Work through your anxieties about writing historical fiction

Posted on 08/18/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Caitlin Horrocks has taught fiction and nonfiction writing, in addition to writing short stories and novels herself. So...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Historical fiction, Literary Hub, Writing advice

Your bad jobs can be good news for your writing

Posted on 08/09/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us have worked a crappy job at some point in our lives. (Please don’t tell us if you’ve managed to d...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Literary Hub, Writing advice

Toni Morrison’s advice for writers

Posted on 08/06/2019 at 08:43 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With the news that author Toni Morrison has passed away, Literary Hub retweeted its collection of her best writing advic...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Writing advice

Happy 200th birthday, Herman Melville!

Posted on 08/01/2019 at 10:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re guessing that while many bookworms celebrated J.K. Rowling’s birthday yesterday by reading her works,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Literary Hub, The New York Times, Writer's Digest

Go behind the scenes of a book-to-prisoner donation program

Posted on 07/28/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve covered attempts in Washington state and Pennsylvania to ban book donations to prisoners, as well as individ...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Charity, Literary Hub

Midday refresher: “Fatal Light Awareness” by Margaret Atwood

Posted on 07/17/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Time to reset your brain, whether you’re hard at work, waiting to clock in still, or blissfully retired. Literary...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Poetry

University opens professor's novel, closes campus doors to him

Posted on 07/12/2019 at 11:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A professor has been fired before even starting his job because of his new novel’s contents. T.J. Martinson told L...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Diversity, Literary Hub

What it's like to drive cross-country handing out books

Posted on 07/08/2019 at 03:53 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Maybe you traveled over the Fourth of July holiday and are feeling a bit worn out from it. Poetry to the People —...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Charity, Literary Hub

Books that we can look forward to for the rest of 2019

Posted on 07/03/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

So many sites have shared their best-so-far lists for 2019 that maybe you’re ready to look forward. If that’...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Literary Hub, Podcast

How quickly did these famous novels sell in their first year?

Posted on 06/29/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Instead of “don’t judge a book by its cover,” let’s perhaps start saying “don’t judg...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Just for fun, Literary Hub