Hi everyone! A very good friend of mine who's a successful indie author is looking to query agents for translation rights. I don't know anything about this, so I thought: Who better to ask than all of you? 💜 Do you know if there are any agents who will only take on translations and not require taking on anything else? If so, does anyone have any referrals they'd be comfortable sharing? (She's a spicy romance author) I appreciate you all!

Just met with the co-founder of Author Scale and asked him for a discount for us... You can use coupon code LEE20 for 20% off your first payment! I shared my log in with my assistant Joyce and we're planning a blitz for my new release... I think the software will just make things easier for us. Let me know if you're using it and how it's going! Or if you've never heard of it - check it out here: https://www.authorscale.com/

I'm not sure if this will be allowed (and if it's not, I'll remove), but this has changed the entire way I create characters, so I thought I'd pass along the juicy info, and there's some fab news too (scroll to the bottom to skip all the blah-de-blah for just the good news)! TL;DR: Claire Taylor did a Kickstarter last summer for building characters using the Enneagram personality psychology system, and it changed my writing game. She's doing another one for relationship building that closes in 3 days. And now, I gush about it for several paragraphs. Skip to the *** if you don't care about that. Claire Taylor, Enneagram author coach extraordinaire, ran a Kickstarter last summer for a book called Write Iconic Characters. In it, she spelled out the 9 Enneagram Types and how to apply those details to character creation. Y'all. Y'ALL. This book changed the entire way I map character creation. I know our book beloveds come to us in highly personal and individual ways—I'm probably the biggest diva about character building because if I lose their voice, I can't write them at all. I used to use a highly detailed character background worksheet, complete with a picture of visual inspiration, even for secondary characters. The more detailed I could make it, the better I felt I knew them. What their fave drinks/colors/movies/cars/phrases were, accents, mannerisms, background stories, clothing style, pets, nicknames, tics, even health challenges. I wrote it ALL down. My Scrivener projects were ... messy. But I would still struggle, and often. When it came to putting MCs and side characters into friction-filled situations—whether that involved an argument or physical danger—I wasn't always clear how the character would react to the events. When it came to them reacting to others' behavior, it was worse. I'd get so stuck. Sometimes for weeks at a time. My poor spouse got stuck with sooo many conversations where I'd try to pick and pick and pick at what was wrong with a scene to get myself unstuck.

Who wants to do a 10k in 10 days challenge (Rachel Rodgers-style?) In October 👀

Hi everyone! Joyce here, Lee Savino's assistant 😊 I’m sharing a blank Wide Books Metadata & Links Tracker for authors who need help organizing their books across multiple retailers. This template gives you one place to track things like ISBNs, Amazon links, Genius links, wide store links, pricing, formats, categories, and other book details, especially helpful if you’re publishing wide or managing multiple formats/series. Feel free to make a copy and adjust it for your own books. Hope this helps keep everything cleaner and easier to find!🥰