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How to outline your novel, even if you're a pantser

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author and editor Christina Kaye wants to dispel a myth about plotting. It doesn’t have to entail listing every single...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

Why a cookbook and a crisis novel are the perfect books for this moment

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s the best of times and the worst of times for some authors, in terms of the topics and themes...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, coronavirus / COVID-19, Nonfiction, NPR, Women in literature

Step two in developing a writing practice

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Susan DeFreitas, an award-winning author, editor, and book coach, has shared the second installment of a seven-part series on developing...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Motivational

"Sea Monsters" wins the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to author Chloe Aridjis, whose novel Sea Monsters has won the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her reward for...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards

French authors under fire for posting about their second homes

Posted on 04/07/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two acclaimed French authors have found themselves in eau chaud recently thanks to their posts about quarantine life. Leïla Slimani...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian

How to keep busy even if you're not writing or promoting books

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writing might be a struggle for you right now, with so many other stressors weighing on you. And the idea...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Marketing, The Book Designer

Author Julia Alvarez on her first novel as "an elder"

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 02:58 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Julia Alvarez’s novel Afterlife, which releases tomorrow, is notable for a few reasons. One, it’s her first novel for adults...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, NPR, Women in literature

Professor identifies main author of 1592 play co-written by Shakespeare

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A literary scholar believes he’s identified the anonymous author of the play Arden of Faversham, the first domestic tragedy in...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

How and why to use incidental characters in your novel

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

C.S. Lakin has one more type of character that she wants authors to make effective use of in their novels....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Characters

Margaret Atwood launches video series to support authors

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 10:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Margaret Atwood, famous for (among many things) her dystopian fiction, has entered the fight to support authors during the coronavirus...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The New York Times, Women in literature