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What is it that keeps a reader glued to their chair reading for hours on end? In this excerpt from our Writing Guide, bestselling author Chris Humphreys helps you create and sustain the kind of stakes that will make your story impossible to put down.
Read MoreAs the New Year quickly approaches, we wanted to take a moment to revisit 10 of our most insightful and motivating blog posts of the last year. We hope our selection of tips and advice inspires your writing and publishing journey today and in year ahead. See you in 2022!
Read MoreLife is full of stories. But lifting these stories from life and turning them into art requires a lot of tinkering. Story midwife Traci Skuce joins us to share six ways you can transform real-life stories into prose.
Read MoreDid you know that authors can earn money from libraries? The Canadian Public Lending Right program issued over $15 million to authors in 2021. Here’s everything you need to know about this program and how to make it work for you.
Read MoreHow long should a book be? FriesenPress author Paul Toffanello joins us on the blog to share his advice for using readers' expectations to find the ideal length of your next book project. Here’s your word count guide.
Read MoreFew books hold truly universal appeal. And that’s a good thing, because it means authors can focus on appealing to a target reader instead of the general public. In this excerpt from our Writing Guide, book coach Steve Donahue helps you get to know the people who are going to read (and love) your book.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered how to get your self-published book into your local library? Promoting local authors is part of many libraries’ mandates — these three simple steps will help you make that dream a reality.
Read MoreNo two books are exactly the same — and neither are their marketing strategies. But no matter the book, there are certain missteps every author should try to avoid. To successfully get your book out into the world, watch out for these five common pitfalls.
Read MoreFew industries have avoided the 2021 supply chain squeeze, and the book industry is no exception. To get a sense of the effects on book printing and publishing, we spoke with Friesens VP of Finance Andrew Fennell about this “perfect storm” of supply chain issues and what authors need to know to navigate it.
Read MoreWant to save time and money on the publication process? Revise, revise, revise. In this excerpt from our Writing Guide, we explore how three key revision steps can clean up some of the most common issues in first drafts.
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