Book Review: Cross My Heart by Megan Collins Published in 2025. Thriller. Rosie Lachan is a heart transplant recipient who experiences some unusual emotions after the surgery. She uses DonorConnect,...

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Idris Goodwin: The Way You Tell a Story Should Connect to What the Story Is About In this interview, Idris Goodwin pulls from a palette of emotions and memories about navigating school, creativity, and more.

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Patrick Cottrell: Read More Than You Write In this interview, author Patrick Cottrell discusses the process of writing about writing in his new novel, Afternoon Hours of a Hermit.

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The Art of Specificity in Writing: How to Dial in on Detail and Why It Matters Author Jennifer Shoop discusses the art of specificity in writing, including how to dial in on detail and why it matters.

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Amy Coombe: It Started Out of Spite In this interview, author Amy Coombe shares how reading a bad book inspired hers, how she went about her world-building, and more.

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4 Things I Do Before I Write the First Word of a Novel Author Marybeth Mayhew Whalen shares the four things she does before writing the first word of a novel (that's worked 11 times so far).

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Allison Winn Scotch: Remove Your Ego From the Process Entirely In this interview, author Allison Winn Scotch discusses utilizing writing approaches from different genres for her new novel, The Insomniacs.

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Book Review: Sophia Princess Among Beasts by James Patterson and Emily Raymond Published in 2019. Fantasy. Seventeen years ago, Sophia’s mother died shortly after childbirth, leaving Sophia the only child of the King. She’s pampered...

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3 Exercises to Get Your Writing Unstuck Author Ramona Ausubel shares three exercises to get your writing unstuck, excerpted from her new book, Unstuck.

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The Stuff of Thought: Psychoanalysis, Creativity, and Mental Health Author Lucy Ashe mines the depths of the stuff of thought, specifically psychoanalysis, creativity, and mental health for writers.

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Rex Ogle: Don’t Take Rejections Personally In this interview, author Rex Ogle discusses taking painful adolescent memories and reclaiming them in his new graphic novel, Fruitcake.

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Book review: The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver Published in 2019. Thriller. Colter Shaw has set up his Winnebago in the Oak Park RV Park in Northern California when the owner of the park asks for his ...

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Dana Mele: Write the Book of Your Heart In this interview, author Dana Mele discusses how a paragraph-long note on her phone became her new YA horror novel, The Beast You Let In.

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Wendy J. Fox: On the All-Consuming Job of Motherhood In this interview, author Wendy J. Fox discusses women’s paid and unpaid labor with her new novel, The Last Supper.

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Creating Comfort Characters in an Overstimulated World Jenine Pastores and Josh Jackson share their personal story of creating comfort characters in an overstimulated world.

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Jenny Lawson: On Embracing Creativity, Whimsy, and Weirdness In this interview, author Jenny Lawson discusses the lifetime of collecting motivational tips and tricks that led to her new memoir, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay.

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Writing Books in the Age of AI Author Laura Brooke Robson breaks down the turbulence of writing books in the age of AI and proposes the answer may be to write weirder.

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Magic Between the Lines: Magical Realism in Storytelling Author Garrett Curbow breaks down magical realism in storytelling by using his own novel as a guide to adding magic between the lines.

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Book Review: Rising Tiger by Brad Thor Published in 2022. Thriller. There are a lot of moving parts to this book. It begins with a battle between Chinese and Indian forces along their shared b...

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Writing a Debut Novel—Expectation Vs. Reality Author Georgia McVeigh shares her experience of writing a debut novel and breaks down her expectations versus reality.

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When Life Haunts Art Award-winning author Tamika Thompson shares the phenomenon of when life haunts art and how to respond when what you wrote actually happens.

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Corey Ann Haydu: I Try Not To Write From a Place of Judgment In this interview, author Corey Ann Haydu discusses processing new parenthood in writing her first novel for adults, Mothers and Other Strangers.

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7 Tips for Writing Environmental Crime Fiction Author Alice Henderson shares seven tips for writing environmental crime fiction that engages readers and can make a positive change.

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Creating the Most Dangerous Character in the Room (FightWrite™) Trained fighter and author Carla Hoch breaks down what makes a character truly dangerous and helps us build our own dangerous characters.

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Movie Review: Project Hail Mary Based on the novel written by Andy Weir. Schoolteacher, Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, is drafted into helping with a plan to save the sun. Grace ...

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