Real Talk for Writers

with Isabel Sterling

Author & Master Certified Coach
How to Make Pass Pages Suck Less craft talk marketing mindset pass pages writing skills May 04, 2026

It's time to talk about theĀ least favorite stage of the publication process for most authors: Pass pages.

If you've never done pass pages before, this is when your publishing team has taken your copyedited manuscript and formatted it for printing. It's often the first time you're seeing the specifi...

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Essential Marketing Skills for Authors confidence marketing social media Mar 16, 2026

Welcome to the secondĀ in ourĀ four-part series ofĀ essential skills for published novelists!

As a reminder, the overall categories are:

  • Essential Writing Skills
  • Essential Marketing Skills (today's post!)
  • Essential Emotional Skills
  • Essential Business Skills

Before I share my thoughts about m...

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"Is It Worth It?" (How to Make Investment Decisions in Your Author Career) author finances investments marketing sales numbers Aug 25, 2025

*A quick note before I dive in: Real Talk for Writers is shifting to a biweekly schedule going forward. If you want more support for your author career, be sure to check out The Author Burnout Cure Podcast, which will continue to post weekly.*Ā 

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I've been part of several conversations with auth...

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