How to talk to the experts

Posted on 10/17/2018 at 02:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A frustrating truth of research in many areas — including science — is that the most reliable sources aren&r...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Science fiction, Writing advice

Understand your readers' level of buyer awareness

Posted on 10/14/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The principles from a 1960s book on advertising are still perfectly relevant to indie authors in the digital age, says D...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Jane Friedman, Keywords, Marketing

Stick to the basics for your book blurb

Posted on 10/10/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve all been there — trying to write some sort of synopsis (whether it’s a blurb or something else)...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing, Publishers Weekly, Writing advice

Heal your creative wounds

Posted on 09/29/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Criticism is one thing — destroying someone’s creative aspirations is another thing entirely. Grant Faulkner...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writing advice

Find time to write while keeping your day job

Posted on 09/25/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Few adults complain about having too much free time — and writers who have day jobs as well are certainly not amon...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writing advice

You can dread public speaking, but you also can do it!

Posted on 09/11/2018 at 09:20 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Betsy Graziani Fasbinder has an incredibly elegant solution for how to start overcoming your fear of public speaking. Th...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, The business of writing

When and how to push more traffic to your website

Posted on 09/10/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jane Friedman has good news for writers worrying about growing their website traffic. If you build it — “it&...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing

How to launch your author Instagram account

Posted on 09/06/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You may have heard that Instagram is the new Facebook, but if you didn’t quite believe it, ask author Annie Sulliv...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing, Technology

How to perfect the how-to book

Posted on 09/02/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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How many times have you been confounded by a task — or undertaken a new one — and thought “I’ll...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writing advice

Protect your nonfiction from the curse of knowledge

Posted on 08/18/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Nonfiction writers have a delicate balance to strike. Anne Janzer, a professional writer who has worked with over a hund...

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Nonfiction, Writing advice