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The Month Ahead: July 2022

Published June 23, 2022

All the writerly dates to note this month. Read More “The Month Ahead: July 2022”

Nicki Porter Updated July 6, 2021

Nicki Porter Published July 13, 2020

Here are the five components that should be in any truthteller’s toolkit. Read More “5 things a personal essay needs to succeed (and sell)”

Nicki Porter Published April 23, 2020

Two surefire ways to ensure your manuscript is lean & clean before it meets an editor’s eye. Read More “Spring-cleaning your fiction: How to tidy up a messy draft”

Nicki Porter Updated July 13, 2020

Here’s why editors frown upon overly creative dialogue tags – and why you should, too. Read More “How to effectively use dialogue tags in fiction”

Nicki Porter Published October 3, 2019

Published December 19, 2018

Writers, editors, and designers share their all-time favorites of 2018. Read More “A toast to our favorite posts of 2018”

Updated October 29, 2018

Both traditional and indie authors walked away with plenty of information about the future of publishing at DBW18. Read More “Publishing trends & key takeaways from Digital Book World 2018”

Updated October 24, 2018

Nicki Porter Updated October 21, 2018

Author/editor Heidi Pitlor knows how to get inside a character’s – and a reader’s – head. Read More “Heidi Pitlor: Page turner”