Posted on March 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and process advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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How to have fun with tropes in fiction: Catriona Silvey shows how, in her novel, tropes aren't clichés but rather a new spin on features that are familiar to readers (Writer's Digest).
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Six questions every author should ask: Developmental editor Howard Lovy takes part in a discussion of ways that writers can improve their craft on the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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How to show emotional volatility: Angela Ackerman offers strategies for writers to think beyond punched walls and broken windows to illustrate their characters' loss of self-control (Writers Helping Writers).
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Crafting fiction in a foreign language: Karmen Spiljak shares ways to ease the transition from writing in your native language to a learned one, known as exophonic writing (Jane Friedman).
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