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Award-winning author Nick Petrie shares 18 tips to keep the words flowing that he’s developed over the course of writing several novels.
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In this interview, author J. D. Brinkworth discusses going from an idea from a dream to collaborating on their cozy mystery, The Pie & Mash Detective Agency.
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In this interview, author Jamie Sumner discusses how pumpkin carving with her family helped inspire her new middle-grade novel, Glory Be.
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In this interview, author Jan Saenz discusses what inspired her debut novel, how theatre influenced her writing, and more.
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Dr. Finnian Burnett shares prompts and creative exercises to allow yourself the freedom to bring fun and whimsy back into your writing.
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Co-authors Colleen Coble and Rick Acker share how writing a trilogy with the end in mind involves telling four stories in three books.




























