Meet the flight attendant who signed a seven-figure book deal

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Readers with flight anxiety will want to skip this author interview. Those who don’t fear flying — or who never...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, The Guardian, Thriller

How to add suspense to your novel

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Thriller authors Connor and Mark Sullivan don’t expect every novel to have a life literally hanging in the balance. But,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Plot / narrative, Writer's Digest

Letter asks British book industry to combat transphobia

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An open letter published in The Bookseller criticizes the British book industry for accepting transphobia and calls on it to...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Diversity, The Bookseller

Estates of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his wife have made up

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s aristocratic family didn’t care for his decision to marry a Salvadoran artist. And she was well aware...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literature in translation, Memorabilia

Penny Sansevieri: You can't be everywhere online, and that's OK

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Seeing a headline about the social media mistake that can damage your author platform might strike some fear into your...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Penny Sansevieri, Social media and websites

Watch a workshop of the musical version of "The Secret Garden"

Posted on 05/06/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Secret Garden has long been beloved, but it certainly had a moment in the 1990s, inspiring both a movie...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, The New York Times

The Kindlepreneur's favorite title-writing tools

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Coming up with a title for your book can be as intimidating as staring at that first blank page. But...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Titles

Celebrity book club picks for May 2021

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrity book clubs have released their picks for April 2021. Reese Witherspoon selected The Last Thing He Told Me, by...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Pop culture

Cookbooks invite you to try your hand at historic Mexican recipes

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The University of Texas at San Antonio is among the many organizations who saw 2020 disrupt big plans — and...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: History, Nonfiction

Mind over monster: The many roles of memory in a thriller novel

Posted on 05/05/2021 at 10:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What does an acclaimed thriller writer think has the greatest fear potential in a novel? The answer will vary, of...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Thriller, Writer's Digest, Writing advice