Mindset tips for authors: April 5, 2024

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of mindset advice to offer.

Here are three that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:

• Direction unknown: Matthew Norman thinks back to four springs ago, when so much of what we thought we knew and expected was completely overturned, and applies those lessons to a course-change in a work in progress (Writer Unboxed).

• How a total solar eclipse changes the way we see: Melanie Bishop reshares her essay about the 2017 eclipse, with the added commentary that it applies not just to incredible natural phenomena, but also to writing (Jane Friedman).