Voters Reject MAGA Book Bans in Conservative California County
A resounding win for the freedom to read, an indie bookstore's spin on summer reading, the week's best new books, and more.
https://bookriot.com/voters-reject-maga-book-bans-huntington-beach/
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning a Second World War Novel
Author Susanna Bavin shares here nine-step process for planning out a second world war novel, useful for other historical novels.
The post A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning a Second World War Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/a-step-by-step-guide-to-planning-a-second-world-war-novel
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Thoughts that Keep Me Going While I Write the Second Draft of My Fantasy Novel
Because this is the hardest thing I've ever done Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
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A New Book That Ties the Color Blue to Black History
From a new book by a National Book Award-winning author that looks at what one color means to an entire ...
https://bookriot.com/black-in-blues-by-imani-perry/
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5 New Mystery, Thrillers, & True Crime Adaptations To Stream
I decided that with everything going on in the world, so much was going to get lost during the start ...
https://bookriot.com/new-mystery-thrillers-true-crime-adaptations/
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for February 12, 2025
Reimagining THE ILIAD, a missing teen girl, Black history, and more of today's best book deals.
https://bookriot.com/book-riots-deals-of-the-day-for-february-12-2025/
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10 best fantasy books for teens
https://www.themarysue.com/best-fantasy-books-for-teens/
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New YA Book Releases This Week, February 12, 2025
Read your way into sapphic romantasy, an excellent YA for younger teens, and more with this week's new YA book releases.
https://bookriot.com/new-ya-book-releases-this-week-february-12-2025/
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How Authors Can Price Their Books for Profit: Self-Publishing with ALLi Featuring Joe Solari
On the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, host Joe Solari explains how authors can price their books for profit. He challenges the idea that books are commodities, using Starbucks as an example of how to create value beyond price. Solari breaks down...
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-books-for-profit/
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New Historical Romance for Valentine’s Day
These new historical romance books are everything you could wish for. They're fun and heartfelt and steamy, with longing and complicated relationships
https://bookriot.com/new-historical-romance-for-valentines-day/
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Megan E. Freeman: On the Importance of Finding a Trusted Reader
In this interview, author Megan E. Freeman discusses what it was like to write a hybrid novel with her new middle-grade adventure, Away.
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Wrestling, Buddhism, and OnlyFans
I first became acquainted with Rufi Thorpe’s writing with The Knockout Queen, a queer coming-of-age friendship novel. When Thorpe’s Margo’s Got Money ...
https://bookriot.com/margos-got-money-troubles-by-rufi-thorpe/
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Goodbye, Goodreads: Five New Reading Tracker Apps to Try
Once upon a time, Goodreads was the holy grail for tracking books, in addition to being an all-around bookish website. Many ...
https://bookriot.com/new-reading-tracker-apps-to-try/
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In the Beginning
I’ve spent the past two months—that’s not an exaggeration—working on three pages of my novel. I’m in the revision stage, and the pages I’m wrestling with are the first three pages of the book and even though I know these characters inside out and...
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/02/12/in-the-beginning-2/
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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 730
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a valentine poem.
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/wednesday-poetry-prompts-730
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6 of the Best LGBTQ+ Enemies-to-Lovers YA Books
Parker, a bold fashionista, and Lizzie, a shy musician, have little in common except a shared best friend, Camille—and their ...
https://bookriot.com/best-lgbtq-enemies-to-lovers-ya-books/
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Expect the Creative Process to Be Uneven and Messy
Getting stuck is a lousy feeling, but a normal part of the messy and uneven creative process. Here are some tips for working through it.
https://janefriedman.com/creative-process-messy/
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How Fiction Writers Can “Speed Up” Time
Last post I discussed ways fiction writers can manipulate time. Meaning, give the illusion that, for the POV character (and...
The post How Fiction Writers Can “Speed Up” Time appeared first on C. S. Lakin.
https://www.livewritethrive.com/2025/02/12/how-fiction-writers-can-speed-up-time/
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2025 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 12
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge, led by Managing Editor Moriah Richard. Each day, receive a prompt, example story, and write your own. Today's prompt is to write about googling something.
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/2025-february-flash-fiction-challenge-day-12
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The Evolving Author And Second Editions. Joanna Penn On The Indy Author Podcast
When is it worth writing a Second Edition of a book that already sells well? How might elements of memoir impact non-fiction self-help books?
What are the challenges and opportunities of a second edition, as well as practical tips? I discuss...
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