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How to Make Your Characters Sound More Like Themselves
I think every writer goes through the experience of reading back the page they’ve just written and realizing that—though there might be quotation…
4 Steps to a Can’t-Miss Character Arc
I have written a few books in my career, but I have played midwifed even more of them. And they’re all that mental…
5 Ways Writers Can Use Google Sites to Connect With Their Readers (and Even Other Writers)
It goes without saying that we are living in a digital world and I am a digital girl. We carry computers in our…
New Course: Build Your Author Website with Google Sites
I am giggling as I type this blog post. I have been meaning to get this course out for so, so long, and…
Last Call for These Offers for NaNoWriMo Participants
It’s hard to believe we are midway through March already—almost a quarter of the way through 2022! And with the arrival of springtime…
Two Free Websites to Help Authors Grow Their Readership (& More)
Being an author is expensive—more expensive than you would expect, especially if you’re going indie. The costs of hiring an editor, a proofreader,…
How to Name Characters Without Losing Your Mind
If there’s one question you can expect to pop up in every writing group—big, small, new, or old—it’s something to the effect of,…
20 Ways to Celebrate All Your Writing Wins This Year
After you’ve achieved the first few of your major writing goals—or even before those major milestones, if you lead a particularly busy life—you…
Five Ways to Make Writing Description a Little Less Painful (Plus What Always Works For Me)
This blog post was suggested to us by Kelley! If you want to suggest blog posts, you absolutely can by joining our Mighty…