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In the best of times, writing is hard. And after that, it’s harder. Bestselling author Bruce Robert Coffin offers three tips on how to stay resilient and relevant.
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Literary Resilience—Or, How to Survive the Cancellation of Your Series • Career Authors
Bestselling author Bruce Robert Coffin offers three tips on how career authors can stay resilient and relevant.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In the best of times, writing is hard. And after that, it’s harder. Bestselling author Bruce Robert Coffin offers three tips on how to stay resilient and relevant.
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Your #writingprompt for the weekend: Write about a meeting at midnight. (And visit us weekly—or subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter—for a steady stream of new inspiring #writingprompts to keep the words flowing!) #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Your #writingprompt for the weekend: Write about a meeting at midnight. (And visit us weekly—or subscribe to our free monthly e-newsletter—for a steady stream of new inspiring #writingprompts to keep the words flowing!) #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky
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25 Ways to (Pumpkin) Spice Up Your Writing • Career Authors
No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This was fun to write -- and even funner to see become a seasonal favorite! @careerauthors.com #writersky #writingprompts #writingtips
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Much like the pumpkin spice latte, our cornucopia of fall-inspired #writingprompts is a seasonal #writingcommunity favorite!
No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Much like the pumpkin spice latte, our cornucopia of fall-inspired #writingprompts is a seasonal #writingcommunity favorite!
No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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Much like the pumpkin spice latte, our cornucopia of fall-inspired #writingprompts is a seasonal #writingcommunity favorite!
No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Much like the pumpkin spice latte, our cornucopia of fall-inspired #writingprompts is a seasonal #writingcommunity favorite!
No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
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How To Get Your Short Story into an Anthology • Career Authors
Editor Deb Well says there are secrets to increase your chances of having your short story selected for an anthology! And here they are.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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3 Nuggets of Writing Advice that Aren't About Writing • Career Authors
Mystery writer Jennifer Dornbush looks back and gives her younger writing-self a pep talk.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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When your #writing time is already limited by your day job, throwing book promotion in the mix can feel like a breaking point. Try these 7 tips for surviving your new book release while juggling a full-time job, via memoirist Tiffany Graham Charkosky. #writersky
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September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When your #writing time is already limited by your day job, throwing book promotion in the mix can feel like a breaking point. Try these 7 tips for surviving your new book release while juggling a full-time job, via memoirist Tiffany Graham Charkosky. #writersky
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Tackling a DIY #NaNoWriMo or just looking for a creativity & productivity boost before the holidays, #writingcommunity friends? I'm teaching my most popular webinar for @writersdigest.bsky.social 11/6 on Setting Up a Great Novel Premise. Join us!
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November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tackling a DIY #NaNoWriMo or just looking for a creativity & productivity boost before the holidays, #writingcommunity friends? I'm teaching my most popular webinar for @writersdigest.bsky.social 11/6 on Setting Up a Great Novel Premise. Join us!
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If you relied on NaNoWriMo for a #writersky productivity boost every November, you may have been saddened when the organization shuttered its doors this year. But a new initiative is aiming to reunite word sprinters this month. Learn more about Novel November: careerauthors.com/is-novel-nov...
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you relied on NaNoWriMo for a #writersky productivity boost every November, you may have been saddened when the organization shuttered its doors this year. But a new initiative is aiming to reunite word sprinters this month. Learn more about Novel November: careerauthors.com/is-novel-nov...
The publishing process can take a toll. Author Laura K Roe finds that meditation helps keep her sane on this journey, giving her the ability to persevere. Learn how stilling your mind can also jumpstart your creativity.
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Meditation for Writers: Still Your Mind and Create • Career Authors
Author Laura K Roe shows how meditation can jumpstart your creativity.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The publishing process can take a toll. Author Laura K Roe finds that meditation helps keep her sane on this journey, giving her the ability to persevere. Learn how stilling your mind can also jumpstart your creativity.
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Looking for inspiration? Mystery writer Jennifer Dornbush looks back and gives her younger writing-self a pep talk.
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3 Nuggets of Writing Advice that Aren't About Writing • Career Authors
Mystery writer Jennifer Dornbush looks back and gives her younger writing-self a pep talk.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Looking for inspiration? Mystery writer Jennifer Dornbush looks back and gives her younger writing-self a pep talk.
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Award-winning author Susan Breen presents what she learned from Charles Dickens on how to write novels set during the holidays.
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WRITING CHRISTMAS: A Dickensian Primer • Career Authors
Award-winning author Susan Breen on what she learned from Charles Dickens on how to write novels set during the holidays.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ho! Ho! Ho! Award-winning author Susan Breen presents what she learned from Charles Dickens on how to write novels set during the holidays.
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Pastor and acclaimed author JANE WILLAN shares the secrets of writing about clergy, one confession, clue, and coffee hour at a time.
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WRITING CLERGY 101: Come for the worship, stay for the plot twists • Career Authors
Pastor and acclaimed author JANE WILLAN shares the secrets of writing clergy, one confession, clue, and coffee hour at a time.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pastor and acclaimed author JANE WILLAN shares the secrets of writing about clergy, one confession, clue, and coffee hour at a time.
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Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Dick Lochte takes readers on a lively tour of the writer’s greatest quest: the hunt for the perfect word.
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Finding The Right Word • Career Authors
Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Dick Lochte takes fears not the writer’s greatest quest: the hunt for the perfect word.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Dick Lochte takes readers on a lively tour of the writer’s greatest quest: the hunt for the perfect word.
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Writing prompt: Write about moving on (alone or together).
Visit us every Friday for new visual #writingprompts to keep the words flowing!
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Visit us every Friday for new visual #writingprompts to keep the words flowing!
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October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Writing prompt: Write about moving on (alone or together).
Visit us every Friday for new visual #writingprompts to keep the words flowing!
#writersky #writingprompt #amwriting
Visit us every Friday for new visual #writingprompts to keep the words flowing!
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Use force & momentum to set your story into motion with these techniques from award-winning novelist @kcraftwriter.bsky.social, author of the new writing guide CRAFTING STORY MOVEMENT. #writersky #writingtips #amwriting
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October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Plotting tricks & techniques, today on @careerauthors.com #writingtips #plotting #booksky
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3 Story Movement Techniques to Propel Your Plot • Career Authors
Use force and momentum to set your story into motion with these techniques from award-winning novelist Kathryn Craft.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Plotting tricks & techniques, today on @careerauthors.com #writingtips #plotting #booksky
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Use force & momentum to set your story into motion with these techniques from award-winning novelist @kcraftwriter.bsky.social, author of the new writing guide CRAFTING STORY MOVEMENT. #writersky #writingtips #amwriting
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October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Use force & momentum to set your story into motion with these techniques from award-winning novelist @kcraftwriter.bsky.social, author of the new writing guide CRAFTING STORY MOVEMENT. #writersky #writingtips #amwriting
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When your #writing time is already limited by your day job, throwing book promotion in the mix can feel like a breaking point. Try these 7 tips for surviving your new book release while juggling a full-time job, via memoirist Tiffany Graham Charkosky. #writersky
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September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When your #writing time is already limited by your day job, throwing book promotion in the mix can feel like a breaking point. Try these 7 tips for surviving your new book release while juggling a full-time job, via memoirist Tiffany Graham Charkosky. #writersky
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"How long does it take to write a book?" Authors generally prefer not to answer, but Tricia Crisafulli tells all about the process that led to her newest mystery novel.
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How Long Does It Really Take to Write a Book? • Career Authors
"How long does it take to write a book?" Tricia Crisafulli tells about the process that led to her newest mystery novel.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"How long does it take to write a book?" Authors generally prefer not to answer, but Tricia Crisafulli tells all about the process that led to her newest mystery novel.
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Authors: Are you giving readers what they want? Editor Dana Isaacson discusses strategies for authors to target the needs and expectations of prospective readers.
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Successful Novelists Optimize the Reader Experience • Career Authors
Book authors must target the needs and expectations of prospective readers.
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September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Authors: Are you giving readers what they want? Editor Dana Isaacson discusses strategies for authors to target the needs and expectations of prospective readers.
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For all writers getting ready to submit a novel or memoir, this virtual (& super affordable) workshop via @janefriedman.com shows how to avoid the most common synopsis mistakes, with plenty of examples to help make yours shine.
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Mastering the Art of the Synopsis with Jessica Strawser | Jane Friedman
In this 90-minute webinar, learn to write and edit a synopsis that makes editors and agents eager to read your work.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For all writers getting ready to submit a novel or memoir, this virtual (& super affordable) workshop via @janefriedman.com shows how to avoid the most common synopsis mistakes, with plenty of examples to help make yours shine.
Join us TOMORROW, #writingcommunity!
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Have You Written a Letter to your Readers? • Career Authors
Our Hank Phillippi Ryan was asked by her publisher to write a letter to her early readers--an introduction of sorts to her new book. Here is what she wrote.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What would you say to your readers? Today on @careerauthors.com #readers #writingtips careerauthors.com/have-you-wri...