Why writers should save early, often, and everywhere

Posted on December 28, 2021 at 8:51 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

“Save early and save often,” a former co-worker used to call out whenever bad weather loomed outside. But her message...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Technology, Writer Unboxed

New interviews on The Creative Penn

Posted on December 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can be hard to keep on top of the blogs and news sources you follow any time of year...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational, Short story, Technology, The business of writing

ALLi’s audiobook updates

Posted on December 1, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Alliance of Independent Authors has made the world of audio the focus of three recent posts. ALLi’s Dan Holloway...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Technology

Draft2Digital adds more link options

Posted on November 16, 2021 at 11:23 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Draft2Digital added a new feature to its Books2Read universal link program last month: the ability to add print links. Previously...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Technology

Two takes on NFTs for writers and publishers

Posted on November 5, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might not feel fully confident in your understanding of them, but you’ve certainly heard of nonfungible tokens (NFTs). And...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Jane Friedman, Technology

How Kris Rusch decides if a digital trend is worth the hype

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

No matter whether you’re eager to jump on the latest trend or terrified of it, it’s probably fair to say...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Social media and websites, Technology

BookFunnel adds a custom domain feature

Posted on August 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you who use BookFunnel for our free-ebook newsletter might already know about this. But if not, here’s the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Social media and websites, Technology

A security tip for authors using branded email addresses

Posted on August 7, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder agrees with the marketing wisdom that having your own web domain and a branded email through it is...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Technology, The Digital Reader

Writer Beware has its eye on an app owned by TikTok's parent company

Posted on July 26, 2021 at 9:23 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Some of the bad actors that Writer Beware reports on choose names similar to legitimate companies’, in hopes of luring...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Technology, Writer Beware

How to preserve your world-building

Posted on May 26, 2021 at 12:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Regular readers of our newswire know by now what types of information are included in world-building for a novel. But...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Technology, Writer's Digest