On September 27, 2025, I attended the Tor Talks: A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Sampler panel at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The panel was moderated by Bookmarks Board Member Jamie Wallis, and it featured authors Maddie Martinez,...
A book proposal is a document that comprehensively lays out a book idea for prospective publishers, thus acting as a business plan for the pitched book. Many non-fiction authors believe the myth that their book proposal must be perfect in order for their manuscript to...
Artificial Intelligence represents computational systems’ capability to execute tasks usually associated with human intelligence. Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) is a form of artificial intelligence that learns from existing data to generate new,...
If you are a plotter who prefers to prepare before writing, so you are not surprised during the writing process, you will likely want to outline your novel. Even if you are a “pantser” who prefers to write instinctually, letting blind chance decide where your story...
Despite the growing number of books being challenged and banned, most people in the USA don’t believe in banning books. The people banning books are a minority, and often it’s the same people over and over again. In one analysis by the Washington Post, 11 people were...
Mixing business, personal or professional, with pleasure has never been so easy. Writing is to some degree associated with stress, especially for those who consider it to be just the same as any “regular” job: demanding, with no guarantee of success, a struggle with...
