Blog
The Editing Process Demystified: A Peek behind the Curtain
Ever wondered what happens once you submit your manuscript to a professional editing service? The editing process is a crucial stage in bringing...
Adjectives: Less Is More
The long-haired cat with a bushy reddish tail and green eyes strode across the rocky, wet ground while surveying the tall green-speckled bamboo.Did...
Royal Order of Adjectives
Nouns can be modified by multiple adjectives. For instance, "the old blue plastic bin." But can you just order them in any way? "The plastic blue...
Should You Do a Kindle Free Book Promotion?
Kindle Free Book Promotion Kindle Free Book Promotion is an option when your eBook is enrolled in Amazon’s KDP Select. This is available for authors...
Get Your Word Count Right!
In today's literary world, competition is stiffer than ever. With so many books being published each year, it can be difficult for your voice to be...
How to Compare Two Word Files
Has it happened to you that you have two Word files with a similar filename, and you’re not sure how they differ? When you open them, they look...
First-person and Third-person Fiction: How Do You Choose
The debate of whether to use a first-person or third-person viewpoint in fiction has been around for years. Each point of view has its own...
5 Tips for Writing a Title for Your Nonfiction Book
Book titles are very important in the overall marketing of your book and your brand. I want to give you some tips for choosing the right title for...
Walking through Doorways Causes Forgetting
Have you heard of this interesting phenomenon? It’s called the doorway effect*. You’ve probably experienced it. It’s when you go into a different...
Read Books in Your Genre
Dialogs A client of mine has written a novel. While editing, I wonder how many novels he has read. (Also read on if you’re writing non-fiction. This...
Low-Cost Tips to Market a Self-Published Book
Tips to Market Your Self-published Book In an ideal world, we’d all have a million dollars to market our books and ourselves lavishly, but that’s...
Book Helpline
(213) 325-5115 | info@bookhelpline.com