The introverted author's guide to re-entering society

Posted on 06/21/2021 at 11:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For many introverts, the pandemic-era shift to virtual socialization was easy and perhaps even a bit comforting. Now, though, the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Motivational, The Digital Reader

How authors can develop a road map for self-editing

Posted on 06/20/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kris Spisak has noticed that writers have an abundance of brainstorming exercises, pre-writing tactics, and drafting strategies at their fingertips....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Writer's Digest

Small steps that will enhance your author brand

Posted on 06/19/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Breaking down large tasks into smaller ones can be a great way to motivate yourself to actually take action. That’s...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Marketing, Penny Sansevieri

The Kindlepreneur's guide to epigraphs

Posted on 06/18/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Good news: writing an epigraph is a piece of cake. That’s because it’s typically less a matter of creating something...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Design

The tasks authors should do routinely (and how to juggle them)

Posted on 06/18/2021 at 10:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We always smile at topics being described as boring but important. And so a recent Alliance of Independent Authors TwitterChat...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Marketing, Social media and websites, Time management

Kris Rusch on how indie writers can break the FOMO cycle

Posted on 06/17/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Need a pep talk that’s also immensely practical? Kristine Kathryn Rusch is here to help. Her latest installment of the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Motivational

ALLi’s updates on EU copyright, library lending and more

Posted on 06/17/2021 at 09:21 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There have been several developments in the indie-pub world that are worth taking note of. So we definitely recommend reading...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Libraries, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

Turn up the heat ... in your novel

Posted on 06/16/2021 at 02:40 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fussy’s home base is set to see its hottest day of the year tomorrow. So to distract ourselves from those...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Writer Beware looks into author complaints about City Limits Publishing

Posted on 06/16/2021 at 09:37 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writer Beware has a lengthy post up about new sources of concern from a previously flagged company. Victoria Strauss became...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Publishing, Writer Beware

Why and how indie authors should use reader magnets

Posted on 06/15/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most authors are familiar with the concept of a reader magnet and probably even have ideas on what forms they...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Marketing