Posted on March 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Writer's Digest has plenty of advice on craft, marketing, and business topics to offer; here are the pieces that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Keeping the media momentum beyond the book launch: Media expert Paula Rizzo shares some of her favorite action items for a post-launch marketing plan, along with mindset tips to adopt.
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Publishing is an endurance sport: Blair Northen Williamson identifies five truths from her experience as an elite athlete that have served her well in her writing career.
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The weirder, the better: Freelance journalist Zachary Petit wants his fellow writers to reclaim "weird" and shows from his career that there's a real audience for the bizarre.
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What hope looks like now: Author B.R. Kang is relieved by the newer trend of "hopepunk," which strikes a balance between the unbridled optimism of older children's books and the dystopian bleakness that popped up in the past decade.
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How to plant clues without giving away the ending: Author Jen Craven lists her six strategies to ensure that a twist both surprises readers and strikes them as perfectly plausible.
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