Craft tips for authors: October 30, 2023

Posted on October 30, 2023 at 11:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer. Here are the ones that we thought were...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Helping Writers Become Authors, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

Business tips for authors: October 16, 2023

Posted on October 16, 2023 at 3:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of business advice to offer. Here are the ones that we thought were...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Social media and websites, The business of writing, Writer Beware / scams

Character studies: August 14, 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer. Here are the recent posts they shared that...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Characters, Women Writers, Women's Books, Writer's Digest, Writers Helping Writers

6 misconceptions that beginning writers should kick to the curb

Posted on February 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Like most character traits, confidence and optimism are helpful and healthy — in the appropriate dose. Anne R. Allen recently...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Writing advice

8 tips for writing a satisfying final chapter for your novel

Posted on December 20, 2022 at 9:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Anne R. Allen concludes her advice on, well, concluding your book with an analogy to a good meal. You...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Final lines and chapters, Writing advice

Anne R. Allen's warning about other scams

Posted on August 23, 2022 at 11:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writer Beware does a fantastic job of warning authors about fishy schemes. But the more eagle eyes out there, the...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, The business of writing

Anne R. Allen: Rethink the definition of an unsympathetic character

Posted on May 13, 2021 at 3:34 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s no shortage of advice on what to consider when creating a protagonist. Anne R. Allen chimes in with a...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Characters, Writing advice

Anne R. Allen on receiving and processing that first bad review

Posted on June 25, 2020 at 4:40 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s simply no avoiding it: someone will not only dislike your book, but they will also tell you as much....

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Motivational, Reader reviews

Anne R. Allen: Build your writing inventory before publishing the first book

Posted on March 20, 2020 at 11:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With the external world adding to existing anxieties, we could use a post in which we’re told to take a...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, The business of writing

Anne R. Allen: You can ignore these 10 writing/publishing tips

Posted on March 9, 2020 at 10:35 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With yesterday’s time change, you might be feeling a bit sluggish still this morning. (Guilty as charged here.) So we’ll...

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Tagged As: Anne R. Allen and Ruth Harris, Publishing, Writing advice