borges, the luminous twentieth century...

The commercial book publishing process can vary considerably from publisher to publisher, across genre, and dependent on whether the work is fiction or non-fiction. For non-fiction, the process...

Narrative non-fiction, often also referred to as creative non-fiction, is a literary term for a text that presents a true story written in a style more closely associated with fiction. The writer...

Everybody is an expert at something. Chances are, you are filled with knowledge and experience unique to you that could greatly benefit somebody out there. So, why not write that book you know you...

Literary journals, or literary magazines, include a combination of essays, short literary fiction, poetry, literary reviews, literary criticism and interviews with writers. Literary journals are...

Monsters have been a big part of the horror genre in books and movies for as long as horror has been around. You will find monsters and evil things of all types in books, movies, myths and...

Pulp fiction is a term that was originally coined to describe the early nineteenth-century magazines and novels (dime novels) that were printed on cheap, or pulpy paper. "Weird Tales"and "Ace...

Do you love to write fiction but get frustrated when the novel spins in a direction you didn’t intend? The plot and characters can sometimes take on a life of their own, spinning in a direction...