This is one of my all-time-fav #amwriting events, & still a few seats available! Counting the days until I'm in New England soaking up inspiration from my colleagues @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social @paulamunier.bsky.social & all the new & returning writers who make this weekend so special. #writersky

What You Can Really Learn From a Writing Retreat • Career Authors We're sharing our top takeaways from this year's Career Authors Writing Retreat, along with an early-bird offer to join us in 2026.

Our annual #writingcommunity retreat is coming up fast, and we're committed to making this a weekend that can change your writing life. Learn more: careerauthors.com/what-you-can...

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The Villain Checklist - How to Create a "Great & Terrible" Villain • Career Authors Memorable heroes require memorable villains. But what separates "great & terrible" villains from insipid ones? To help answer this question, we at Career Authors proudly present The Villain Checklist:...

Your villain checklist, courtesy of Career Authors @careerauthors.com #booksky careerauthors.com/the-villain-...

Advice to Remember for Career Authors • Career Authors Advice you won't want to miss from Natasha Madison!

Career advice for writers from Natasha Madison, today on @careerauthors.com #booksky
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To Translate, or Not To Translate? How To Use Words That Are Not English • Career Authors How do you incorporate words that are not in English, whether they’re in a real language or a fictional one? Debut author Connor Martin explique tout.

Lost in translation, today on @careerauthors.com careerauthors.com/to-translate...

Writing Prompt: FEAR • Career Authors What is your character’s greatest fear? Write about the origins of how it came to be…

Your weekend #writingprompt is here from Career Authors...have fun with it!

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The Villain Checklist - How to Create a "Great & Terrible" Villain • Career Authors Memorable heroes require memorable villains. But what separates "great & terrible" villains from insipid ones? To help answer this question, we at Career Authors proudly present The Villain Checklist:...

Who do you love to hate? Villains, of course! Check out the VILLAIN CHECKLIST by @andrews-wilson.com if you want to level up your next book's baddie!

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Your #writingprompt for the weekend: Write about your luck changing. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky

As a NYT bestselling author of 11 novels, aswinn.bsky.social knows how to write the kind of irresistible premise that can hook you from the title alone. Her newest, THE INSOMNIACS, is no exception! Join us Behind the Pages in this #writingcommunity Q&A: careerauthors.com/behind-the-p...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Ask Me Anything: Masters of Fiction. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join three career authors and editors for a discussion about crafting masterful fiction: — Steven James, author of more than 20 novels — Tiffany Yates Martin (pen name: Phoebe Fox) who has edited be...

Next month, free to all: Join me and three career novelists & editors for an "ask me anything" lunchtime session on fiction writing.

Featuring: @tiffanyyatesmartin.bsky.social, @jessicastrawser.bsky.social & Steven James.

Write 100 Words of Spring • Career Authors There is power in brevity. Your challenge: Write a drabble—a story of exactly 100 words. Try these 10 writing prompts to get you started.

Time to Drabble! #writing #careerauthors @careerauthors.com
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Let's celebrate the arrival of spring with a creative challenge: Write a drabble—a story of exactly 100 words. Here are 10 #writingprompts inspired by spring to get you started. #amwriting

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The Science of Skeletons: What Bones Can (and Can’t) Tell Us • Career Authors Bestselling author Jennifer Graeser Dornbush provides an invaluable guide to what coroners can learn from dead bodies--and what they can’t.

Get the forensics right! Bestselling author of The Coroner’s Daughter mystery series Jennifer Graeser Dornbush offers an invaluable guide to what coroners can discover from dead bodies--and what they can’t.

Mystery writers, bookmark this one!

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Beyond Mysteries: How Writers Build Suspense in Any Genre • Career Authors Suspense isn’t just for mystery writers. Editor Dana Isaacson shares techniques for keeping readers of every genre riveted to the page.

Suspense isn’t just for mystery writers. Editor Dana Isaacson shares techniques for keeping readers of every genre riveted to the page.

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Will this be the year your writing life changes?

Next month Career Authors will be hosting its annual Writers Workshop at MIT's Endicott House just outside Boston!

Come join us in this elegant setting for a hardworking, wildly creative time featuring one-on-one attention and lots of camaraderie.

HOW TO KEEP ON WRITING WHEN THE WORLD IS ON FIRE • Career Authors USA TODAY bestselling author and literary agent Paula Munier on how to get motivated, stay focused, and keep on writing, even in the worst of times.

How—and why— to keep on writing when the world’s on fire, today in @careerauthors.com #booksky #writing #writingtips careerauthors.com/how-to-keep-...

Making Time & Space for Your Writing with Jessica Strawser | Jane Friedman Learn to rethink how you prioritize writing in your life, being both realistic and ambitious about setting goals that you can actually meet.

How to juggle writing on top of a family + day job is the #1 thing I'm asked about in the #writingcommunity: This webinar is a long time coming! 3/11, join me & @janefriedman.com to talk about Making Time & Space for Your Writing. Only $25 if you register by Sunday: janefriedman.com/making-time-...

3 Ways to Write Effective Backstory • Career Authors Writing effective backstory in fiction is a tricky balance—and missing the mark can sink your story fast. Try these 3 ways to get it right.

The perils and pleasures of #backstory today on @careerauthors.com #writingtips @jessicastrawser.bsky.social careerauthors.com/3-ways-to-wr...

Excavating Buried Memories for Memoir • Career Authors When writing a memoir about long-buried events, recalling details can be a big challenge. HOSTAGE author Mimi Nichter offers 3 approaches.

Writing memories, today on @careerauthors.com #memoir #writingtips careerauthors.com/excavating-b...

Digging Deep Into Your Characters: Get Physical! • Career Authors How to learn your characters' secrets? Internationally bestselling author Gin Phillips has a never-fail system: get physical.

Get physical with you characters, today on @careerauthors.com @ginphillips.bsky.social #booksky
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WRITING PROMPT: Scuba Diving • Career Authors Take your character scuba diving...Write the scene!

Your weekend #writingprompt from Career Authors!

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Your Book, the Movie! (Book to Film Advice from Susan Walter) • Career Authors Hollywood veteran screenwriter and producer Susan Walter has five tips to help you realize your Book-to-Film dreams!

Career Authors is thrilled to welcome @susanwalter.bsky.social as a guest contributor! Don't miss her 5 tips to prep you novel for Hollywood. #Writing #hollywood #booktofilm

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Your #writingprompt for the weekend: Write about a hard-fought victory.

Which reminds us: Have you subscribed to our e-newsletter? Get the best of Career Authors delivered to your inbox only once a month, prompts included. Always free! careerauthors.com

When writing a memoir about long-buried events, recalling details can be a big challenge. Our special guest this week, HOSTAGE author Mimi Nichter, offers 3 approaches. careerauthors.com/excavating-b...

#writersky #memoir #writingcommunity #writingtips

Writing effective backstory in fiction is a tricky balance—and missing the mark can sink your story fast. Our own @jessicastrawser.bsky.social offers up wonderful examples of 3 ways to get it right. #writingtips #writersky #writingcommunity

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How I Published my Audiobook • Career Authors Learn the challenges faced and setbacks overcome as R.K. Jackson set off to self-publish an audiobook of one of his novels.

Learn the challenges faced and setbacks overcome as R.K. Jackson set off to self-publish an audiobook of one of his novels.

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The Art of Deceit: Crafting a Novel With an Unreliable Narrator • Career Authors Editor Dana Isaacson digs into the hidden pitfalls writing a novel with an unreliable narrator.

Writing a novel is hard enough. Hand the story to an unreliable narrator, and everything gets trickier. Editor Dana Isaacson unpacks the subtle traps lurking in one of fiction’s most alluring techniques.

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The Art of Deceit: Crafting a Novel With an Unreliable Narrator • Career Authors Editor Dana Isaacson digs into the hidden pitfalls writing a novel with an unreliable narrator.

Writing an unreliable narrator… or not today on @careerauthors.com #writingtips #booksky careerauthors.com/unreliable-n...

Thanks to @jessicastrawser.bsky.social for these suggestions and guidance. Always helpful every time.

What Do Your Characters Want? with Jessica Strawser | Jane Friedman In this 90-minute webinar, learn how your protagonist’s motivations fuel the engine of your story, driving the action and enhancing the theme.

#writingcommunity, I'm teaching one of my favorite workshops @janefriedman.com next week—you can join us from wherever you are & it's only $25 if you register by 2/8! This webinar is full of examples to help you up your fiction game in ANY genre. Details: janefriedman.com/what-do-your... #writersky