Craft tips for writing crime fiction

Posted on 03/03/2021 at 04:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A retired police sergeant recently shared his advice on writing crime fiction. And if you read that post, you’ve checked...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

How to make a beautiful book graphic if you're not a designer

Posted on 03/03/2021 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chances are you have to create your own social media graphics, at least on occasion. And if you’re not blessed...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Marketing, Social media and websites, Writer Unboxed

A retired police sergeant's advice on writing better crime fiction

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 12:54 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When we came across Joanna Penn’s interview with a former police sergeant who now advises writers on accuracy in crime...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

ALLi’s audiobook roundup

Posted on 03/02/2021 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The controversy over how Audible pays out and reports royalties has certainly not subsided, and it’s also inspired other conversations...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

The secret to writing a strong first chapter

Posted on 03/01/2021 at 10:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve been warned about and have likely internalized just how important it is to have a strong opening chapter for...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: First lines and first chapters, Jane Friedman

An informal survey on writers’ creative processes

Posted on 02/28/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Julianna Baggott doesn’t just love writing — she loves thinking about writing and the people who do it, especially...

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Tagged As: Writer Unboxed

Quick tips on writing mysteries and thrillers

Posted on 02/27/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve mentioned before that we like to sprinkle in easy-to-digest writing advice amongst the deeper dives. Here’s an instance of...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

An author's guide to rocking a podcast guest appearance

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Given how many people love podcasts (guilty as charged!), you probably don’t need convincing to believe that they’re a great...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Marketing, Podcast

Happy ending or sad one? Try a mix of both!

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Have you ever been torn between delivering a happy ending to please readers and delivering a more realistic but sad...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writing advice

Try these six writing tips to improve your novel immediately

Posted on 02/25/2021 at 03:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Some editing and revising tips are like a deep clean of your house, while others are a nice surface-clean. Today’s...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Language, Louise Harnby