The Nonsense-Free Kristin Archive

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On August 1, 2026, I went on hiatus on YouTube and will be return the second week of September. Going forward, my videos will more closely resemble the essays you find here, rather than being a resource for aspiring authors. As such, I did a little house cleaning on the channel. Those videos are still there, but only with a direct link. You can find every single one of them here, listed in reverse chronological order. Enjoy!

1. Microsoft Word Tutorial for Writers
2. Do I Need a Book Editor or a Ghostwriter?
3. Memoir Writing: How to Write Your Book Without Fear
4. The Best Movies About Writing
5. The Best YouTube Channels for Writers
6. How to Outline Your Memoir
7. Christian Nonfiction that Sells
8. How to Start Writing a Self-Help Book
9. Star Wars is NOT Science Fiction: Choosing the Right Genre for Your Book
10. Men Don't Like Little Women: How to find your ideal reader
11. Top 5 Mistakes Christian Writers Make
12. Stop Re-Reading Books! Why Authors Need to Read New Books
13. My Novel Writing Process
14. 5 Ways Newbie Authors Waste Money
15. Assessing Feedback on Your Books. Whose Advice Matters?
16. Author Mistakes: 5 Bad Urban Fiction Tropes
17. Writing a Memoir: How NOT to get Sued
18. Should you create an LLC? How to manage your author business
19. What is a Christian Novel? How to win at Christian book marketing
20. Writing groups vs Critique groups: How to find a writer's community
21. A Fake Editor? Authors Beware this SCAM
22. Top 10: Writing Good Dialogue in Fiction
23. Turn a book into a movie script
24. Novel Theme: How to choose a theme for your story
25. Cozy Mystery Novels: What makes them special?
26. Researching a novel: How to do it right
27. Field of Dreams: How to Fail at Setup
28. Addiction Memoirs: How to be a sympathetic person
29. Substack for Writers: How to get paid for writing
30. Advanced writing tips: How to write a better book
31. Scenes vs. Chapter: How to Write a Chapter
32. 10 Steps to a Finished Book
33. Why Readers Stop Reading: 5 Tips to get more page reads
34. Memoir Motivation (5 Awesome Reasons to Write a Memoir)
35. Social Media Marketing for Authors
36. Book Cover Mistakes: How fiction authors can sell at first sight
37. Book Editing Cost: How much is too much?
38. Publish your own audiobooks: How to win at indie publishing
39. Page-Turning Nonfiction: The art of reader avatar-driven books
40. Need to finish a book? Find a Ghostwriter!
41. How to format your book in Word: The Ultimate guide
42. Authors, AI Book Covers, and Bullying
43. Editing Nonfiction: Why is it MORE expensive?
44. Fund your books: How to make money for your author career
45. Kindle Vella Implodes: Where to read fiction online?
46. Make Money as a Freelance Editor or Writer
47. Present-Tense Writing: When to use present tense in novels
48. Paperbacks ONLY! Beat book pirates with physical book selling
49. Publishing Predators: The expensive bait for indie authors
50. Author Self-Inserts: Writing Autofiction
51. Kindle Unlimited Alternatives
52. Why Authors Lie to themselves
53. Worldbuilding (Tim Grahl drama)
54. Author Scams: Red Flags you need to know

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