Anne R. Allen
@annerallen.bsky.social
Award-winning blogger & author of funny mysteries and how-to books for writers. I share publishing industry news and writing tips. No DMs please.
Essential December Blog Housekeeping to Keep Your Site Safe and Functional! hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/12/01/e...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Essential December Blog Housekeeping to Keep Your Site Safe and Functional! hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/12/01/e...
November 2025 - This is a first! But I Have Good Reasons hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/11/30/n...
November 2025 - This is a first! But I Have Good Reasons
Here is your chance to catch up on Hugh's Views and News blog posts published in September, October and November 2025.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
November 2025 - This is a first! But I Have Good Reasons hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/11/30/n...
True Crime Thursday – Fumbled Felony by Clumsy Crook killzoneblog.com/2025/11/true...
True Crime Thursday – Fumbled Felony by Clumsy Crook | Killzoneblog.com
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November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
True Crime Thursday – Fumbled Felony by Clumsy Crook killzoneblog.com/2025/11/true...
Repurposing Content: How to Save Time, Expand Reach, and Grow Your Readership
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Repurposing Content: How to Save Time, Expand Reach, and Grow Your Readership
Turn one piece of writing into many with smart, sustainable content strategies
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November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Repurposing Content: How to Save Time, Expand Reach, and Grow Your Readership
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
How to Use Perception to Create Subtext in Deep POV writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/how-...
How to Use Perception to Create Subtext in Deep POV
Subtext lives between what’s actually happening vs what the character thinks it means. Lisa Hall-Wilson shares the use of perception to create subtext.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
How to Use Perception to Create Subtext in Deep POV writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/how-...
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As we enter into sales-season, please remember, the person behind the counter, (et al) is not responsible for the pressure that you've stacked on your own back. Best of all, keep your money, stay your ass at home and spend time with the people you love.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
As we enter into sales-season, please remember, the person behind the counter, (et al) is not responsible for the pressure that you've stacked on your own back. Best of all, keep your money, stay your ass at home and spend time with the people you love.
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The Latest Blogging and Publishing Scams You Need to Be Aware Of Now hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/11/17/t... @hughsviewsandnews.com
The Latest Blogging and Publishing Scams You Need to Be Aware Of Now
This post outlines various scams affecting bloggers, including voicemail scams and email phishing claims that appear to come from WordPress.
Don't become a victim of a scam or fined for downloading c...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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WITS Bloggers Share Writerly Thanks writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/wits...
WITS Bloggers Share Writerly Thanks
Today we're giving thanks for the "writerly" things and people who help us on our writing journey. Join us by sharing your gratitude in the comments!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
WITS Bloggers Share Writerly Thanks writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/wits...
The Easiest and Most Powerful Writing Tip killzoneblog.com/2025/11/the-...
The Easiest and Most Powerful Writing Tip | Killzoneblog.com
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Easiest and Most Powerful Writing Tip killzoneblog.com/2025/11/the-...
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Here's another XTwitter scammer account outed by geolocation--this one refers writers to a (real) literary agent with a fake address, then impersonates the agent to recommend "professional editor" services
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here's another XTwitter scammer account outed by geolocation--this one refers writers to a (real) literary agent with a fake address, then impersonates the agent to recommend "professional editor" services
Sunday Book Review - Rhyming Dreams by Nicole Sara - #photography #poetry dgkayewriter.com/2025/11/22/s...
Sunday Book Review – Rhyming Dreams by Nicole Sara – #photography #poetry
Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing Rhyming Dreams by Nicole Sara. This is a book that combines the author’s interpretation in poetry and photographs. Get This Book on…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sunday Book Review - Rhyming Dreams by Nicole Sara - #photography #poetry dgkayewriter.com/2025/11/22/s...
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Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair - Book Review - #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes - Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/s...
Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair – Book Review – #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes – Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle
Delighted to share my review for the festive collection of delicious cakes, folklore and poetry Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle… About the book Robb…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair - Book Review - #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes - Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/s...
8 Cool Non-Writing Ways to Use AI writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/8-co...
8 Cool Non-Writing Ways to Use AI | Writers In The Storm
Jenny Hansen shares 8 NON-WRITING ways tools like ChatGPT can help writers (especially those with ADHD) keep their creativity organized and in flow.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
8 Cool Non-Writing Ways to Use AI writersinthestormblog.com/2025/11/8-co...
Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press - Writer Beware
Publishers do a lot of bad things (as the archives of this blog attest), but among the most infuriating–and, often, the hardest to remedy–is the failure to pay authors the money they are due. Non-paym...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
The Spirit of The Gift. International Publishing News open.substack.com/pub/maureenc...
The Spirit of The Gift
In Publishing News this week
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November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The Spirit of The Gift. International Publishing News open.substack.com/pub/maureenc...
12 Ways Not To Start a Novel annerallen.com/2025/09/12-w...
12 Ways Not to Start a Novel
How do we start a novel? So much needs to go in an opener. But some openers have been done to death. So here are 12 ways not to start a novel
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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#writingcommunity beware, a "heads-up" courtesy of our very own scribble sibling, @annerallen.bsky.social
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Update on those flattering AI book marketing scams
Those AI book marketing scams are proliferating like Tribbles. Here are the new variations authors are getting now.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#writingcommunity beware, a "heads-up" courtesy of our very own scribble sibling, @annerallen.bsky.social
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Writer's Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls dgkayewriter.com/2025/11/18/w... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social @hughsviewsandnews.com @annerallen.bsky.social
Writer’s Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls
Welcome to November’s best curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, the Kindlepreneur shares info about an AI lawsuit case and the importance of copyright, Hugh Roberts shares some free …
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November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Writer's Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls dgkayewriter.com/2025/11/18/w... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social @hughsviewsandnews.com @annerallen.bsky.social
Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller? writerunboxed.com/2025/11/20/f...
Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller?
Email readers, heads up! For the full effect, pause after the excerpt and decide: Would you turn the page? Vote and then scroll for the reveal! Trained by reading hundreds of submissions, editors a…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller? writerunboxed.com/2025/11/20/f...
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Five great quotations about novel writing
“There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” – W. Somerset Maugham“The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring t…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM