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With 12 million (and counting) books on Amazon right now, you might be wondering why anyone would even think it's a good idea to write a book. Seriously, do we need more? The short answer to that is, yes, we do need more. Every day there is something new learned by someone, new jokes, new analogies, new stories, and new insights. And the best way to share those, we think,…

Few like to admit that good fiction writing is formulaic. To do so would suggest that everyone is writing a variation of the same story. However, it seems there are some ground rules that many writers and editors agree on that when combined together, at least hint at a formula for a good story. And those rules don’t just apply to books. They apply to short stories, plays, TV shows, and…

For some reason, many aspiring bookwriters put someone else’s lyrics in their books. We’ve discovered that about 65% of the manuscripts we’ve received so far include snippets of song lyrics written by someone other than the writer of the manuscript in question. We understand the temptation. Lyrics do a wonderful job of expressing emotional intensity, defining a character, indicating an era, and creating an overall ambiance. Unfortunately, lyrics can also…