After writing 14 books in one series, author Jeffrey Siger explains his rationale for starting up a new novel series.
Submissions & Proposals
Start Your Book Proposal With These Three Sections
Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling breaks down which three sections authors should use to start their book proposals.
In this interview, author Daniel Coyle discusses the importance of a healthy community in his new book, Flourish.
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a prediction poem.
If you’ve had some publishing experience without an agent, is it worth it to try to find one midcareer? Absolutely.
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about a detour.
This month, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch moves through the body to share strikes that aren’t punches and kicks.
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In this interview, author Caroline Glenn discusses how the WGA strike led her to write her debut literary thriller, Cruelty Free.
Writing Prompts
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write based on the line “Nothing really matters.”
Writing Habits and Practices
Author Emily Nemens discusses navigating life and writing a novel that felt like the result of a Faust-style deal.
Blogging
Matthew Adams shares seven search engine optimization (or SEO) tips for writers when crafting website and blog articles.
Mystery/Thriller
In this interview, author Leodora Darlington discusses the dark and twisty elements of her debut thriller, The Exes.
Writing Prompts
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about inheritance.
Write My Query
Find Petra Lord’s successful query to agents Peter Knapp and Stuti Telidevara for her debut novel, Queen of Faces.
Writing Techniques
Author Alechia Dow discusses the challenges and joys of writing different genres for middle grade, young adult, and adult audiences.
Writing Techniques
Author Sarah Bruni shares her reasoning for writing a novel with fragmented testimonies from multiple perspectives.
Romance
In this interview, author Libby Page discusses navigating her own grief journey through the process of writing her new novel, This Book Made Me Think of You.
Writing Prompts
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about someone selling their soul.
Writing Habits and Practices
“There is magic in us, Grace. It hatches over the course of our lifetimes, and sometimes we’re so tired, too tired to do anything about it. It stumbles to its…
Write Better Fiction
In this interview, author Jasmin Iolani Hakes discusses the 20 years of writing and scrapping that led to her new novel, The Pohaku.
Writing Habits and Practices
Get each week started on the right foot with Get Started Right Writing Tasks. For this week’s task, mine your memories.
Writing Prompts
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about a parent and child.
Character
Bestselling author Maia Chance shares five compelling reasons that a tradwife makes a great horror villain, especially now.
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Deepen your understanding of and appreciation for voice in your writing, plus more from Writer’s Digest!
Literary
In this interview, author Sarah Bruni discusses the question at the heart of her new novel, Mass Mothering.
Writing Prompts
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about having just one more of something.
Writing Habits and Practices
Deanna Martinez-Bey breaks down the power of saying no to increase productivity and reclaim mental space as a writer.
Mystery/Thriller
Clay Stafford has a conversation with author James Grippando on writing a stand-alone novel that turned into a long-running series, and more.
Humor in Nonfiction
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares a few phrases and terms that touch on the absurdity of the English language.
Short Story
Author P.M. Rayburn shares her best strategies for creating a collection of interconnected short stories when one story doesn’t feel like enough.
Write Better Fiction
In this interview, author Annelise Ryan discusses being a realist with an open mind, and her new mystery, Monster in the Moonlight.