You can never have too many books, or notebooks, or pens, but here are 5 last-minute gifts for writers that are none of the above. They’re all free, but they’re all something you really want.

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2024 is coming to an end, and publishing slows down significantly at the end of each year. So, don’t fret if your query letters remain unanswered this month. Today, we’re exploring 9 practical, actionable writing tips approved by bestselling authors.

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In the last episode we discussed first-draft writing advice, and in this episode we’re discussing eight steps to follow when you revise, regardless of genre.

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There is a lot of writing advice out there, but remember that not every piece of writing advice is first-draft writing advice. So, for your convenience, today’s episode will be filled with writing advice for your first draft.

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National Novel Writing Month begins next week, which is why today’s episode is a pep talk of sorts. Plus, I found a few publishing houses currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts.

• Dragonblade Publishing | Submissions
• Harlequin Medical Romance | Submissions
• Black Rose Writing | Submissions
• Collective Ink Publishing | Submissions
• Dark Dragon Publishing | Submissions
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This season we’ve been covering seven types of literary conflicts, and I thought it might be useful for you to have a bonus episode that has all seven conflicts back to back.

Let’s settle in at the Writing Break cafe and get started on a full episode of writing tips.

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Today we are wrapping up our seven-part series on literary conflicts with the final boss: Character vs Destiny.

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As I record this, a hurricane is sideswiping my city, so if the power stays on, we’ll continue our literary conflict series and discuss, aptly enough, Character versus Technology. We’re also catching up on the Internet Archive court case.

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• Update: How to Tell Internet Archive to Remove Your Books - The Authors Guild
• Authors Guild Applauds Final Court Decision Affirming Internet Archive's Book Scanning as Copyright Infringement - The Authors Guild
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