ALLi podcast: Do paid newsletters have potential for indie authors?

Posted on August 4, 2021 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors have been hearing for quite some time now that email newsletters are worthwhile marketing tools. But the concept of...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Email newsletter, Social media and websites, The business of writing

Best practices for a book cover reveal

Posted on August 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your book’s cover is a crucial part of your marketing as an author. So if you’re planning any sort of...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing / promotion, Writer Unboxed

Don't panic if Amazon asks you to prove your publishing rights

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

Even if you know you’re in the right, official letters from a big organization asking for proof or verification can...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Does your novel overexplain common items and gestures?

Posted on August 3, 2021 at 11:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve stuck to just the storytelling. You swear. There’s nothing left to trim. But your novel still feels too long....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Writing advice

100 writing tips for all stages of the process

Posted on August 2, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writer’s Digest is marking one hundred years of publishing this year. So, naturally, one part of the celebration is a...

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Tagged As: Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Writer Beware: How one contest improved its entry terms

Posted on August 2, 2021 at 10:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Victoria Strauss was likely glad — or as glad as one can be, given the topic — to write her...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Writer Beware / scams

5 times to use a single-sentence paragraph in your novel

Posted on August 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A paragraphing technique that bloggers and journalists make frequent use of can also benefit your fiction. That would be the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Louise Harnby

8 steps to create a powerful dynamic character

Posted on July 31, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The distinction between dynamic and static characters is fairly straightforward — the former changes as the story progresses, while the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur)

5 mental mistakes that writers should watch out for

Posted on July 30, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Posts on common mistakes writers make often focus on the early parts of their careers. But even once you’re past...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

How to avoid overusing "I" in your first-person novel

Posted on July 29, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Deliberate repetition of words can make a stylistic point. Accidental repetition, on the other hand, can become annoying to both...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Louise Harnby