While there are a lot of different ways to make money online, writing and selling ebooks is one method that has been around for a long time. Regardless of what niche you're in, writing an ebook is an option if you're looking to monetize a website or blog. There are a lot of reasons to consider writing and selling an ebook (which will be covered in a minute), and there are unlimited possibilities. You can write informational how-to ebooks, fiction, non-fiction, recipe books, children's books, travel guides, or any other type of book. This article will cover all the details

On February 10, 2002, in a New York State prison cell, the bestselling author and twice-convicted killer Jack Abbott hanged himself. That same day, the body of the man I murdered washed ashore on a Brooklyn beach. My reason for connecting these two events is to try to account for my crime, to understand better why I did it, and to describe what Abbott’s legacy, as a prison writer of an earlier generation, has meant for me as a prison writer in this generation.

Many authors hire ghostwriters. But how do you know if you should? This handy flow chart will help answer the question: "Should I hire a ghostwriter?"Surprisingly, not everybody needs to hire a gh

So here’s a grand, wonderful irony: I started writing this newsletter in early June. I’d come back to my meager Google Doc every few days, reworking the same few sentences, each time thinking I was finally ready to finish. But I never really made any progress — I wanted it to be just right, and I fell into an editing and re-editing spiral. But, of course, just right is a mirage that never materializes, and that mirage prevented me from … actually finishing this newsletter.

Writers spend an inordinate amount of time sitting at their desks, typing away on their latest masterpiece. For those of you who use scheduling to boost your productivity, you already know how many hours you spend working at your craft. You hardly ever move from your sedentary position when the words are flowing. What could this mean for your long-term health?

So, let’s talk about it.

I did the research for you. Find out what it takes to kick start your writing career.

When George R.R. Martin first started screenwriting in the early 1990s, his then-agent recommended he read “Adventures in the Screen Trade” by William Goldman, in which one of Goldman’s central maxims is “Nobody knows anything.”

The five-paragraph writing format you learned in school has got to go!

Hi. My name is Aline, leeny on Hacker News. My team at interviewing.io and I have written a lot of stuff, and most of it has been on the Hacker News front page — of the 30 blog posts I (and later we) have submitted, 27 have been on the front page, and over the last few years, our writing has been read by millions of people.

The highs of a writer’s life are high, and the lows are very, very low.

The A to Z of a writer's life.

The way we regulated social media platforms didn’t end harassment, extremism or disinformation. It only gave them more power and made the problem worse.

As learned through personal experience.

Nearly 20 years after To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee was living out of the public eye, drinking and suffering from writer’s block. Then she came across the sensational case of a murderous preacher. By Casey Cep.

Are you stuck in the habit of not writing? Lynn Dickinson shares tips to help you create strong writing habits that will last for years.

And it was awesome.

Follow the principles of deliberate practice to become a better writer and discover how to create your own action plan to improve your writing skills.

Writer Dorothea Lasky ruminates on the nature of creativity, witchcraft, and the eternal nobility of being an artist.

Today I am excited to share an interview with author Jay Shaw. Jay offers some great advice to help authors and bloggers to improve their writing and promote their work.   My questions are in bold, Jay's follow in plain text About Jay Shaw Jay lives in New Zealand, where she raises her two teenagers. She loves photography, and has a partiality for tall, dark-haired, military men in thigh holsters and combat boots. But isn’t opposed to the occasional shirtless cowboy in tight denim. She spends her days having lunch with her most-excellent author friends, marathoning Netflix, and lurking on Facebook

Discover how to use the powerful cliffhanger technique to make your writing and marketing campaigns more effective and engaging.

Writer Joseph Grantham on moving to a small town, having a space to do your work, and intentionally fucking up your life.

If you heard one book called “universally acknowledged as the most important of all printed books,” which do you expect it would be? If you were Margaret Leslie Davis, the answer would be obvious.

As a writer, I can tell you how frustrating it is to sit down by the computer/laptop/notebook, full of enthusiasm and good intentions, only to find that the blank page opposite has declared war against you.

Writing nonfiction involves much more than just presenting the facts! From your opening lines to the language you use, these nonfiction writing tips will help you learn how to tell a true story in a creative way.

Should you spend the money to go to that writing conference? Pay for a professional edit on your book? Invest in new computer equipment for your writing office? Risk cutting back on work hours so you can write more? Making a decision can be frightening. What if you make the wrong one and it sets you back? If you’re struggling with a decision you need to make about your writing career, it’s probably because you’ve been using only one brain. That’s right. You have more than one. And it’s time you recruit the other two into your decision-making process. It will make it a lot easier.

As a kid growing up in southwestern Virginia, I lived down the street from a cloistered visionary named Greg, an older boy who read books and spoke in zealous declarations. One day of summer vacation when I was 9, Greg declared that we would build a monorail. This was an era of global oil shocks and nuclear meltdowns, and Greg was of the fervent belief that the monorail might save us all. It’s true that monorails at this point did not figure prominently into the rural imagination, and certainly not mine. But I knew there was one at Disney World and so I was, for a time, all in.

Get ready to binge-listen. We’ve hand-selected awesome writing podcasts for creators of all kinds.

It's not the best layout, so why do most of us still use it?

I didn’t want to be a writer. I loved reading and had read four digits’ worth of books by the time I was 10. I loved making stuff up and writing it down, especially if it would make people happy. But I didn’t believe I could actually be a writer. Not because I couldn’t express myself, but because I’d end up with my commas in the wrong place. I was wrong.

Are you a freelance writer hoping to get published? These guidelines may help.

Writer and editor Anna Moschovakis on unpacking the complexities of middle age, and using your creative practice as a way to untangle unfamiliar ideas.

Mindspace. You won’t find this term in Merriam-Webster, but I’m willing to bet most writers know what I’m talking about. The mind is a place where electricity ignites and runs over brain cells creating memory, thoughts, emotions. A mind is its own entity, but when you add “space” to the term, it creates a whole new dimension. Space equals capacity, area, breadth, but it also means BREATHING ROOM. What term could be more perfect for a creative–for a writer–than mindspace?

Imposter syndrome goes beyond genuine humility. It lies about your own accomplishments and exaggerates the accomplishments of others. And the worst part of imposter syndrome isn’t how it makes you feel – it’s what it makes you stop doing that you really want to do.

Tips for publishing something new every day, and approaching your progression as a writer with kindness rather than judgement.