It is with the deepest regret that we share the loss of one of our own, author and friend, Joan Hall. With us at AIW since 2015, Joan was a warm, caring, and thoughtful woman. She was a joy to work with, and a wonderful friend. Her love of reading…
We have been getting writing prompts since we were small children. Schools start us early, with fill-in-the-blank stories, and gradually step us up from there. The next steps include writing our own stories with blanks for others to fill in, or prompts meant to inspire creativity with no word limit…
You walk up to the bookstore. Chances are, before you even enter, you’ve seen them in the window. Bright colors, shades of grey, pastels, neutrals. Maybe they’ve got pictures on them, sometimes just words. Thousands of them sit on display in the window and throughout the store. They lure us…
As authors, we spend a lot of time on our manuscripts – whether they are novels, novellas, short stories, poems, or other genres. We want to get the most out of our marketing, and one of the best marketing tools for our published content is the synopsis of our work….
So last week we talked about ways to get a first draft into fighting shape as a manuscript. This week, we’re going to cover the last five tips about turning that manuscript into something worth submitting. Any manuscript in its final phase has been edited so many times the writer…
We all get them. The butterflies that populate our stomachs before submitting a manuscript to a publishing company. The process is nerve-wracking enough without second guessing our submissions. It all starts with the first draft. The brainstorming, stream-of-consciousness, and outlines have all been converted into an organized draft that resembles a manuscript. Now…
It may be the first time you’re tackling a writing project or the thousandth time, but you’re not alone. We are all guilty of it at some point. “Stream of consciousness” writing. We sit down and start writing whatever comes to our minds first. For a lot of authors, this…
Here at AIW Press, we value our authors. They dedicate a lot of time and effort to tell their stories, and we want to show appreciation for all their hard work. This week will start our “Author Spotlight”, a segment where we interview one of the authors that have published with us, giving our…
AIW Press is excited to announce the release of it’s newest anthology. Ten talented authors have come together in a spooky, suspenseful, and even terrifying combination of stories that are perfect for your horror film and ghost story lovers. Set in various different places and in some instances different time periods, you will feel…
