Publisher Style Guides

When we’re talking about style guides, there are some clear, global rules that all writers know (or should know) and adhere to. For example: Submissions are sent with a cover page. Documents are formatted to be 1-inch margins, 12-point size, Times New Roman font, double-spaced. Synopses should only introduce main characters,…

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What’s a Writer to Do?

One criterion publishers use to determine whether they should take a risk on a writer is the ubiquitous author platform. I know. You’re rolling your eyes and sighing. Maybe getting a little queasy feeling in your stomach. All authors—traditionally published, self-published, or hybrid—need a platform to market their work. There…

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Revisions and Elevator Pitches

Dear Booksie, I’ve been working really hard on my dystopian space opera/fairy tale mashup novel. It’s got all the cool elements of the genres I mixed, and it starts with a really neat description of a dark and stormy night. It took me three whole weeks to write these 200,000…

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Five Benefits to Participating in Anthologies

If you peruse the AIW Press website, you’ll see we’ve published a few anthologies, and we currently have another one in the works. If you’re a novelist, you might wonder why you would ever consider writing a short story for inclusion in such a compilation. After all, it takes writing…

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10 Ways to Improve Your Fiction Writing

Looking for a down and dirty list for story writing improvement? Look no further. Here the top ten ways to hone your fiction writing skills: 10. Dissect novels you enjoy. Look through your favorite novels by other authors for techniques and tricks to improve your characterization, settings, plot, pacing, dialogue,…

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Proud to Announce a New Generation of Westerns

AIW Press is proud to announce the western of the 21st century. Nine talented authors seamlessly blend the enormity of the vast open prairie and imposing mountain ranges of the old west with the fresh perspectives of modern technologies and problems—and melds them into a new version of a western….

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Just Released—Love Set in Stone

AIW Press is proud to announce it’s latest release, a paranormal romance, Love Set in Stone, by Staci Troilo. A cold stone heart breaks more easily than it beats. Than it loves. Damien was a loyal warrior, killed in battle in 1203. Because of his true heart, he was given…

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#Novella Release—Laci & Del, 12 Months, 12 Chances

AIW Press, LLC is proud to announce its first release, the romance novella, Laci and Del: 12 Months, 12 Chances. It’s been a year, and Laci Marks still hasn’t gotten over her break up with Del Keegan. She attends a New Year’s Eve party hoping to snap out of her…

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