Other writers reading your work before the world does, and what makes that useful rather than discouraging.
Critique GroupsOctober 1, 2026
A writing buddy can be the difference between a finished draft and another abandoned one. Why it never worked for me as an introvert, how to find a good one, and the rules that make it work.
Critique GroupsOctober 1, 2026
You'd think writers would be kind to each other. Writing groups are some of the cruelest rooms online. Why rejection, fear and status drive it, why the polite groups don't help either, and what a good group looks like.
AI WritingSeptember 29, 2026
Big Facebook writing groups promise help and deliver pile-ons. A beginner asks an honest question and gets insulted, an author asks for a cover vote and gets called a thief, and any mention of AI starts a brawl. Here's why…
Critique GroupsAugust 14, 2026
A beta reader is a test audience, not an editor. They report where the reading experience broke, not how to fix it, and that is your job. Learn to send only a
AI WritingJune 21, 2026
Two authors asked ordinary questions in writing groups. One wanted a vote on three cover mockups, the other wanted honest readers for a book he had just published. Neither did anything wrong, and both got a stoning. A pile-on has…
Critique GroupsJune 14, 2026
World Read Aloud Day is the first Wednesday in February. From bedtime stories to critique groups, why reading aloud is the best editing tool a writer has.
Book MarketingFebruary 20, 2026
The parts of getting published that nobody explains properly. What a proposal has to prove before anyone reads the manuscript, what beta readers are genuinely for, and where the process stalls.
Critique GroupsFebruary 10, 2026
The most powerful writing tool I ever used cost me nothing: a small group of writers meeting regularly to read each other's work and tell the truth about it. I started one for science fiction through Meetup and learned what…
CollaborationFebruary 10, 2026
No ghostwritten book gets made alone; the client brings the ideas and the voice, the writer brings craft and structure, and the quality of that partnership decides the quality of the book more than talent on either side. After fifty-plus…
Amazon & KDPFebruary 8, 2026
You know your book will sell, but the sheer weight of everything between draft and published makes you want to quit. You do not have to carry it alone. A small team of volunteers and contractors gets it done faster…
Author TalksSeptember 19, 2018
Award-winning YA author Debbie Zaken joins Author Talks to discuss writing young adult sci-fi, critique partners, and writing through blocks.
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