Free yourself from imposter syndrome

Posted on 07/04/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re sharing advice on how to free yourself from imposter syndrome. Editor and...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Motivational

Fussy’s favorites: the Fourth of July edition

Posted on 07/04/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy Fourth of July, no matter how you’re spending it! (We definitely hope it involves a book, however.) Instead of...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Just for fun

New York Times bestsellers: Week of July 11, 2020

Posted on 07/03/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of July 11,...

Categories: Today in Books

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

Joanna Penn’s June 2020 writing, publishing, and book marketing Q&A 

Posted on 07/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What are your fellow authors wondering nowadays? Joanna Penn recently hosted a Facebook Live Q&A in which she fielded the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Video

You tell us: The best book you've read so far this year

Posted on 07/03/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Amazon recently released its list of the best books, so far, in 2020. Rather than ask our Facebook followers whether...

Tagged As: Book lists, Reader stories

Appeals court: Publisher can distribute Mary Trump's memoir

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 05:13 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sorry for the whiplash, but we have another reversal (sort of) in the Mary Trump memoir case. Late Wednesday, the...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Lawsuit, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics

Reviewer who didn't read the books: "The Baby-Sitters Club" show is good

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bookworms always hold their breath upon learning that a beloved title or series will be headed to the screen. James...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: The New York Times, TV adaptation, Young adult literature

Penny Sansevieri on marketing a book before it's released

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 01:32 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday, we shared Penny Sansevieri’s advice on how to market an older book. Now it’s time to swing in the...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Marketing, Penny Sansevieri

Singer John Prine becomes the honorary poet laureate of Illinois

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 12:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Illinois has its first ever honorary poet laureate: the late John Prine. The singer died April 7 of complications from...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Poetry, Pop culture

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Don't let an agent just sit on your money

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 10:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We know that not every author uses a literary agent nowadays, so perhaps reading Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s latest post about...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing