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How to research your characters

November 3, 2021 by Shalene Gupta Leave a Comment

When I was writing the first draft of my novel, somewhere in the middle of a chapter I ground to a complete halt. For weeks I’d been riding the high of pounding the keyboard in a glorious rush, but now I was out of material. I had no idea what happened next.  I sulked. I […]

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Taking a break

July 1, 2019 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

The blog will be going on a brief sojourn this week as I celebrate America’s 243rd birthday. But never fear, I will be back on July 8 with more content! I have a whole lot in store, so stay tuned. In the meantime, if you need any help editing your book or desire some coaching, […]

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The past few weeks in books 3/24/17

March 24, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

The past few weeks! In the books! Want to start your own publishing company? Seems like as a good place to start as any, amirite?? There’s some really great advice in this guide at Writer Unboxed. Speaking of which, there’s a great interview with Joanna Penn, who has been innovating on self-publishing for some time […]

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9th Annual Blog Bracket Challenge!

March 14, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

It’s mid-March, it’s sleeting in New York, and you know what that means. Well, I don’t know what the sleet means. But it’s our 9th blog bracket challenge!! Who is the greatest literary bracket prognosticator of them all? Probably not me, if history is any indicator. As always, the winner of the Blog Bracket challenge […]

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The past few weeks in books 2/10/17

February 10, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

We’ve had some weather. I’m on Instagram @NathanBransford Well, it’s certainly been an interesting few weeks, and I have accordingly collected some interesting articles and blog posts that caught my eye. It wouldn’t be fair to hoard them myself, so here they are! Oh, publishing industry assistants. Underpaid, overqualified, rejecting everything in sight. Jessica Faust has […]

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The past few weeks in books 1/9/17

January 9, 2017 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

Hi! I’ve been traveling. Also I’m on Instagram here: @nathanbransford Happy 2017! Good riddance 2016! So. Where were we? Thank you for bearing with some quietness on the blog front as I traveled around the holidays and restocked my zombie-proof survival bunker for the year ahead. (Just kidding. But then again maybe I should have…) I […]

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