Posted on June 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and creative process advice to offer.
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Five reasons to write micro fiction: Susan K. Hamilton shares the five benefits she derived from taking the plunge and trying her hand at very short fiction (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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The importance of a solid setting: Judith Keim looks at the way that a setting can hold a novel — or a series of novels — together, using her own work as an example (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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Baking with Icky: Liza Nash Taylor has dubbed her imposter syndrome/inner critic Icky; she uses an analogy of baking with him in the kitchen with her as a way to process that nasty imaginary voice (Writer Unboxed).
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When the dream project gets smaller: Kelsey Allagood reflects on the mixed emotions she felt upon downsizing her novel — grief that the lofty idea hadn't come to fruition, but also gratitude that the end result was better for it (Writer Unboxed).
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