Posted on April 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of advice to offer, spanning a variety of topics.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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How to safely get book reviews on Amazon: Penny Sansevieri advises authors to have a long-term plan in place for gathering book reviews, versus resorting to the frantic rush that often backfires on them (Author Marketing Experts).
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ALLi news podcast: Dan Holloway covers the various business developments he's highlighted across the week; if you've already kept up with him, you can go straight to his quick hits on a US Supreme Court copyright infringement ruling and an Anthropic settlement fee reduction (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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Pitfalls to avoid when writing about trauma: Author Fartumo Kusow shares the strategies she used to avoid sensationalizing the drawn-from-real-life trauma that she depicts in her latest novel (Writer's Digest).
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How to create authentic atmosphere in a historical novel: Author A. A. Sekhon describes the questions they posed and the reasons for the answers they selected when it came to writing a novel in Victorian England (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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