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Maintaining resilience while dealing with reality - some thoughts and strategies for authors
More ways to protect and optimise our writing energy in 2026 - plus some key stats about author earnings
 • Sara Foster
Our time is being stolen. This year let’s Take. It. Back.
Welcome to Resilient Author 2026 – and some super simple strategies I’ve implemented to reclaim my time this year.
 • Sara Foster
Inviting you behind the scenes of my rebranding and self-publishing journey
An exclusive for paid subscribers
 • Sara Foster
A new approach to audience questions at writing festivals
And a salient reminder about social media
 • Sara Foster
Answering your Ask Me Anything questions
My editing background, selecting book themes, long-term impacts of writing in Covid, homeschooling routines, and how my PhD research continues to impact…
 • Sara Foster
Is there enough space for all writers on Substack?
Absolutely! Let me tell you why I think this is a great place to be, and how authors succeed by niching their newsletters.
 • Sara Foster
How to Leverage Multiple Perspectives in a Psychological Thriller
This week I’m sharing my thoughts on writing multiple perspectives: always a challenge, but often an extremely worthwhile one!
 • Sara Foster
The five lives of our novels and why it's vital that we understand them all
Plus: how The Resilient Author is evolving ...
 • Sara Foster
Analysing our promotion efforts
How to decide which things are worth our time (including a review of my recent book treasure hunt)
 • Sara Foster
Do you want to build a book hunt?
Inviting all authors to take part in the #BigWABookHunt and #BigBigBookHunt
 • Sara Foster
How I made $100,000 dollars from my first novel in just TWO MONTHS (six years after it was published)
Some stories to inspire you to champion your backlist!
 • Sara Foster
To blurb or not to blurb?
Turns out, this is a tricky question!
 • Sara Foster
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