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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Posted on August 7, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writing a book can feel like a never-ending task. (Not to mention the revising — but that's a whole 'nother...

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Posted on May 5, 2022 at 8:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The upside to Kristine Kathryn Rusch having watched a few movies with bad endings is that it helped inspire a...

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Posted on March 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might begin your novel with no idea where it’ll go, or you might discover that the characters have something...

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Posted on February 26, 2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Have you ever been torn between delivering a happy ending to please readers and delivering a more realistic but sad...

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Posted on March 3, 2020 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In an ideal world, your book is the one that keeps a reader up well past their bedtime because each...

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Posted on December 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Kudler challenges you: Aside from you and your closest loved ones, which person is the most excited about your...

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Posted on September 16, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn’s latest podcast guest shared a fantastic quote from Mickey Spillane in his appearance: “The first chapter sells your...

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Posted on December 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writing conclusions was always the toughest part of essays for us, back in college. If you feel the same way...

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