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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• Make Money Freelance Writing with a 7-Day Blitz: by Mridu Khullar Relph
• AI Made Me Want to Trademark My Name. Here’s How I Did It: by Teri Case @janefriedman.com
• What Will Your Writing Career Cost You? from Fox Print Editorial

• 8 Graphic Novels Set in New York City: by Kay Sohini

• The Limits of Memory: by Kristin Hacken South
• Which Book Should I Write? by Lisa Tener
• Your Book Isn’t for Everyone: by Julie Glover
• Why you should LET your mind wander: by Daphne Gray-Grant
• Build a Writing Community that Feels Like Home: by Gabriela Pereira
• Take this Mini Yoga Break to Foster Creativity: by Laura K Roe
• 5 Reasons To Say Yes To Your Book: by Elaine Dodge
• Writing While Traveling: by Linda S. Clare
• How to Navigate the Publishing Industry with Social Anxiety: by Marie Croke
• Why Writers Need Affirmations in Their Success Toolkit: by Nina Amir
• You Can’t Go Home Again: A Pantser Makes the Second-to-Last Move: by Barry Knister

• Writing Historical Fantasy with Nicole Glover (Podcast): by Sacha Black

• What, Why, How: Children’s Author Rebecca Weber celebrates neurodivergence:

• Why I Decided to Include COVID-19 in My Cozy Mysteries: by Joanna Slan
• Mentoring Relationships in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg.bsky.social
• Crime Fiction: In The Spotlight: Rod Reynolds’ Black Reed Bay: @mkinberg.bsky.social

• Timely Yet Timeless: Crafting Nonfiction That Outlasts Current Events: by Nicole Pope

• The Sound Effects of Poetry: Pure Sound: by Susanne Bennett

• I Tried a BookBub Featured Deal—Here’s What Happened: by Colleen M. Story

• How to Budget for Your Book Launch: by Joel Pitney @janefriedman.com
• Have Your Book Sales Gone Stale? Try This: by Jean Alfieri

• Germany’s Nonfiction Prize Names Its 2025 Finalists: by Porter Anderson
• Tommy Orange Wins the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize: by Porter Anderson
• What to Know About Interactive Storytelling? by Jacqui Murray
• Update: A $250,000 Matching Grant for Iowa’s International Writing Program: by Porter Anderson

• After the Vote, Canada’s Book Business Raises Its Copyright Crisis: by Porter Anderson

• How to Get a Book Published in 2025: Go-To Guide for Authors: by Dave Chesson

• The Query: Be Specific: by Karen Cioffi

• How Writers Can Use the Four Stages of Knowing in Character Arcs: by K.M. Weiland

• Character Secret Thesaurus: Being an Anonymous Financial Donor: by Becca Puglisi

• Fifteen Traits for a Lovable Hero: by Chris Winkle

• Writing 101: Dialogue Mechanics: by Becca Puglisi

• What Film Noir Can Teach Writers: by James Scott Bell

• Five Ways to Include Collective Action in Your Story: by Chris Winkle
• How Useful are James Patterson’s MasterClass Writing Tips? by Oren Ashkenazi
• Riff Writing: A Path To Tuneful Prose: by Elizabeth Lyon
• Yes, You CAN Kill Your Female Characters (Just Not Like THIS): by Lucy V. Hay
• Energize Your Writing With 15 Key Techniques: by Ronald Kovach
• The Best Way to “Show, Don’t Tell” –Scene Segmenting: by CS Lakin
• Writing Voice: Sentences that Sing: by Anne Janzer

• Too Many Subplots? by Bucket Siler

• Cleaning Up Those POV Breaks: by Ann Griffin

• How to Master Description in Fiction Writing: from Story Grid