What goes on a copyright page? Does the question mark go inside or outside the quotation marks? Do I capitalize French fries? ...

Show off your books and meet other authors at the Cape Fear Book Festival at New Hanover County Library’s Main Branch. On Friday,...

Get ready to soar with former Wilmingtonian Myrna Brown’s latest novel, Harold’s Field: Barnstormers on the Frontiers of Flight. Set in...

Books make the best holiday gifts, right? A brand-new book, Hello, Wilmington, is just right for the smaller set. Author Amanda Hofmann...

Love notes are secret. They’re wrapped up with a sandwich in the lunchbox. They’re tied with ribbon and hidden in a chest in the attic....

Your book is copyrighted as soon as you write it. Really—look it up. Because of this, many self-publishing authors don’t bother with a...

Ah, life, what is it but a flower? —A. E. Housman June is National Rose Month and warrants a visit to your local rose garden. Enjoy the...

Imagine walking to the mailbox to pick up today’s letters. Imagine sifting through the credit card offers, oil change cards, and bills....

The North Carolina Author Project is a way for libraries to help independent, self-published authors get the recognition they deserve....

In a sea of new books, readers look for any fresh angle to grab onto. And some of these readers aren’t even reading—they’re listening....

Beach Music: Stories of a Barbershop Quartet is a collection of fun, memorable, and entertaining vignettes from fifteen years of singing...

We need to fend off online scams and hacks with more than wishful thinking: We need strong passwords. But how in the world can we...

Do you—like most people—fail to keep New Year’s resolutions? You can still try. Write your resolutions down and tape them to the wall....

Help steer your loved ones away from fruitcake and toward something inspiring for 2023: Send them a link to this page with three gifts...

In the specialized world of cookbook writing there are many nooks and crannies. Walk through the cookbook section of a chain bookstore...

I was driving the back roads of North Carolina’s Sandhills when my passenger Ana, age 10, asked me what a terrorist was. “They’re bad...

If you’re like most authors, you’re interested in the part of writing a book where you actually write. When your book is finished, you...

Some people have fascinating stories that make riveting memoirs. But everyone has a story, and some people are better than others at...

Here in Wilmington, N.C., we are old hands at hurricane preparation. Cape Fear sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean like a dare. Sea Leaf...

Thoughts from Across the Pond New writing rules ruffle feathers in the House of Commons.