By Kim Batchelor on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 in BookHive Corp, Literary Agent, Research, Self-Publishing, Writing. No Comments
So you want to publish a Children’s book, but you aren’t sure how to go about it? To aid you in your process, here are some of the basic steps you will need to take to get your book out there. Step 1: Consider an Agent. While it is not necessary to get an agent […]
By Kim Batchelor on Saturday, April 15th, 2017 in BookHive Corp, Novels, Research, Self-Publishing, Writing. No Comments
Advice that you hear often when writing a book (or a school paper) is that “It should be is as long as it needs to be.” This is a lovely idea, which in many aspects holds true, but often there is a word count that is expected and accepted by the general public when they […]
By Kim Batchelor on Thursday, April 6th, 2017 in BookHive Corp, Novels, Research, Self-Publishing, Writing. No Comments
What are pen names?: A pen name, also known as a pseudonym, is a fake name that is used by an author when publishing their work. The result is that the author’s identity remains unknown until they decide to let the public know who they are. There are many authors who are more well known […]
By BookHive Admin on Monday, February 27th, 2017 in BookHive Corp, Novels, Research, Writing. No Comments
If you’re an author trying to go the traditional publishing route, you’ll need a literary agent. And to get a literary agent, you’ll need a query letter. So what is a query letter? It’s essentially a one-page cover letter for your manuscript. It’s NOT the synopsis – many agents will ask for that as well, […]
By Jennifer Bowen on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 in BookHive Corp, Novels, Research, Writing. No Comments
It’s no secret that the political climate in our country lately has been…less than comfortable. It’s easy to feel totally trapped and caught in this bubble, and perhaps overwhelmed by the prospects of what’s to come. While traveling, I learned that so much of the world looks to America to foreshadow their own political movements, […]
By Jennifer Bowen on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 in Advertising, Novels, Research. No Comments
I met some fine folks from AdBiblio at the San Francisco Writers Conference this year. I’m as much in a place to learn as my fellow Authors and Readers, so sat down with Mary Beth Grossman from AdBiblio which does Book advertising online. Find out what I learned about the choices an Author has when […]
By Jennifer Bowen on Monday, August 18th, 2014 in BookHive Corp, Novels, Research. No Comments
Writing is amazing. And weird. And hard. Maybe in that order and then scrambled again. Well, take it back. It’s amazing at first when you get an idea. Or for me it is. I always think whatever I’ve written is my last piece, truly. But then it happens again. I’m usually sparked by some external […]
By Jennifer Bowen on Sunday, May 25th, 2014 in New Business, Novels, Research, Writing, Young Adult. No Comments
What does a 34 year-old-woman do after she’s written a Young Adult novel? She has doubts. That was the state I found myself in. I’m what we’d call ‘yold.’ That’s young and old, people. Young enough that I can still remember being seventeen as not some foreign state. But old enough that I worried my […]