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Driving for the holidays? Here's an audiobook I hated
...Plus one that I enjoyed.
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I don't feel shame around this anymore
A follow-up video to Wednesday's post about revision
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Is my novel submission-ready?
8 ways to judge whether your fiction manuscript is ready for a Big Five editor to read it
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Why asking for help is the best thing I've done in 2024
....and other takeaways from two weeks on my couch
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November 2024

Craft from the Couch: Episode 06 | Isle McElroy
The author and community organizer Isle McElroy discusses supporting others as a way to process grief.
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A fail-proof research method for nonfiction and beyond
A video tutorial about a fun (yes, fun!) way to research and integrate your research without succumbing to procrastination. Works for all genres and…
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Community building: Meet our giveaway winners!
Meet the writer-readers who have won titles in our recent giveaways and learn what they are up to with their own writing.
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Persistence as resistance: A pitching masterclass and escapist (but dark) book recommendations for November
When in doubt: keep writing and reading, friends.
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October 2024

Starting one thing, ending another
Because I can't do it all (and you probably can't, either).
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Greetings from the land of Enchantment
A look behind the scenes at Turning Points, New Mexico
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How to revise other people's work without a personal agenda
A video tutorial explaining how to provide writers of braided memoir with a useful tool that will help them revise instead of breaking their hearts and…
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It's good to hear from you : Podcasts for writers
A selection of podcasters I've loved talking with this fall
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