Posted on July 4, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On Independence Day (for the United States), free yourself from fear. Kristine Kathryn Rusch called this installment of her fear-based...

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Posted on July 3, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On Independence Day weekend, it feels wrong to give restrictive advice to writers. So we’re delivering, from the Writer’s Digest...

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

Dave Chesson, the Kindlepreneur, hasn’t actually posted everything that you could possibly need to know about editing, but he’s certainly...

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Posted on July 2, 2021 at 11:07 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Growing up, you were probably told at least once (if not more) not to compare yourselves to others. Orna Ross...

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

C.S. Lakin cannot emphasize enough how important it is start your novel strong. And with hundreds of manuscript critiques under...

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Posted on July 1, 2021 at 8:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Indie authors are frequently advised to think about writing a series. But, obviously, the mere fact that there are more...

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Posted on June 30, 2021 at 2:26 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon shared an update to its Kindle Vella content guidelines last week, in response to author feedback. Those of you...

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Posted on June 30, 2021 at 11:38 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those who’ve heard the expression “a bad penny always turns back up” won’t be surprised by the latest news from...

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Posted on June 29, 2021 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Kim Hooper shared her advice on writing far-away (or nearby but unfamiliar) settings with Writer’s Digest last week. And...

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Posted on June 29, 2021 at 9:18 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writer’s Digest has added a few new character-advice posts recently that complement each other. In one, author Kerry Winfrey describes...

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