We’re excited to welcome NRK Designs as a sponsor of Florida WritersCon 2025 held on October 17–19, 2025 in Orlando, FL. For more than 20 years, founder Nancy R Koucky has been helping authors and small businesses transform their manuscripts and ideas into beautifully designed books, magazines, and marketing materials. About NRK Designs NRK Designs provides complete professional book design and formatting services using the latest publishing software.  Services include interior formatting and design, book covers, digital books, and marketing … Read More »

We’re delighted to welcome Newhouse Creative Group (NCG) as a sponsor of Florida WritersCon 2025 held on October 17–19, 2025 in Orlando, FL. Founded in 2017 by Keith Newhouse and his father, Mark Newhouse, NCG was built on the principle that every story has a purpose. Today, they inspire the readers and writers of both today and tomorrow. About Newhouse Creative Group Author Services NCGAuthorServices.com is the tool to easy publishing and marketing: Full services (let us do the work) … Read More »

My work is primarily traditionally published, and I’ve worked with a number of editors at several small, medium-sized and large publishing houses (think Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Each editor has his/her/their way of working with an author. Over the years I’ve learned that if I can meet their needs a good portion of the time the whole process moves along pretty smoothly. Of course, there may be the unexpected catastrophe—an imprint folds, and editor leaves and your manuscript is … Read More »

Book covers are a tricky business. All of the wonderfulness of your story needs to be reflected in an attention-grabbing cover that will make readers want to choose your book. Now that your story has been written, lets explore some cover thoughts and ideas. Genre It’s important to convey the genre of your book to give potential readers an idea of what your book is about. Established design styles will serve as a guide, but here are a few examples: … Read More »

The time has finally come to write the dedication page to the story you’ve sweat blood and tears over. Should be easy enough, right? Sometimes it seems that these little blurbs are harder to write than the book itself. Let’s toss around some ideas to help you get this important part of your book written. Who? Who should you dedicate your book to? Well, there are many answers, and they can be a lot of creative fun. You can dedicate … Read More »

You’ve written a book. You had an idea, you brought it to life, and you got it done. But where do you go from here? If you think you want to pursue publication, the first step is to educate yourself about the many paths that can get you there. Self Publishing Years ago, self publishing meant going to a print shop. In today’s digital world, self-publishing is much more efficient, and the most popular go-to resources are KDP and Ingram … Read More »