How authors can plan -- with flexibility -- for 2021

Posted on 01/07/2021 at 02:48 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Orna Ross is taking a different approach to her New Year’s post for the Alliance of Independent Authors. Rather than...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), coronavirus / COVID-19, Motivational

Kris Rusch on how audio has changed -- and could keep changing

Posted on 01/07/2021 at 09:25 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s year-in-review series has arrived at the topic of audiobooks. In an oddly refreshing departure from other posts...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Audiobook, coronavirus / COVID-19, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Penny Sansevieri: A pandemic is no time to slack on book marketing

Posted on 12/10/2020 at 09:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You know what COVID-19 has generally meant for your author career — an emphasis on online connection (versus in-person ones)...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Marketing, Penny Sansevieri

Kris Rusch: The future may not be rosy, but it's still ours to claim

Posted on 09/27/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s fall, and school is in (some sort of) session — the conditions that, in a normal year, would inspire...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Motivational

Jane Friedman: The bar has been raised for online author events

Posted on 09/24/2020 at 03:29 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Six months into the COVID era, authors have accepted the necessity of — and often embraced — online events, versus...

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Tagged As: Author events, coronavirus / COVID-19, Jane Friedman, Marketing

Candice Carty-Williams won't write COVID-19 into her novel's screenplay

Posted on 09/13/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Candice Carty-Williams is working on adapting her novel Queenie into a screenplay. And in the meantime, as she watches other...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, The Guardian

Joanna Penn's lessons from nine years of author entrepreneurship

Posted on 09/12/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn is marking nine years as an author entrepreneur this month. And yes, what a time to celebrate. When...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Joanna Penn

Kris Rusch: What indie authors should do over the next few months

Posted on 09/11/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Indie authors might feel a bit smug as they dive deep into Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s latest business musings post. In...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Publishing, The business of writing

Kris Rusch: Predict the future, plan for it ... and keep revising

Posted on 08/31/2020 at 04:10 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kris Rusch finally found the time to read a buzzed-about interview that Bill Gates did with Wired earlier this month....

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The business of writing

Set your online author event up for success

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s been plenty of advice on the content you should include in an online author event — and, heck, plenty...

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Tagged As: Author events, coronavirus / COVID-19, The Digital Reader