Craft tips for authors: October 20, 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best craft advice for writers that that we came across Monday, October 20, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Language, Plot / narrative, Writing advice

IndieReader bestsellers: October 17, 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie books as of October 17, 2025, as compiled by IndieReader.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of October 19, 2025

Posted on October 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Pink birthday cupcakes, with the phrase "Bookish birthdays: Week of October 19, 2025.”

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of October 19, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries

Weekend reads: Week of October 18, 2025

Posted on October 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were worth highlighting.

Categories: Favorites

Literary obituaries: October 17, 2025

Posted on October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary deaths that either occurred recently or popped into the news recently.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Memoir, Obituary, Women in literature

New York Times bestsellers: October 17, 2025

Posted on October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times has released its bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction for October 17, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

News of note for readers: October 16, 2025

Posted on October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Thursday, October 16, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Awards, Bans and challenges, Excerpt, Literary tourism, Pop culture

Craft tips for authors: October 16, 2025

Posted on October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best craft advice for writers that that we came across Thursday, October 16, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Plot / narrative, Setting, Writing advice

Author Q&A: Terry Lynn Thomas

Posted on October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Romance, legal thriller, and historical fiction author Terry Lynn Thomas's photo and website URL.

Today we're interviewing author Terry Lynn Thomas, who writes cozy Christmas romance, contemporary legal thriller, and historical fiction novels.

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, Romance, Thriller

News of note for readers: October 15, 2025

Posted on October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Wednesday, October 15, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Libraries, Poetry