For Readers
You can live in a famous author’s home, part II: The author of Bridget Jones’s Diary is renting out her Los Angeles house. The catch, of course, is the price. Helen Fielding’s farmhouse is 5,000 square feet and comes fully furnished...
The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of September 1, 2019. 1. Where The Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. 2. The Bitterroots, by C.J. Box. 3. Contraband, by Stuart Woods...
Congratulations (again) to the winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards — what are they going to do next? If they’re headed to Disney World, Tor didn’t report on that, but bookworms are likely more interested in their writing plans. Readers...
Chicago-area fans without plans this afternoon (or with boring plans) — consider swinging by Waukegan. Specifically, the city is hosting a free open house to launch its fundraising campaign for the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum, which official...
For Authors
Grammar Girl lost a spelling bee, a long time ago, because she misspelled “its,” putting in an apostrophe where one wasn’t warranted. And whether you’re the one catching the errors or the one trying to prevent yourself from ma...
Zara Altair wants to ensure your reader is just as invested as your sleuth is in solving the mystery in your whodunit. After all, without tension and stakes, the mystery becomes just a puzzle — a question of mild curiosity. Check out Altair&rsq...
Nate Hoffelder has another installment of his email newsletter series to share today. Previously, he discussed why authors need newsletters, what content to put in an author newsletter, and how to make a landing page that encourages signups. The logi...
Joanna Penn is the interviewee on her latest podcast, with Orna Ross serving as the guest host. The topic: how artificial intelligence might affect indie authors. We’ll admit to finding the topic rather scary at first, but we can assure you tha...
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