Jane Friedman: The bar has been raised for online author events

Posted on 09/24/2020 at 03:29 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Six months into the COVID era, authors have accepted the necessity of — and often embraced — online events, versus...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Author events, coronavirus / COVID-19, Jane Friedman, Marketing

Check these three areas for weaknesses in your novel's draft

Posted on 09/16/2020 at 03:05 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Being as close as you are to your novel, it can be tough to identify what exactly needs to be...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Editing, Jane Friedman, Writing advice

Editor: Authors should stay out of their stories

Posted on 09/03/2020 at 12:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A recent post in our RSS feed offered advice on how to avoid rejection, as an author. Often, we don’t...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writing advice

What authors should consider in a long-term marketing plan

Posted on 08/14/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us have long-term goals or dreams, but we’re not always sure how to get there. For those who...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing, Social media and websites

Use your learning style to guide your writing process

Posted on 08/02/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us are familiar with the different learning styles — how some people learn best by hearing, while others...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writer's block / writing prompts, Writing advice

Editor shares the six do's and don'ts of writing historical fiction

Posted on 07/16/2020 at 02:54 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s no way around it: historical fiction can’t be nothing but the literal truth. The dialogue will confound or annoy...

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Tagged As: Historical fiction, Jane Friedman, Writing advice

How one writer successfully went from nonfiction to fiction

Posted on 07/09/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

From an outside perspective, shifting from one genre to another — or from fiction to nonfiction — might not seem...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Nonfiction, Writing advice

6 ways to make your virtual book launch stand out

Posted on 07/07/2020 at 02:31 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Just because your book launch is virtual doesn’t mean it can’t also be a journey of sorts! Carol Newman Cronin,...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Jane Friedman, Marketing

Your book launch isn't just a marathon or a sprint ... it's both (and more)

Posted on 06/30/2020 at 11:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might not be a runner, but you can’t avoid analogies from its realm into other parts of life. (And...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing

How to punctuate (and differentiate between) nonrestrictive and restrictive clauses

Posted on 06/24/2020 at 04:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve been putting commas in wherever you’d take a pause while speaking, we have some bad news for you:...

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Tagged As: Editing, Jane Friedman, Language