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The Hot Market for Writing & Publishing Holiday Fiction

Posted by Our Special Guest | Oct 20, 2021 | Publishing

Tis the season for books about Christmas. Debbie Macomber & other bestsellers share their best tips for writing & publishing holiday fiction.

Telling the Truth about a Top-Secret Life

Posted by Our Special Guest | Oct 11, 2021 | Publishing

Gathering other eyewitness accounts of events in his formerly top-secret life deepened Ray McPadden’s war memoir while raising the question: Is there just one truth? Then, after submitting his action-packed story for an elaborate and lengthy national security clearance, the question became: Whose truth is it?

SWITCHING GENRES 101

Posted by Our Special Guest | Oct 6, 2021 | Craft

If you’re in this writing game for the long haul—to be a career author—you need to adapt as the times, readers’ tastes, the marketplace, and your own writerly desires and ambitions change. Sometimes that means switching genres. Here’s what to look out for.