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WCCS at the Brooklyn Book Festival: Writing Through the Chaos with Queer Indie. (opens the original)
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Welcome back to The Writing Community Chat Show. I’m your host, CJ, and in this special episode, Chris Hooley and I are incredibly proud to present an official 2026 Bookend Event as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" h
Writing Through the Chaos (and Why You Need to Nail Down Your Posters) (opens the original)
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This weekend, Chris and I were incredibly proud to host an official 2026 Bookend Event as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival. For our third year running with the festival, we teamed up with the fantastic folks at Queer Indie, a brilliant community whose golden rule is simply “don’t be a dick,” to bring you a panel that was as raw and necessary as it gets.We were joined by a truly stellar lineup of authors and creators: Anya Pavelle, Halo Scot, Anna Bloom, Ross Young, and Mario Dell’Olio. If you
Steal These TV Writer Room Secrets for Your Novel. (opens the original)
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If you read our Screen to Page breakdowns on Fridays, you know I am obsessed with taking the mechanics of gritty TV dramas and applying them to your manuscript.So for today’s Archive Deep Dive, we brought in an actual TV industry heavyweight to show you how it’s done.Charlotte Robinson is a UK television story producer and script editor who has worked on massive hits like Fortitude, The Tunnel, and Amazon’s The Power. But she didn’t just stay behind the scenes in TV. She took everything she lear
The NYT Bestseller vs. Banned Book Dilemma: What Do Authors Actually Want? (opens the original)
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I recently threw a poll up on X with a simple question for the writing community: Would you rather have your book become an instant New York Times Bestseller, or a banned book?Honestly, I expected it to be a bit of a laugh, but the results were brilliant, and a little bit mental.New York Times Bestseller came in at 46%. Banned Book took the win with 54%!More than half of the authors who voted would rather have their work pulled from the shelves than handed the ultimate golden stamp of publishing
The Rushed Debut (Putting My Own Head on the Block) (opens the original)
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Massive respect to Keith for stepping into the arena last week. But since his brave first submission... the inbox has been dead quiet again.I know exactly why. Imposter syndrome is a massive hurdle. You look at your draft, you know it isn’t perfect, and the thought of putting it out there for critique makes you want to lock it in a drawer.I know this, because it held me back for years.<a class="image-link image2 is-view
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