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Thinking of starting your own newsletter? Let freelance writer Sian Meades-Williams lay out 9 pros and cons of writing a newsletter.

Companion pieces aren’t only meant to serve as promotion for your upcoming book—they also offer you a chance to break apart the different themes of your work to attract a larger audience. Here, author Aileen Weintraub shares 6 steps to writing companion pieces to reach new audiences for your upcoming book.

In this indie author profile, novelist Nikesha Elise Williams shares her path to self publishing and the creative marketing strategy that's led to her success.

The Writer's Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week's writing mistake is not having an online presence.

Describing and discussing your book to others takes skill, patience, and a little bit of good humor. Here, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay shares what to say and what not to say when talking about your novel.

Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford continues his series of interviews with mystery, thriller, and suspense authors. Here he has a conversation with bestselling novelist Baron R. Birtcher about author websites and social media.

In this post, author C. Hope Clark shares tips on how freelance writers can use Instagram as a tool to find more freelance writing connections, assignments, and overall success.

Poet's Market editor and published poet Robert Lee Brewer shares eight tips for reading your poetry in front of an audience.

Social media is a daunting albeit important aspect of promoting our work. Here, author Aileen Weintraub offers six steps to promote your book on social media authentically.

More writers than ever are appearing on or even hosting podcasts related to their writing. Host of the "Creative Nonfiction Podcast" Brendan O'Meara shares how to make it an enjoyable and successful experience.

Social media can be a strong tool for writers searching for freelance opportunities and assignments, but C. Hope Clark shares a few other options available to freelancers.

Whether using it as a creator or patron, freelance writers have many options for using Patreon to help their writing careers. C. Hope Clark breaks down some of the possibilities here.

The publishing game has changed so much over the years, and more is expected of authors now after the final draft is submitted. Here, author Maggie Smith shares 5 skills to master before launching your book.

Book marketing expert Rob Eagar shares his top three reasons why authors need to update their book descriptions on Amazon, including how and why to use the free Author Central Account system.

We’ve discussed podcasting to help promote the book you’ve written—but what about podcasting as a way to tell the story itself? Here, author Liz Keller Whitehurst discusses how the podcast of her novel, Messenger, came to be.

With the advent of online marketing and social media influencers, there are now myriad ways to get your book front and center on people's minds before its release. Here, Christine Evans shares 10 tips for marketing your children's book.

Podcasting was not something I thought was in my future. Now I can't imagine my reading life without it. Here are 5 things I've learned from co-hosting a book podcast.

In this post, we take a look at what is BookBub and why writers should care about this service that matches up readers with the best ebook deals around.