Posted on January 22, 2024 at 10:50 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...

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Posted on January 18, 2024 at 8:02 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...

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Posted on December 5, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft, marketing, and business advice to offer. Here are the ones that...

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Posted on November 9, 2023 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two recent posts from BookRiot certainly brought the "whoa" factor. Addison Rizer highlighted eight of the most shocking first lines...

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Posted on September 20, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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

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Posted on May 18, 2023 at 11:28 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The writing and publishing experts we follow had two posts in the vein of beginnings today. At Writer's Digest, author...

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Posted on April 8, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The best-first-line list is one that's been done many times before, but since everyone's opinion (and past reading experience) varies,...

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Posted on March 10, 2023 at 9:36 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

C.S. Lakin won't lie: Writing a good hook is hard (in her opinion, harder than it looks). It helps if...

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Posted on February 3, 2023 at 11:05 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Don't get author and editor Dave King wrong — he's fine with retiring storytelling techniques that don't work well. But...

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Posted on December 15, 2022 at 9:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It's a good morning for those who prefer silly literary awards to serious ones. The Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest, which...

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