The decluttering style, which hit the world by storm in 2014, can do much magic to your writing process too. These past few years, I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about the KonMari Method, a tidying technique eponymous to Marie Kondo, the Japanese organizing...

You may be a writer by profession, but when deciding on your book covers, you need to think like a reader and a marketer. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, “When was the last time I was really mesmerized and drawn in by a book cover?” Many of us remember the...

Ah, English. That impressive language continues to fascinate me – as well as many of you – and probably will for the rest of our lives. Ever since the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD and spoke a group of West Germanic...

It’s all about feeling good with books and 8 Stampa titles to get you by. When dealing with personal issues like depression, anxiety, phobia, or grief, people understand that their thoughts are irrational, but they still can’t stop them. After a while, making sense of...

Creativity Going In Quarantine:Coping in style in this time of crisis Writers write, with or without a global pandemic. I bet your writer’s brain has never stopped plotting twists or weaving a new story during all of this self-isolation. What better time to sit down...

Yes, you can make money self-publishing books. Although it may not be a get-rich-quick scheme for most authors, it can be source of a steady stream of income — if you work really hard. Making money in self-publishing means anywhere from less than a buck to millions of...

Can these two pillars of publishing just choose to ignore each other or forever become ‘frenemies’? There are ways that traditional and self-published authors can learn to ‘make beautiful music together’ — all in the name of writing and literature. “A person is a fool...