Posted on March 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of advice and news to offer, spanning a variety of topics.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Being an anonymous financial donor: Becca Puglisi offers ways in which a character secretly giving out money could propel your plot and reveal facts about him or her (Writers Helping Writers).
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How writers can use the four stages of knowing: K.M. Weiland explains each step of this character arc and how it interacts with the four quadrants of the classic story arc (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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Use deliberate practice to build skills and confidence: Author and writing coach Jules Horne explains how she approaches the art of writing like performers such as athletes, musicians, and dancers do (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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"Pre-paid" agent commissions: Victoria Strauss issues a warning against this new scam targeting authors (Writer Beware).
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Meta faces backlash over book piracy: In a post and a podcast, Dan Holloway highlights some of the ways the publishing industry is taking action over Meta's use of copyrighted books to train its generative AI (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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