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Aug 1
7 min

Interview with an Author: Samantha K. Garner

Jul 25
5 min

Branding for authors | by Shay Esposito

May 30
4 min

YA vs. New Adult vs. Crossover

Apr 25
4 min

Should you write with a pen name?

Apr 11
4 min

Scene vs. Summary and Internalization in fiction

Mar 14
4 min

What I did to fix a boring scene

Feb 29
7 min

From draft to polished manuscript

Feb 15
5 min

On being left behind in the writing community

Feb 1
4 min

Interview with an author: Erin Thomson

Jan 11
6 min

Should you write to market?

Nov 2, 2023
9 min

Interview with an author: Ande Pliego

Aug 3, 2023
6 min

Interview with an author: Lauren Searson-Patrick

Apr 19, 2023
3 min

How to know if your story idea is "good enough"

Sep 16, 2021
3 min

The opening pages

Sep 1, 2021
3 min

Story pacing: keep moving forward

Jul 7, 2021
4 min

Accepting criticism

Jul 1, 2021
5 min

Don't lose your notes (and other advice I don't follow)

Jun 23, 2021
2 min

Tropes that everyone will love

Jun 16, 2021
3 min

Why I want you to keep writing

Jun 2, 2021
5 min

Finding your story

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