On writing a story with little to no conflict

Posted on 09/14/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Passive Voice blog recently shared a post from Writers Helping Writers on story structure when there’s little to no...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Plot / narrative, The Passive Voice

Legal and creative issues to consider if you find a co-author

Posted on 07/08/2020 at 12:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Passive Guy came upon a post touting the benefits of partnering with another writer. The post also mentioned a...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing, The Passive Voice, Writing advice

4 copyright myths debunked

Posted on 11/20/2019 at 02:41 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No one wants to run afoul of copyright law — and everyone wants to protect their hard-earned intellectual property if...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing, The Passive Voice

Expand your palette: Tools and tips for picking the right colors

Posted on 06/06/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Inspired by a post discussing the principles of color theory, The Passive Voice has shared a few of his favorite...

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Tagged As: Design, Marketing, The Passive Voice

Have you advertised through a book club?

Posted on 04/18/2019 at 09:32 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our desire to help authors extends beyond offering up space in our newsletters — we’re glad to share some crowdsourcing...

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Tagged As: Book club, Marketing, The Passive Voice

Listen up: What authors and publishers say about audio sales

Posted on 04/12/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re guessing that most of our authors were not at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy earlier this month....

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Tagged As: Audiobook, The Passive Voice

Share your social media advice with The Passive Voice

Posted on 02/23/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Let’s reverse roles today — rather than us sharing expert tips, we’ll invite you to be the experts and provide...

Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Passive Voice

The Instagram effect on book covers: Bold and blocky are in

Posted on 02/12/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last summer, we were thrilled to see that Millennials were actually being credited with saving something — book-cover design —...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Social media and websites, The Passive Voice

Meet VerticalScope, the new owner of Kboards

Posted on 09/20/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’re on Kboards, you’re well aware of the concern surrounding the forum’s new owners and the changed terms of...

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Tagged As: Technology, The business of writing, The Passive Voice

Common publishing advice: Take it or leave it?

Posted on 09/09/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Anne R. Allen shared nine bad pieces of publishing advice that new authors should ignore recently. We will heartily sign...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Publishing, The Passive Voice