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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• An Editor and Ghostwriter on Honest Criticism: By Josh Bernoff

• My Friend Won’t Stop Sending Me Writing and It’s Driving Me Crazy: by Kristen Arnett
• When Is a Story Ready to Submit? by April Dávila
• How Devoted Writers Handle Doubt: by Suzanne Lieurance
• Judy Blume says she’s done writing: ’50 years is enough!’ by Scott Simon and Samantha Balaban
• Conquering Overwhelming Tasks One Day at a Time:
• The Bookish Thing I Hate: By Vaughn Roycroft
• Writing Slice of Life, with Kishotenketsu: by September C Fawkes
• Navigating Uncertainty And Fearless Persistence In A Long Term Creative Career With Adam Leipzig:
• The Write Attitude: Churning It Out: by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• How to rehabilitate your attention: by Daphne Gray-Grant
• Discipline Versus Devotion: By Barbara O’Neal
• 3 Tips on Being a More Productive Writer: By Linda Wilson
• When Can You Call Yourself a Writer? by Jessica Strawser
• I Almost Gave Up — Then at 83, I Got My First Publishing Deal: By Brigid Carrick
• The Self-Confidence Myth: by Meg Dowell

• Sue Grafton’s Writing Process: Lessons From A Crime Fiction Master: by Amanda Patterson
• Verbs that pull the trigger: How to create momentum in crime and thriller writing: by Louise Harnby
• In the Spotlight: John Burke’s Deadly Ride: by @mkinberg.bsky.social
• Abandoned Places in Crime Fiction: by @mkinberg.bsky.social

• Navigating the Self-Publishing Author/Illustrator Relationship: by Tischa D. Brown

• Poets On Writing Poetry: Insights & Inspiration: By Susanne Bennett

• Boy Meets Girl: How To Write Romance That Impacts Your Reader: by Lucy V. Hay

• I Fell in Love with Writing Micro Prose – You Could, Too: by Kelli Short Borges

• The Author’s Guide to Generative Search Optimization (GSO): by Lindsey Hughes

• Book Positioning for Authors: Why Marketing Fails Without It: by Penny Sansevieri
• 7 key features to optimize your Amazon product page: by Deborah Jay / Debby Lush

• How Lit Mags Are Dealing With AI-Slop Submissions: by Jasmine Vojdani
• Your Book’s Target Audience: Its Benefits and Filling a Need: by L. Diane Wolfe for the IWSG
• BISG, BookNet Canada Launch 2026 ‘AI in the Book Industry’ Survey: by Andrew Albanese

• Arpita Das: How Queer Friendly Is the Indian Publishing Industry? by Arpita Das
• The Surprise Blossoming of Omani Literature: By M Lynx Qualey

• You Can Handle Rejection (And That’s Good Because You’ll Have To): from Fox Print Editorial

• Mother Tongues: How Family History Plays a Part in Language and Translation: by Chenxin Jiang

• How To Make Your First Chapter Impossible To Put Down: by Elaine Dodge

• 10 Ways to End Your Chapters: by Jessica Strawser

• The Hero’s Journey & Heroine’s Journey: Stories Need Both: by Susan Watts

• Character Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Dissociation: by Becca Puglisi

• Your Antagonist’s Response to Fear: by Becca Puglisi
• How to Write Authentic Emotion: by Angela Ackerman
• Fears vs. Phobias: What Writers Need to Know: by Angela Ackerman

• Keeping Conflict on the Page: By Jeanne Kisacky

• Writing Dialogue: 3 Mistakes I Often See As a Book Editor: by Bryn Donovan

• Unearthed Arcana: Villainous Options Part 1, The Death Knight: by Ari Ashkenazi
• Ian Rankin’s 10 Essential Rules For Writing Fiction: by Amanda Patterson
• Project Hail Mary Beat Sheet Analysis: by Shari Simpson

• Eight Types of Black Hat Storytelling to Avoid: by Chris Winkle
• Why Writers Misdiagnose Their Books: by Colleen M. Story
• Writing: Managing Your Reader: by Linda S. Clare
• From Thrillers to the Supernatural: What Writing YA Taught Me About Storytelling: By Yasmin Angoe
• 7 Essential Elements Every Writer Must Master: by Amanda Patterson
• Do You Have to Say What Year Your Book Is Set In? by April Dávila

• Some Thoughts on Point of View: by N.L. Holmes

• Plotting vs Pantsing: Pros, Cons, & How To Choose Your Writing Method: by Oliver Fox

• Should You Write a Series? How Much is Enough? by Laurie Schnebly Campbell

• 12 Setting Secrets Every Storyteller Needs To Know: by Amanda Patterson

• Creating Microtension Through Setting Description: by C. S. Lakin
• Creating Microtension in Your Story Through Repetition: by C. S. Lakin @janefriedman.com

• Can a Flawed US Legal System Discourage Fraud? A Look at the PageTurner Scam Prosecution: Trent Bertrand @victoriastrauss.com