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Two seats left: Weekly craft coaching that actually moves your novel forward
Another seat just opened! Applications close Tuesday, July 1 for seats in my weekly coaching group. Make this summer the summer you make big progress on…
Wednesday Craft returns for member subscribers: June 25, 2025
A midweek booster of ideas from a book coach's trove of writing craft revelations and insights.
One seat left: Weekly craft coaching that actually moves your novel forward
Applications close Monday, June 30 for the open seat in my weekly coaching group. Make this summer the summer you make big progress on your writing—come…
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Every genre is a worldbuilding genre
Why every story needs a world (yes, even contemporary fiction), plus more craft advice on project management, writing life misconceptions, and what…
Forging your story's chain of progressively escalating complications
Make your character happen to the story by giving them the agency to respond, choose, and act in some minute way in every scene.
Grammar habits that silence your writing voice
Writing techniques for novelists: how letting your editor pick up all the slack in your manuscript ultimately sabotages your ability to produce a…

May 2025

Thursday Office Hours: Last call for midday craft discussion
Grab your coffee and join us today this afternoon—Office Hours returns with editor Beth Hill and me, ready to tackle your fiction questions.
Thursday Office Hours: Your brown bag hour with two editors and fellow writers
Clear your calendar this Thursday at midday, fiction writers—Office Hours is back. Editor Beth Hill and I will be taking your questions about…
Small rules, big impact
Writing techniques for novelists: sharing your unique creative voice, what your submission packet really needs to prove, mastering the semicolon, and…
Does your story have good bones?
Is your manuscript ready for the world, or does it need more time in the revision cave? Early assessments keep you on track when you're not quite ready…
Story trumps style—but style matters too
Writing techniques for novelists: first-page hooks, five common issues to tune during revision, showing and also telling, and revision strategies.

April 2025

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