Cyber Monday Author Deals Roundup 2025
Black Friday is back, and so are the incredible deals on the tools and resources that fuel your fiction. Whether you’re studying your craft, drafting, revising, publishing or creating your next masterpiece, these discounts will make your writing journey a little easier — and a lot more fun.
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A quick recap of today’s webinar with Alessandra Torre
Today’s webinar with Alessandra Torre was such a pleasure. We had a genuinely engaged group—lots of new names in the chat, thoughtful questions, and a great energy throughout the session.
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How AI editing can elevate your novel
Takeaways from the Brave New Bookshelf podcast for book authors Artificial intelligence isn’t just transforming tech — it’s reshaping storytelling itself. In the latest episode of Brave New Bookshelf, co-hosts Steph Pajonas and Danica Favorite sat down with the two co-founder of Authors A.I., Alessandra Torre and myself, to explore how AI can help authors […]
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Marlowe 101: Understanding the plot graph
There’s a lot to unpack in the new Author Dashboard powered by Marlowe 3.0. Our updated model is significantly more powerful than the first two versions of Marlowe, and we’ve taken great care to optimize it for a more user-friendly experience filled with actionable feedback. Today, let’s take a deep dive into the Plot analysis […]
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How I learned to stop worrying and love AI editing tools
The story of how I got past my initial reluctance to use AI to improve my writing. When I first heard about Marlowe, the fiction-savvy artificial intelligence from Authors A.I., I experienced two strongly conflicting emotions. Emotion one: An AI can read my entire novel in 15 minutes and tell me what’s good/bad about it? Wow! That is amazing. Emotion two: An AI can read my entire novel in 15 minutes and tell me what’s good/bad about it? Yeah, right! In your dreams.
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Productivity hacks for authors
As writers and authors, productivity is our lifeblood. Here are six productivity tips from a bestselling thriller author who has written more than 65 books.
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Comparing 5 top editing tools for authors
Here's a look at five major author tools — Marlowe, Grammarly, Pro Writing Aid, AutoCrit and Sudowrite — and how they stack up against each other.
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FDF #75: How to add humor to romance and suspense writing
Happening on Friday, March 22, 2024 at 5 pm ET. In this episode of First Draft Friday, our guest is instant #1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score. Lucy will discuss how she adds humor to her work - and share tips on how you can do the same. You won’t want to miss this FREE live chat! In this First Draft Friday video chat, Lucy will answer your questions and share her experience.
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FDF #73: Writing Third-Person Thrillers
In this episode of First Draft Friday, our guest, bestselling thriller author Melissa Miller, discusses writing in multiple third-person POV thrillers.
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An AI assesses six Fantasy bestsellers
This article looks at how to write a Fantasy bestseller using artificial intelligence feedback to fine-tune your novel.
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FDF #72: Creating Dark Anti-Heroes
In this episode of First Draft Friday, our guest is bestselling romantic fantasy author Scarlett St. Clair. Scarlett discusses how she creates dark anti-heroes who readers fall in love with.
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Marlowe analyzes 5 more bestsellers of 2023
What makes a novel a bestseller today? Today we'll look at five bestsellers of 2023 and an AI analysis of each.
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