Dave Chesson: How to set up and use an author Facebook page

Posted on 11/17/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chances are, you’ve already set up your Facebook author page. But if you haven’t, Dave Chesson is ready to help...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing, Social media and websites

Keep your reader guessing to keep them reading

Posted on 11/16/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In fiction, tension isn’t about clenching your fists or gritting your teeth — or stating that your protagonist is doing...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Plot / narrative, Writing advice

Writing prompts for a new project and a work in progress

Posted on 11/15/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Need inspiration to strike when you actually have some free time to write? Writer’s Digest shared five writing prompts, three...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writer's block / writing prompts, Writer's Digest

Author discusses the English book market in India and writer-centric software

Posted on 11/15/2019 at 11:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn’s interview with author Vikram Chandra covers quite a bit of new ground. After years of hard work (familiar...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Literature in translation, Technology

Advice and tools for naming your characters

Posted on 11/14/2019 at 12:24 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A character’s name isn’t a throwaway decision, but it shouldn’t be something that stalls your writing process. Dave Chesson shares...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Writing advice

How to draw readers into your nonfiction book

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 03:37 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author and ghostwriter Joshua Lisec may have described his process for writing a compelling nonfiction book as outlining. But trust...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Nonfiction, Writing advice

Refresh your memory on proper quotation mark usage

Posted on 11/13/2019 at 10:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You know how to use quote marks, right? Sure, but maybe not as well as you think. Editor and proofreader...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Louise Harnby

Two-minute tip: Nailing your novel's logline

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You know a strong logline when you see it — and good news, you can learn to write one for...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Blurbs, Romance Writers of America, Video

Debut author asks readers: How do you take a chance on me?

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 10:41 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s no denying that selling books to readers is much easier once you’ve gotten them to try the first one....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing, The business of writing

C.S. Lakin: Listen to your instincts about story-telling

Posted on 11/11/2019 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re often told to trust our instincts in personal decision-making. C.S. Lakin believes you authors should do the same thing...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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