Book Ghostwriter Barry Fox Talks About Writing & Publishing

10 Habits of Successful Book Writers

Successful writers have certain essential skills. Here are ten habits that will speed you to success.

5 Ways to Begin a Business Book

Five popular ways to begin a best-selling book, including beginning with a story, and starting with an illustration of the phenomenon the book discusses.

Memoir/Autobiography

10 Great Ways to Start a Memoir

A look at eight popular ways to begin a memoir, including the distressing scene, the sutation fraught with danger, and the lowest point.

Memoir/Autobiography

How to Start a Military Memoir

Starting your military memoir as you head off to war is just one of the popular techniques. See examples of four techniques, with links to the books.

Memoir/Autobiography

How to Start a Sports Memoir

Starting a sports memoir with a look at a feeling no one else understands is just one of the techniques employed by sports superstars.

14 ways to write a political book, Barry Fox, ghostwriter

Memoir/Autobiography

How to Start a Political Memoir

Beginning a political memoir at the moment when all seems lost is just one of five approaches. A look at these techniques, with examples.

Memoir/Autobiography

How to Start a Family Memoir

Popular family memoirs may begin with a discussion of an object that holds memories, or the four other techniques examined in this article.

Memoir/Autobiography

How to Start a Celebrity Memoir

Here are nine examples of the opening paragraphs from popular celebrity memoirs. Each illustrates a different approach to opening your celebrity memoir.

the process of writing a health book, editing

Writing/Editing

Copyeditor and Proofreader – What’s the Difference?

A look at the copyeditor and proofreader, what they do for your manuscript, and why and when you should use them.

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Publishing

15 Publishers Who Welcome Unsolicited Submissions

Fifteen publishers who accept submissions from unagented writers, complete with links to their sites and descriptions of what they are looking for.

Publishing

100 Literary Agents to Contact

Literary agents are your entrée into the world of standard publishing! Here’s a list of 100 agents/agencies, complete with links to their sites.

Publishing

Self-Publishing Rights & Wrongs – Kathy Hendershot-Hurd

Self-published author Kathy Hendershot-Hurd explains what she did right and wrong with her book. Learn from her mistakes in this guest blog.

Publishing

Calculating Self-Publishing Royalties

Figuring out self-publishing royalties can be surprisingly complex. It depends on several factors, including type of book sold (softcover, e-book, etc.), the size of the book, and the sales channel in which it was sold. A look at how these royalties are calculated, with explanations from the contracts of iUniverse, Xlibris, and WingSpan Press.