Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine has published its annual list of the 100 most spiritually influential people in the world: “spiritual activists, teachers, and authors that change the world.” We’re delighted that eight of them are New World Library authors.

Einstein was not only a math genius; he had tremendous insight into the everyday problems of our lives and our world as well, insight so brilliant that it can show us where to find the answers to a huge number of our problems:

I read an article by Gary Provost a while ago where he outlined the steps for writers to take to get published. I thought it was brilliant, and adapted the words a bit. If you follow through on each of these steps, you WILL eventually have a published or self-published book!

Would-be authors and agents regularly ask New World Library’s editorial department what kinds of books we are looking for. Marc Allen answers that question in this short YouTube video.

I’m lazy. I admit it. I always was, even as a kid. I’ve never been a “morning person.” It was one thing that kept me from being successful in life (among many other things).

I decided the day I turned 30 to do an experiment that really appealed to my lazy side: I decided to dream the biggest dreams I could imagine, and go for them, and yet still be as lazy as I wanted to be. My doubts and fears said it was impossible, but I got around them by saying “Give me one or two years to try this, purely as an experiment. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll be no worse off than I am right now” — broke, without a job, scrounging for $65 rent every month.

Several months ago, Georgia Hughes, our editorial director, brought in a manuscript by Michael Michalko called Creative Thinkering and passed it around. My first thought was that the title was a little odd. The subtitle grabbed me from the beginning: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

Then I started to read the manuscript, and the first sentences of the Introduction had me totally hooked:

Why are some people creative and others not?