Readers now ask AI what to read next. PR pro Pam Perry explains why a press release is one of the best ways to get your book into those answers.
Your passion for writing doesn’t fade when life gets hard, but your reasons for doing it can shift in ways you never expected. In this candid reflection, AG Flitcher traces how personal loss and hard-won growth reshaped his relationship with the craft, all circling back to one deceptively simple question: “Why am I writing this?”
James A. Hillebrecht wrote a manuscript in 1988, sent it out, got the rejections, and put it away. Thirty-five years later he pulled it back out, read all 350 pages in two days, and now he’s asking fellow writers a question he can’t answer alone.
Lisa Brearley spent years being exactly what everyone expected, until one quiet question changed the direction of every decision that followed. If you’ve ever caught yourself waiting to feel ready, waiting for clarity, waiting for the “right time” to share your work, Lisa’s honest look at the bystander effect in your own creative life will hit close to home.
Why does a single line or scene stay with us long after we’ve forgotten how a movie ended? Kay A. Oliver spent three decades in Hollywood chasing that answer, and what she learned reshaped how she writes fiction. Here she shares why readers cling to moments, not plots, and how to craft the kind that stick.
You landed the interview, it went live, and then… crickets. Paul Rushworth-Brown explains why the interview itself isn’t the moment that matters, and how a few simple moves afterward can turn a one-time appearance into something that keeps working for you long after.
Think writing a novel is all coffee and creative bliss? Julia Harrison is here to bust that myth wide open. With sharp wit and hard-won experience, this is your survival guide for tracking characters, timelines, subplots, and worldbuilding before your story quietly falls apart on you.
Ruth F. Stevens has a hilarious confession to make, and every writer who’s ever dragged their feet, skipped the critique group, or considered throwing in the towel will feel seen. With tongue firmly in cheek, Ruth shares the five things she did wrong on her path to publication, and why doing the opposite might be the best writing advice you’ll ever take.
Not all feedback deserves a rewrite. Caitlin Buhr shares the hard-won lessons she learned while querying agents for her debut novel, from knowing when criticism can make your story stronger to recognizing when it’s time to nod politely and move on. If you’ve ever wondered which notes to take and which to toss, this one’s for you.
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