Posted on August 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and mindset advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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When is it time to write a sequel?: Deb Richardson-Moore provides two mindset shifts that she underwent before deciding she would write a follow-up to a book (Women Writers, Women's Authors).
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How to developmentally edit your book yourself: Suzy Vadori, who has done developmental editing for over two hundred books, explains how authors can create the necessary distance from their own work and ask the tough questions of it (Writers Helping Writers).
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Submission mountain: You may have heard of the query trenches; Jillian Forsberg takes the adventurer analogy a step further with a mountain-climbing comparison for the feeling of waiting to hear back on manuscripts (Writer Unboxed).
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Writing desire and dread: Author Clay McLeod Chapman explains why he sees romance and horror as requiring very similar craft skills (Writer's Digest).
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If you're bored, they're bored: Author Jeff Somers has five tricks to use in the zero-draft stage, to ensure the pacing in your subsequent drafts doesn't drag (Writer's Digest).
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