Past Blog Posts
Your Publishing Path: Small Presses
Smaller publishers with more flexibility than the giants, but more resources than an individual author.
April 11, 2019
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Your Publishing Path: The Big 5
Traditional Publishing: The Oldest Path (Sort Of)
April 3, 2019
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Submitting Your Manuscript
The writer’s version of a job interview.
March 27, 2019
Renee Frey, COO, and Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with Eva Seyler
Find out what inspired The War in Our Hearts
March 20, 2019
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Choosing Your Publishing Path
What to do when all the publishing suggestions contradict themselves
March 13, 2019
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Writing Stigmas
The Stigma of Genre
February 27, 2019
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Character Arc: Flat
Why Indiana Jones should have stopped after The Last Crusade as well as a look at dynamic flat arcs.
February 20, 2019
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Character Arc: Fall
How did the most recent film and television adaptations of Vanity Fair handle Becky Sharp?
February 13, 2019
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with B. C. Marine
Find out what inspired A Seer's Daughter
February 6, 2019
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Character Arc: Transformation
A deeper look at Katniss Everdeen’s arc in The Hunger Games
January 30, 2019
B.C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Character Arc: Growth
An examination of Han Solo and his interrupted growth arc
January 23, 2019
B.C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Character Arcs
What are they? Why are they important?
January 16, 2019
B.C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
How To Edit
Manuscript Written…Now It’s Time to Edit!
January 2, 2019
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
So You Wrote a Novel…Now What?
Whether you won NaNoWriMo 2018 or finished your first draft of another work, what’s the next step toward publication?
December 19, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Characters: Secondary, Tertiary, and Background
How is the supporting cast important?
December 13, 2018
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with Diane Anthony
Find out what inspired The Rare!
December 5, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson and A4A author Diane Anthony
Character Types: Deuteragonists and Tritagonists
What happens when a leading character is not the protagonist?
November 28, 2018
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Character Types: Protagonists, Main Characters, and Heroes
How are they different, and why does it matter?
November 20, 2018
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with C. Bradley Owens
Learn about what inspired Authors 4 Authors first book, The First Story!
November 13, 2018
Renee Frey and A4A author C. Bradley Owens
Antagonists and Villains
What’s the difference? How are they important in fiction?
October 31, 2018
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Types of Characters
Which ones are essential to building a story?
October 24, 2018
B. C. Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with Katelyn Barbee
To get ready for the release of the next JL Anthology, let’s check back in with author Katelyn!
October 17, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
The Voyeur in the Sky: Third Person POV
The Most Used Point of View
October 10, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
It’s All About You: Second Person POV
The least used Point of View
October 3, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Me, Myself, and I: First Person POV
A First Choice
September 19, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
The Types of POV
Points of View: What are they?
September 19, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Genre: Thriller
What is a thriller? What makes it different from similar genres?
September 12, 2018
Madison Wheatley, JL Author
Genre: Humor
What makes a novel comedic? What makes humorous writing different from other forms of comedy?
September 5, 2018
BC Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Genre: Mystery
What is a mystery? Is it anything with intrigue?
August 29, 2018
BC Marine, CAO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Literary Fiction
This genre is more than a “catch all” for non-genre fiction and more than “regular” fiction.
August 22, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Drama
Where does it come from, and how do we use it as a genre in writing?
August 15, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Genres: Historical Fiction
What is Historical Fiction?
August 8, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson, CBD Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Speculative Fiction: Paranormal
What is paranormal fiction? What makes it different from other kinds of speculative fiction?
August 1, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Speculative Fiction: Horror
What is horror? What makes it different from other kinds of speculative fiction?
July 18, 2018
Louise Ross, Authors 4 Authors Publishing Writer
Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction
What is science fiction? What makes it different from other kinds of speculative fiction?
July 11, 2018
Heather Hayden, Rowanwood Publishing, Just-Us League Writer
Speculative Fiction: Fantasy
What is fantasy? What makes it different from other kinds of speculative fiction?
June 27, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Speculative Fiction: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, and Paranormal
June 13, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with Author Katelyn Barbee
June 6, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Interview with Author Kelsie Engen
May 30, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Feminine Genres: Women’s Fiction
What is women’s fiction? What separates it from other female dominated genres?
May 23, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Feminine Genres: Erotica
What is erotica, and how are classic and modern erotica different?
May 16, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Feminine Genres: Romance
What makes a story a romance, and what isn’t romance?
May 2, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Genres: Romance, Erotica, and Women’s Fiction
What they share and how they’re different.
April 25, 2018
BC Marine, CAO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Genres In Literature
What Are Genres, and Why Do We Have Them?
April 4, 2018
Renee Frey, COO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Reading and Audience
How age, gender, and other demographics factor into book creation and marketing.
March 28, 2018
Renee Frey, COO, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Content Ratings
Are there any, and where can you find them?
March 21, 2018
Rebecca Mikkelson, Chief of Business Development, Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Where It All Started
How a publishing company run by authors could be the new, big thing.
March 14, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing
Open for Submissions!
Send us your brilliant, inspiring, and finished manuscripts for publishing consideration.
March 7, 2018
Renee Frey, COO Authors 4 Authors Publishing