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Imagine having your own personal mentor - someone encouraging yet honest, supportive yet empowering, who could help you set and achieve your goals, turn your moments of doubt and fear into sources of strength, and discover what you’re truly capable of when you’re at your best. Kendra Levin is that mentor. And with The Hero Is You, she’s here to help you do the best writing of your life - and live your best life while doing it.

The book/ebook/audiobook market has continued to advance and change. There are also some new markets like audiobooks that have taken off like a rocket in the last few years. My own experience has also evolved as I continue to self-publish new books and gain more experience with additional sales channels. There are many books available to tell you how to make money and have fun writing your own book. However, many of these books become out of date quickly as the market evolves.

Improve your craft and become a more successful, motivated writer by programming your brain.

In this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and motivation to stop procrastinating and get to work now! Learn to build self-confidence in your ability to express yourself with words, maintain your writing discipline and avoid interruptions, and preserve your creative momentum at all costs.

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe - how to be in the world.

As an active member in ministry, writing is usually inevitable. Perhaps you approach these opportunities with excitement - or maybe you procrastinate to avoid the task altogether, your pages remaining forever blank. No matter how you feel about writing, approaching a project can be overwhelming. Knowing what to say can be as confusing as knowing where to begin. Perhaps for you, the first step in the writing process is simply to demystify the writing process, to realize that you are capable of accomplishing your projects. If so, then Writing for Life and Ministry is for you.

Are you struggling with creating clear and concise writing daily? Are you not earning enough money through your writing to live a comfortable lifestyle? 365 to Vision: Modern Writer's Guide: How to Produce More Quality Writing in Less Time has the solution. Learn how to regain some time back in your life by doing more quality work in less time and with less stress.

You’ve written your first book and you are ready to self-publish it; congratulations! Now, what steps do you need to take to self-publish? What are the best strategies? How do you ensure retailers and libraries will carry your book? Aggregating five plus years of experience in the self-publishing space, M.K. Williams has compiled the answers that you need into an easily digestible format to walk you through the publishing process.

Maybe you have a drawer full of unfinished manuscripts or a story idea you’re struggling to develop. Maybe you’re frustrated with your writing progress or overwhelmed by creative doubt, burnout, or writer’s block. Maybe you just can’t seem to sit down and write. No matter the roadblock standing between you and writing success, here’s the good news: You’re capable of becoming the writer you want to be — and that work can begin today.

You’ve written the best book ever, and now, everyone will be racing to read it. That was the plan anyway. As a first-time author, you walk a fine line between planning for and marketing your book for success and the crushing reality of low sales. Book Marketing for the First-Time Author breaks down the most important elements that you need to market your book. Master the fundamentals covered here to set your book up for success.

Writing and self-publishing a book to attract ideal customers (clients, patients, students, members) isn’t difficult. All you need is an experienced guide to show you exactly what to do! But first a warning, this book is not for everyone. This book is not focused on convincing you to write a book or showing you how to make money selling books. Instead, this is all about how to create a strategic sales tool for your business, in the form of a book.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to How to Tell a Story and learn about storytelling techniques.

Writing and finishing a novel can feel overwhelming. Especially because if you're like most writers, you need to fit writing around other responsibilities and goals. Maybe you're working at a separate job or profession, raising a family, or pursuing a degree (or all of the above). But there's good news. No matter what else is happening in your life, you can write a novel in a year.

Have you ever done something that was so scary you weren't sure you really wanted to do it? I never, ever wanted to be an author. I was scared to share any part of my life with others. When I first put pen to paper, I had no idea how my life was about to change. When I started writing my first book, Dimes from Heaven, the messages from the universe were loud and clear - I was meant to share my story and write a book! Miracles happened, and I discovered things about myself and the world that I didn't know when I began writing.

Are you a struggling author who wants to sell more books? Perhaps, you’re a brand-new self-published author, and you’re wondering what to do now. You’ve worked very hard to become a published author. You deserve to have many book sales so you can become a successful best-selling author who enjoys the better things in life while helping others with your book.

Writing historical fiction involves more than taking a story and substituting carriages for cars. The historical novelist must do her best to understand the mind-set of the people she writes about, even while she explores the timeless and universal desires common to human beings of every time and place. This book describes historical fiction, tells the writer how to research, construct an authentic historic story world, and make the reader feel as though he or she is in the midst of the action.

Finally, self-publishing advice that’s recession-proof. Are you a struggling indie writer trying to make sales? Or maybe you are out there thinking about self-publishing but feel overwhelmed by the process. How do you publish a book people actually want to buy? Before you hit "Publish," discover the important steps involved in the process so you can avoid common pitfalls that many novice writers make. In my comprehensive step-by-step guide, I will teach you how to package and position your book for optimal success all while not going broke in the process.

Does your book bog down in the middle? Do you have pages on which nothing really happens? Do people skip or skim large portions of text? Then you're probably lacking tension. From years of teaching writing, novelist Angela Hunt knows that maintaining tension is one of the most difficult challenges a fiction writer faces. Learn some of the techniques you can use to maintain tension and hook readers so completely that they can't put your book down.

In Networking for Authors, best-selling fantasy and horror writer Daniel Parsons explains how he has grown a supportive network of prominent authors and publishing professionals from scratch. Breaking his tactics into short, actionable steps, he demonstrates exactly how anyone can achieve similar results.

Readers pick up nonfiction books to learn something. They pick up novels to feel something: love, fear, joy, grief, elation, frustration, happiness, desperation, anger, despair, determination...or all of the above. We write novels to give readers a vicarious emotional experience. They want to weep when our characters weep and rejoice when they rejoice.