Craft tips for authors: August 7, 2024

Posted on August 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer.  Here are the ones that we thought were...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writing advice

Celebrity book club picks for August 2024

Posted on August 7, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Celebrity book clubs have released their picks for August 2024.  Reese Witherspoon selected Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell.  This second-chance romance...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Book lists, Pop culture

Book bans and challenges: August 6, 2024

Posted on August 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the latest news on book bans, challenges, and other literary obstacles. Utah bans thirteen books from all public schools...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Libraries, Politics

ALLi business news and tips: August 6, 2024

Posted on August 6, 2024 at 2:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can be hard to keep on top of all the blogs and news sources that aim to help writers....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Amazon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Kindle Direct Publishing, The business of writing

News of note for readers: August 6, 2024

Posted on August 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days! The inaugural Inside Prize has gone to Imani...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Movie adaptation, Obituary, Pop culture, Stage adaptation

Craft tips for authors: August 6, 2024

Posted on August 6, 2024 at 11:24 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer.  Here are the ones that we thought were...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Author Q&A: Diane Wing

Posted on August 6, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Cozy mystery, magical realism, dark fantasy, and nonfiction author Diane Wing's photo and website URL.

Today we're interviewing Diane Wing, M.A., who writes dark fantasy fiction, cozy mysteries, magical realism, and enlightening nonfiction.

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Fantasy, Mystery, Nonfiction

IndieReader bestsellers: August 2, 2024

Posted on August 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie books as of August 2, 2024, as compiled by IndieReader. 1. Play a Bigger Game...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of August 4, 2024

Posted on August 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of August 4, 2024. Guy de Maupassant (August 5, 1850):...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries

Weekend reads: The 2024 Olympics

Posted on August 3, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are two posts from Literary Hub that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, History, Pop culture