Free Talk: Showing & Telling — How to Create and Maintain Authentic Connections with Your Readers

Learn effective techniques for "showing" and "telling" in your story.

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Free Talk: How to Write Captivating Side Characters (With Cat Rambo)

Explore the potential of side charactes with award winning author Cat Rambo.

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Ten Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in July 2025

International publishers and small presses open to direct submissions. No agent required.

SQUID Online: Now Seeking Submissions

A new literary journal seeking fiction, nonfiction, poetry, artwork, media reviews, and more.

Plot Holes? I Prefer to Call Them “Opportunities for Interpretation”

How to gaslight yourself into believing your book makes perfect sense.

Inkubator Books: Manuscript Query Guidelines & Information

This Dublin, Ireland-based press focuses on publishing crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers. They do not publish work outside of this genre, and they do not publish work outside of Amazon. Most of the work they publish do very well on Amazon through Kindle Unlimited. The books they publish are not just available digitally, they also…