When to shelve a writing project

Posted on 04/17/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writing isn’t always easy, of course, but sometimes your struggle with a particular project has a deeper underlying cause. Writer’s...

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Tagged As: Motivational, Writer's Digest, Writing advice

7 tips for writing that oh-so-quotable line

Posted on 01/15/2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Look at any bookworm’s social media account and odds are good that you’ll see plenty of literary quotes among their...

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Tagged As: Writer Unboxed, Writing advice

IndieReader bestsellers: Week of January 13, 2020

Posted on 01/13/2020 at 07:28 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the top ten bestselling indie novels for the week of January 13, 2020, as compiled by IndieReader. 1....

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Why launch your own imprint?

Posted on 07/22/2019 at 03:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve ever wondered why indie authors launch imprints of their own, David Wogahn has some answers. Wogahn explains the...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

Translator describes the experience of adapting violent scenes

Posted on 05/26/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Very few, if any, people think that translating literature is easy. And Nicky Harman is no stranger to its challenges,...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Writer's Digest

Haruki Murakami’s cover designer shares his inspirations

Posted on 09/24/2018 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chip Kidd has left his mark on more than one well-known book, but Vulture in particular appreciates his work on...

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Tagged As: Cover design

Overcome these eight fears to follow your writing dream

Posted on 07/20/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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For many of us, it’s easier to find reasons not to try something than it is to take a leap....

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writing advice

Why these ten authors chose to use a nom de plume

Posted on 07/01/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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It’s no secret why some authors chose the pseudonyms they did (such as, to disguise their gender), but other stories...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub

What it's like designing a "Harry Potter" cover

Posted on 06/29/2018 at 08:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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When illustrator Brian Selznick was asked to design the twentieth-anniversary covers for the Harry Potter series, his first reaction wasn’t...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Children's literature, Cover design, Young adult literature

What it feels like to win a literary prize

Posted on 06/21/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Benjamin Myers didn’t expect to win the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, nor could he have predicted the experience...

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Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, The Guardian