3 exercises to help develop a well-rounded protagonist

Posted on 10/20/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your protagonist should be a well-developed character, not just a caricature. Easier said than done, right? Well, professional ghostwriter Justin...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Joanna Penn

Grammar Girl's advice on putting "on" before dates

Posted on 10/19/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In the grand scheme of grammar, whether to put “on” before a date isn’t the most important question to consider....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Grammar Girl, Language

Joanna Penn: 8 reasons for writers to embrace public speaking

Posted on 10/18/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Public speaking is rather like flossing: some people don’t mind it, but most of us avoid it if we can....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Marketing

Dave Chesson on converting casual fans to superfans

Posted on 10/18/2019 at 11:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dave Chesson won’t sugarcoat it: Building a passionate readership base isn’t complicated, but it does take effort. Fortunately, Chesson has...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing

7 ways to boost your creativity that don't involve the written word

Posted on 10/17/2019 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors are told to read and write, in order to improve their craft. But what if those tasks begin to...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writer's block / writing prompts

Which type of writer are you?

Posted on 10/17/2019 at 10:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We didn’t share the viral Medium post about the author who signed two contracts worth a total of $350,000 and,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The business of writing

Grammar Girl's rules on proper compound possessives

Posted on 10/16/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Compound subjects seem to compound the difficulty of using possessive pronouns, based on what Grammar Girl is seeing. Thankfully, Mignon...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Grammar Girl, Language

Authors, are you listed on Hometown Reads?

Posted on 10/15/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder recently attended a writing conference and has returned with plenty of information to share with his followers. First...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Marketing, The Digital Reader

C.S. Lakin: Your settings shouldn't be just any old place

Posted on 10/15/2019 at 10:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The settings of your novel shouldn’t simply be afterthoughts or side notes — they should carry some significance to the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Develop a writing habit that's right for you

Posted on 10/14/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

People tend to think of a habit as something done every day, without fail (which is probably why we perceive...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Time management, Writing advice