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5 Rules to Keep Writers Sane on Their Creative Journey Veteran author, James Preston, gives five "rules" to help keep writers sane. . .in finding their backups AND navigating this crazy writing life.

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Essential December Blog Housekeeping to Keep Your Site Safe and Functional! hughsviewsandnews.com/2025/12/01/e...

November 2025 - This is a first! But I Have Good Reasons Here is your chance to catch up on Hugh's Views and News blog posts published in September, October and November 2025.

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» Notes from the Editor’s Desk: November 2025

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True Crime Thursday – Fumbled Felony by Clumsy Crook killzoneblog.com/2025/11/true...

Author Beware: How Scammers Target Indie Authors (and How to Avoid Today’s Most Common Publishing Scams) - Written Word Media Scammers are increasingly targeting indie authors. Learn how to spot author scams, avoid publishing scams, and protect yourself from fake book marketing offers.

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Repurposing Content: How to Save Time, Expand Reach, and Grow Your Readership Turn one piece of writing into many with smart, sustainable content strategies

Repurposing Content: How to Save Time, Expand Reach, and Grow Your Readership
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

How to Use Perception to Create Subtext in Deep POV Subtext lives between what’s actually happening vs what the character thinks it means. Lisa Hall-Wilson shares the use of perception to create subtext.

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As we enter into sales-season, please remember, the person behind the counter, (et al) is not responsible for the pressure that you've stacked on your own back. Best of all, keep your money, stay your ass at home and spend time with the people you love.

The Latest Blogging and Publishing Scams You Need to Be Aware Of Now This post outlines various scams affecting bloggers, including voicemail scams and email phishing claims that appear to come from WordPress. Don't become a victim of a scam or fined for downloading c...

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Writing Prompt: Check your project bible Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Begin keeping a project bible of…

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WITS Bloggers Share Writerly Thanks Today we're giving thanks for the "writerly" things and people who help us on our writing journey. Join us by sharing your gratitude in the comments!

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» The Top 45 Publishers for New Authors

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The Easiest and Most Powerful Writing Tip killzoneblog.com/2025/11/the-...

ChiaraForAuthors @ChiaraAuthors Date joined August 2025 Account based in Nigeria 1 username change Last on August 2025 Connected via Nigeria Android App

Here's another XTwitter scammer account outed by geolocation--this one refers writers to a (real) literary agent with a fake address, then impersonates the agent to recommend "professional editor" services

Sunday Book Review – Rhyming Dreams by Nicole Sara – #photography #poetry Welcome to my Sunday Book Review. Today I’m reviewing Rhyming Dreams by Nicole Sara. This is a book that combines the author’s interpretation in poetry and photographs. Get This Book on…

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Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair – Book Review – #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes – Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle Delighted to share my review for the festive collection of delicious cakes, folklore and poetry Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle… About the book Robb…

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8 Cool Non-Writing Ways to Use AI | Writers In The Storm Jenny Hansen shares 8 NON-WRITING ways tools like ChatGPT can help writers (especially those with ADHD) keep their creativity organized and in flow.

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Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press - Writer Beware Publishers do a lot of bad things (as the archives of this blog attest), but among the most infuriating–and, often, the hardest to remedy–is the failure to pay authors the money they are due. Non-paym...

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The Spirit of The Gift In Publishing News this week

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12 Ways Not to Start a Novel How do we start a novel? So much needs to go in an opener. But some openers have been done to death. So here are 12 ways not to start a novel

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Thanks, Elias!

Update on those flattering AI book marketing scams Those AI book marketing scams are proliferating like Tribbles. Here are the new variations authors are getting now.

#writingcommunity beware, a "heads-up" courtesy of our very own scribble sibling, @annerallen.bsky.social
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Writer’s Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls Welcome to November’s best curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, the Kindlepreneur shares info about an AI lawsuit case and the importance of copyright, Hugh Roberts shares some free …

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Flog a Pro: Would You Turn the First Page of this Bestseller? Email readers, heads up! For the full effect, pause after the excerpt and decide: Would you turn the page? Vote and then scroll for the reveal! Trained by reading hundreds of submissions, editors a…

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Five great quotations about novel writing “There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” – W. Somerset Maugham“The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring t…

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Common Plot Pitfalls to Avoid New writers, usually due to a lack of writing experience or because they haven’t had their writing critiqued, often will make some journeyman mistakes when plotting their story. If you’re just writ…

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Writer’s Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls Welcome to November’s best curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, the Kindlepreneur shares info about an AI lawsuit case and the importance of copyright, Hugh Roberts shares some free …

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Common Plot Pitfalls to Avoid New writers, usually due to a lack of writing experience or because they haven’t had their writing critiqued, often will make some journeyman mistakes when plotting their story. If you’re just writ…

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