<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Len & Tyne Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Developmental book coach for fiction and memoir.]]></description><link>https://www.lenandtyne.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 23:10:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lenandtyne.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Book Coach's Top Character Development Tip]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no room in a story for a character who is given nothing more than a name and one line. Every character deserves a purpose.]]></description><link>https://www.lenandtyne.com/post/book-coachs-top-character-development-tip</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aee1c48ef29441ac0e818d2</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:40:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04f7b5_d1c17e2597ed4a2ea633cd929b5b9348~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebekah McKamie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Your Book's First Act Isn't Working]]></title><description><![CDATA[Delete your first chapter. That’s why the first act of your book is broken, and why you are bored to tears from page one, even though you know the book is excellent.]]></description><link>https://www.lenandtyne.com/post/why-your-book-s-first-act-isn-t-working</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aee23bc342a5dee8345fc7b</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing Tips]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04f7b5_20cb160119584d57846468d01e374f11~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebekah McKamie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Coaching Contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[This document contains important information about our services and the ways we protect your manuscript. You will sign a similar document just before coaching begins. We try to keep this document short, clear, and easy to follow.]]></description><link>https://www.lenandtyne.com/post/book-coaching-contract</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae946e9fb3ecc27b696c90e</guid><category><![CDATA[Info and Documents]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 02:55:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_918ab286731647c58306b5c7c9f7817f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebekah McKamie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Need a Book Coach?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Book Coaching?   Don’t spend a year writing an 80,000 word draft just to find out the plot is broken. A book coach can fix your pacing, stakes, and structure chapter-by-chapter while you write, saving you thousands of dollars in heavy developmental rewrites later. If you want to take up boxing, and you have no idea where to start, you hire a coach. Same with dieting, marketing. All the things. If you want to write a book, there’s a coach for that too. Book coaching is for people with...]]></description><link>https://www.lenandtyne.com/post/do-you-need-a-book-coach</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae2b3cdbf64f1ecc5dff00c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:20:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/04f7b5_9b5503185f314fbca555f11b97ca7588~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebekah McKamie</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>