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✨What Successful Writers Don’t Do. Plus, 2026's First Beta Reader Match Up✨
✨How You Fail by Not Trying; Why You Should Fake It Till You Make It; & Unconventional Writing Advice...✨
✨To MFA or Not to MFA; How Conflict Drives Narratives; & The Countdown to Deep Dive!✨
✨The Challenges of Editing Your Own Work; Dealing with Self Doubt; & Fun Side Stories About Opium Dens and Graverobbing✨
✨How Do You Know If Your Story Idea is Worth Pursuing? Jennifer Trevelyan Has a One-Question Test for That✨
✨Torturing Your Characters; Finding Your Voice; A Cheat Sheet for Mourning or Revising a Project; Using Cinematic Techniques for Scene Work…
✨Balancing Quiet Stories with Emotional Stakes & Five Reasons to Write in the Age of Generative AI✨
Plus, it's the season to treat yourself!
✨Query Critiques Inside! Plus, Handling Criticism; A Roadmap For When You Feel Overwhelmed; Why You Need a Publicist; & Walking Hand In Hand…
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✨What Successful Writers Don’t Do. Plus, 2026's First Beta Reader Match Up✨
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Query Critiques November 2025
✨The Challenges of Editing Your Own Work; Dealing with Self Doubt; & Fun Side Stories About Opium Dens and Graverobbing✨
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✨To MFA or Not to MFA; How Conflict Drives Narratives; & The Countdown to Deep Dive!✨
Plus the perfect gift for all the writers in your life!
✨How You Fail by Not Trying; Why You Should Fake It Till You Make It; & Unconventional Writing Advice...✨
Also, CeCe has an awesome 4-day course coming up! And we have the perfect gift for the writers in your life.
✨Prologue Woes; The Perfect Gift for the Writer in Your Life; Plus, a Valentine Wearing a Bishop’s Red Socks; & Throwing Away the Goose✨
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✨The Best Part About Being Unagented; Trad vs Indie Publishing; Worldbuilding for Contemporary Rom-Coms with Magical Elements; & Writing…
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