Our guest today is Marsha Shearer. Many of you may know her already. She is the author of two political books. Here she tells us how they came about.

History of cursive writing. Good penmanship was long considered a status symbol, in that it meant one had the wealth, privilege, and time to access education. The ancient Romans borrowed aspects of the Etruscan alphabet to create one of the earliest forms of written script for transactions and correspondence.

Many authors wonder why we use Draft2Digital (D2D) in addition to KDP/Amazon for their ebooks. The simple answer is that we believe in wide distribution as opposed to exclusive distribution.

Actors improvise, too. No matter how meticulous the script, many film directors give their actors at least some leeway when it comes to improvisation.

What is the difference between vector and raster images? Which is best for a book?

Do I Need To Copyright My Book? Authors frequently ask us if they need to copyright their book. The answer is the moment your words are written down, typed, or otherwise recorded, your book is copyrighted. But do you also need to register your book with the U.S. Copyright Office?

Why do companies use certain fonts? Which fonts should you use? Font choice can make a huge impact on how a brand is interpreted and how you represent yourself in an email or letter.

Perhaps the most beloved Christmas film of all time got its start during a morning shave. Philip Van Doren Stern, while getting ready for work one day in 1938, had an idea for a story: A stranger appears from nowhere to save a husband and father from a suicide attempt on Christmas Eve, restoring his…

Much of our modern language didn’t exist more than a few hundred years ago. So who changed it? Who made up all these words and phrases?

Artificial Intelligence is here and it’s more sophisticated than you think. Open AI has created ChatGPT. Basically, you ask it a question and it will reply. It’s not like Siri or Alexa; it thinks for you!

Why Would You Want to Use IngramSpark? The simple answer is for its distribution channels.

Save yourself from an Amazon scam! According to Dave Chesson, monitoring your book’s prices on Amazon, can stop 95% of the scams.

We all know that the iPhone has replaced the need for quite a few items that people used to have. From calendars to landlines, MP3 players to cameras, Apple’s smartphone has become the “do it all” device we can’t leave home without.