We talk to @mikexgiddings about publishing his 1st chapbook, KELLY MARIE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU, at @TCPBRD @GrubWriters #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorshelpingauthors #author #writer #podcast #webinar #free #novel #novella #chapbook #shortstories #memoir #writingchallenge

Ever heard of "spitballing"? Check out my interview with author and professor Michael Lowenthal to learn more. Then check out our whole January Writing Challenge series: What Holds You Back? Bonus! Spitballing with Michael Lowenthal, by @MichelleHoover_

Goal Setting for People Who Hate Goals, by @MichelleHoover_

Sign up for our free live seminar & writing challenge: What’s Holding You Back? Every weekday, join our live spitballing session w your fave writers as we give our best advice for what’s ailing you & your writing. https://t.co/BtW7FZE2wu #writingcommunity #podcast #webinar

What's Holding You Back? Join our free live seminar & writing challenge this January! Every weekday, we’ll have a live spitballing session at 7am EST. Submit your troublespots. 7am EST too early? Watch the session recordings or listen to the podcast. https://t.co/BtW7FZE2wu

Bonus episode! @ygoldlove tells us how she set the early tone of her book, managed emotion to avoid melodrama, her background as a mother & psychotherapist, & the best way to use therapy in your book. https://t.co/JQGhMKlxCQ @grubwriters #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast

Sharing the 1st pages of their essay "Futurity," @alexmlwrites talks about how they made their process physical, issues of audience and representation, & writing during a splintered time. https://t.co/JQsCSd0WCn @GrubWriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast

THE PRETTIEST STAR: @CarterSickels discusses the importance of setting & belonging for his queer character, threading in the backstory of loss, & the documenting what shouldn’t be forgotten. https://t.co/mlAQfSKnDM @GrubWriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity

A sneak peek at @carolineleavitt's latest, due in April. We discuss not answering questions, navigating multiple timelines & povs, & how self doubt likely means you're onto something good https://t.co/cfIONz0zLx @grubwriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast

Writing a thriller that addresses social justice? @WanbliWeiden shares his 1st pages, how he studied fight scenes to get them right, diving into his tough-guy protag's vulnerabilities, & how to stay true to your story. https://t.co/3hIOFkaQe9 @GrubWriters #writingtips #podcast

Summer's end! We've got @WanbliWeiden (today!) on dialog tricks, @Leavittnovelist (9/6) on self-doubt, @CarterSickels (9/8) on being witness, @alexmlwrites (9/11) on bypassing structural expectations, & @ygoldlove on managing emotion. https://t.co/rA7vPhmuBh @grubwriters #podcast

A sneak peak of @shilpistan's 1st pages, due out 9/19: We discuss how she discovered her story's core (& where to begin) while revising, the omniscient 1st person, & the weight of history on her psyche as a writer. https://t.co/eup81XjgPn @grubwriters #writingtips #podcast

Isa Arsen talks to us about breaking the rules, her experience working with her editor, managing time shifts through emotion, & how the image of the moon helped her thematically & structurally. https://t.co/zCIUwvUT6x @grubwriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity

A special gift to our listeners: @virginiapye shares excerpts from her very 1st draft to compare w her published pages. We also talk about the importance narrative distance in hisfic. & trouble! https://t.co/eHlqSKpUkg @grubwriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity

An incredible trio of novels to be published soon: Today @VirginiaPye shares her shitty 1st draft! Wed: #isaarsen on how she broke the rules. Fri: @Shilpits on her long revision process (& the gorgeous result). https://t.co/Q7UqZMEwtp @grubwriters #writingtips #writingcommunity

Charlotte Rixon aka @charduck tell us why she began her latest w a terrifying event & her best advice for first pages: Just write. Don’t go back. And keep the faith that it will be okay: https://t.co/oHCd2r1LVs @grubwriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast

Bravo @InOrderOfImport!

When I shared Angel's 1st pages in class, everyone in the room immediately wanted to know more about the author, the book, & where to get a copy. Listen in as @AngelDiZhang tells us how she did it: https://t.co/N3jXTDOnd9 @grubwriters #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast

Listen: @RachelSKadish discusses how she introduced her reader to a 17th-century pov, & the importance of “scaffolding” in your early pages and letting that scaffolding go in revision: https://t.co/hY8zkpZ9Qr @GrubWriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast

We've got @RachelSKadish on letting go of the scaffolding as you revise, @AngelDiZhang on how her background as painter influenced her character building, & @charduck on keeping the faith: https://t.co/rA7vPhmuBh @grubwriters #7amnovelist #writingtips #writingcommunity #podcast