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Writer's Digest Best Live Streams, Podcasts, & Youtube Channels 2025
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Writer's Digest Best Creativity Websites 2025
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A graphic promoting "Breaking In" for May/June 2025 from Writer's Digest. The left side of the graphic is black with "MAY/JUNE 2025" in white at the top and "BREAKING IN" in a large, white, stylized font below it. The Writer's Digest logo (WD) is in a white circle at the bottom left. The right side features three stacked book covers and author photos: Top: A photo of a Black woman smiling with a book cover partially visible to the right. The book cover is for "Ready, Set, Mango!" and features illustrations of children. Middle: A photo of an Asian person with long dark hair smiling and looking to the side. To the right is the book cover for "The Original Daughter" by Jemimah Wei, featuring yellow and black text. Bottom: A photo of a white person with short brown hair smiling. To the right is the book cover for "Generation Queer: A Story of LGBTQ+ Allies and Accomplices," featuring diverse illustrated faces.
Breaking In Writers DigestBreaking In: May/June 2025Moriah Richard
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Indie Author Spotlight: David Viergutz
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A graphic with a split design, featuring an author's photo and name on the left, and a book cover on the right. On the left, a photo of a man with short dark hair and a light-colored sweater is framed by a white border with abstract designs. The text "BREAKING OUT" is written in bold, stylized letters to his right, and "ADAM OYEBANJI" is written in smaller letters below. The Writer's Digest logo (WD) is in the bottom left corner. On the right, a book cover for "Esperance" by Adam Oyebanji is visible. The cover has a red background with a large, stylized black mosquito in the center. The author's name, "ADAM OYEBANJI," is at the top in white letters, and the title "ESPERANCE" is at the bottom in large white letters. The overall design is striking and suggests a theme related to insects or disease.
InterviewsBreaking Out: Adam OyebanjiMoriah Richard
Face the Music | Zachary Petit
Contracts and Legal ConsiderationsFace the MusicZachary Petit
A graphic with a split design, featuring an author's photo and name on the left, and a book cover on the right. On the left, a photo of a woman with long, dark hair, wearing a pink blazer over a dark top, is framed by a white border with abstract designs. The text "BREAKING OUT" is written in bold, stylized letters to her right, and "NEELY TUBATI ALEXANDER" is written in smaller letters below. The Writer's Digest logo (WD) is in the bottom left corner. On the right, a book cover for "Courtroom Drama" is visible. The cover has a bright pink background with the words "Courtroom DRAMA" in large, yellow and white letters at the top. Below, there's an illustration of a courtroom scene with silhouettes of people and a judge's bench. The author's name, "Neely Tubati Alexander," is at the bottom in white letters. The overall design is vibrant and suggests a legal or dramatic theme.
InterviewsBreaking Out: Neely Tubati AlexanderMoriah Richard
The WD Interview: Pat Barker
InterviewsThe WD Interview: Pat BarkerAmy Jones
Children'sPicture Book or Short Story? Which is it?Mary Cummings
A Recipe for Building a Cookbook Platform | Lisa Howard
Build My PlatformA Recipe for Building a Cookbook PlatformLisa Howard
From Ordinary to Extraordinary | Ryan G. Van Cleave
Creative Nonfiction WritingFrom Ordinary to ExtraordinaryRyan G. Van Cleave
More Than Fluff | Diane Kelly
Mystery/ThrillerMore Than FluffDiane Kelly
Business of WritingFinding Comfort Amid ChaosTiffany Yates Martin
The May/June 2025 cover of Writer's Digest, celebrating the 27th Annual 101 Best Websites for Writers. The magazine's masthead reads "WRITER'S DIGEST" in large, white, stylized letters, with "WRITERS HELPING WRITERS SINCE 1920" in smaller orange text below. The main image features a smiling Laurie Halse Anderson, a white-presenting author with short grey hair and red-framed glasses, looking directly at the camera with her hand near her head. Several article titles are listed on the left side of the cover in white text on a dark blue background: "CULTIVATE INSPIRATION USING RESEARCH," "5 STEPS to Build Your Platform Using Literary Role Models," "4 WAYS Pop Culture Adds Nuance to Research," "Use Visual Note-Taking to BOOST BRAINSTORMING," "WD Self-Published E-book Award Winner: LUCY DAY," and "WD Personal Essay Award Winner: F.A. BATTLE." A plus sign in a white circle leads to the text: "THE LEGACY LIVES ON: MEET THE NEW WRITERS BEHIND CLANCY, LUDLUM, & FLYNN." In the bottom right corner, there's a smaller image of the book cover for "Rebellion 1776" by Laurie Halse Anderson. Below the main image of the author, a banner reads "WD INTERVIEW" in white letters on a dark blue background, followed by "Laurie Halse Anderson" in large blue letters. Further text highlights her as "THE TWO-TIME NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ON WHY RESEARCH WAS CRITICAL FOR WRITING HER NEWEST MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL 'REBELLION 1776'." The bottom left corner indicates "MAY/JUNE 2025" and the website "WritersDigest.com" in white text on a dark blue background. The overall design is informative and celebratory of writers and writing resources.
Be InspiredWriter’s Digest May/June 2025 Cover Reveal

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