Eight Books to Read If You’re in a Creative Slump These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor.

In the end, Kessler believes that creative marketing is really about building an audience. He thinks my project to set the book club world record will get a few press hits.

As a creative of any kind, it can be easy to fall into traps of “I’m not there yet.” “The Alchemist” reminds us to enjoy the journey more than the end.

According to Estorge, she would provide the manuscript and pay half the cost of printing and marketing 2,500 books -- about $9,000 -- and Creative Arts would edit the manuscript, create cover art ...