Posted on August 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

All successful fiction has a single feature in common: it keeps its readers invested. And it does so by using...

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Posted on August 10, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Cutting through the online noise can be difficult, to say the least. So finding smaller (not small, but smaller) corners...

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Posted on August 10, 2021 at 11:22 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Description can make your book come alive. And yes, “can” is the operative word there – because too much of...

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Posted on August 9, 2021 at 3:55 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

August is a time when many of us scratch our heads and wonder where the summer has gone. But just...

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Posted on August 9, 2021 at 11:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Desmond Hall has delivered his “drops” — pithy writing-advice videos — at Writer Unboxed. For July and August, he offers...

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Posted on August 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you who use BookFunnel for our free-ebook newsletter might already know about this. But if not, here’s the...

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Posted on August 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder agrees with the marketing wisdom that having your own web domain and a branded email through it is...

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Posted on August 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

While your books might not necessarily have a specific word count, you don’t want them to feel wordy, especially if...

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Posted on August 5, 2021 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Donald Maass has long heard the exhortation to write “authentic” characters (and you surely have too). It wasn’t until recently,...

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Posted on August 5, 2021 at 11:36 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon rolled out a new feature today, and the publishing experts we frequently consult were on top of it. Dave...

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