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• Why Your New Year Writing Goals May Fail to Get Results: by Nina Amir

• Get Story Ideas: 10 Simple (But Potent) Methods: by Debbe Geiger

• 7 Novels About Women Over 40: by Colleen Oakley
• The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: The Hateful 8: from Literary Hub
• The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: The Fearsome 4: by Literary Hub
• Feed The Writer: With Books: by Jan Sikes

• 5 Lessons I Learned from My 30-Day Writing Challenge: by Grace Ekause
• Want to Make Real Progress in Writing? by April Dávila

• Want to Write Faster? How Tracking Your Word Count Can Boost Your Productivity: by Nicole Bross @janefriedman.com

• Six Questions Every Author Should Ask: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast Featuring Matty Dalrymple:
• Take Back Your Own Story: from Fox Print Editorial
• Designing Bestselling Covers: Casey Moses, Cover Designer: from Good Story Company
• What Artificial Intelligence Can’t Give a Writer: by James Scott Bell
• Dealing with the Negative: from the Insecure Writer’s Support Group
• Some Keys to Achieving Confidence in Your Writing: by Jenny Hansen

• Dreaming of a New Reality Characters: by Charles Yallowitz

• Poverty in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg.bsky.social
• Doctor’s Offices in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg.bsky.social

• Becoming a Screenwriter: Tamsin Larby’s Journey and Insights: from Katy Segrove

• How to Write an Author Bio: from Kindlepreneur

• Readers Should Know What to Expect From Your Story:

• Vivat’s Julia Orlova: Ukraine’s Print Runs Are Rising: by Jaroslaw Adamowski

• How to Publish a Book on Amazon (KDP Publishing): by Polly Watt
• Self-Publishing Assistance Is Becoming Threatened: by @amcarley.bsky.social at @janefriedman.com

• How to Write a Good Query Letter: by Ronald Kovach

• How to Prepare an eBook in Word: by L. Diane Wolfe for the IWSG

• The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: Dwyer Murphy on Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley:
• What Makes a Good Villain: 5 Step Checklist: by Robinette Waterson

• Character Secret Thesaurus: Hiding Wealth: by Becca Puglisi
• How To Write A Likeable Character: by Lucy V. Hay

• How to Show Emotional Volatility: by Angela Ackerman

• Tuning Up Your Second Fiddles: by PJ Parrish

• 37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 29: Macbeth: by Matt Bird

• What is symbolism and how to use it in your writing: by Robbie Cheadle

• 7 Tips To An All Villain Story: by Charles Yallowitz
• The Problem With Following Popular Story “Structures”: by Oren Ashkenazi
• Making Your Story Intuitive: from Mythcreants
• How to Master the Passage of Time in Fiction: by CS Lakin
• Five Tips to Tame Your Timeline: by Clea Simon
• How to Use Luck in Your Novel: by Shannon A. Thompson
• How to Foreshadow: by Marilynn Byerly
• Writing For Contests: by Amy Armstrong

• Quick Plotting Tip: Write Your Story Backwards: by Bucket Siler

• The perils of panic editing: by Daphne Gray-Grant

• Making Real Settings Feel Real to Your Readers: 7 Tips for Writers: by Helena Fairfax

• How to Find the Perfect Online Writing Course for Your Goals: by Leigh Shulman

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