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One Week Until Our July Challenge

Plus: Registration vs. Subscription

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Interested in getting some writing done in July? Need some scheduled time to force you to get it done? Join our daily morning writing sessions with inspirations and readings based on Bertino's latest novel, BEAUTYLAND. It's free. More info in the link. open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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Featuring Prompts & Lessons from Marie-Helene Bertino's BEAUTYLAND

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This conversation has really stayed with me. It's the kind of experience that seems invaluable. Thank you Rosie Sultan and Barbara Best! #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingtips #podcast #substack Rosie Sulton & Barbara Best: Peer Coaching for Writers open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Rosie Sulton & Barbara Best: Peer Coaching for Writers

The New Program Begins This Fall

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Loved having Elizabeth Searle on the show. Listen in for ideas and writing exercises to move your manuscript forward. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #scriptwriting #podcast #Substack #writingtips open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Elizabeth Searle: Reverse Engineering for the Script Curious

Her latest, THE DRAMA ROOM, was released this fall

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I never thought this way about revision. @sherijoseph.bsky.social nails it! #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision

Her latest, ANGELS AT THE GATE, was released in September

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For the novel you can’t stop thinking about. The In-Person Novel Incubator at GrubStreet offers rigorous revision, craft deep-dives, and a true writing community who will read your full manuscript and show up for it. Deadline: February 18, 2026 ✨ tinyurl.com/mfa89ke5 GrubWriters #writingcommunity

One of my favorite interviews so far (and we all need some slowness these days). #writingcommunity #writingtips #slowliving #authorssupportingauthors #podcast #substack Peter Orner: Saying Something Slowly open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Peter Orner: Saying Something Slowly

Writing his latest, THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST'S DAUGHTER, took fourteen years

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Authors AshleyDavidson, Wren James, @timweedwriter.bsky.social, Kate Woodworth, & Emma Pattee join the 7am Novelist for an important conversation that taught me a great deal. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #climatechange #climatefiction 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...

Roundtable: Can Climate Fiction Move the Needle?

with authors Ash Davidson, Wren James, Tim Weed, Kate Woodworth, and Emma Pattee

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Now in its 15th year, our in-person Novel Incubator program has 50+ book contracts under its belt. Deadline is February 18. Next info session, January 20: grubstreet.org/event/novel-... Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program

Application Deadline February 18 for our 2026/2027 Year

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Loved this conversation with Josh Barkan about how the passage of time will improve your memoir no matter what. (And it might give you your ending as well, as long as you're patient enough). #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingtips #podcast #memoir open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Josh Barkan: Writing a Memoir Before You Know Its Ending

Ten years later, he revised WONDER TRAVELS for publication

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I talk with Milo Todd to celebrate, THE LILAC PEOPLE. This novel has gotten a lot of attention for its moving story & its truths about how LGTBQ+ persons were imprisoned, murdered, & erased during the Holocaust #lgtbqia #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #podcast open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Milo Todd: Writing Challenging Fiction in a Flattening Culture

Todd's debut, THE LILAC PEOPLE, was released in May

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One of my favorite novels of the year. And I loved talking to Jessica Francis Kane about it. #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #penelopefitzgerald #saltillocoahuilamexico #writingtips Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too) open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)

Kane's FONSECA was released in August

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Curious about Grub's Novel Incubator? Now in its 15th year with 50+ published books 12/10: grubstreet.org/event/novel-... "In no other writing program will you have 10 dedicated novelists read your complete manuscript (twice!) & work with you to make it the best book possible." - Stephanie Gayle

GrubStreet | Novel Incubator Info Session

The nation's leading and largest center for creative writing for over 25 years, GrubStreet offers classes and events for writers from all stages and…

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Do you consider yourself an intuitive writer? Does the writing of a mystery or thriller require you to change your ways? Check out my latest interview with author Emily Ross her newest novel: SWALLOWTAIL.#writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Emily Ross: The Chicken or the Egg of Character and Plotting

Her latest thriller, SWALLOWTAIL, releases this month

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A wonderful discussion about the use of VOICE: What is it? How does a writer create it? Thanks to our authors: Stacy Mattingly, Andrea Meyer, @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social & Juliet Faithfull. #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Roundtable: The Knotty Question of Voice

with authors Juliet Faithfull, Stacy Mattingly, Andrea Meyer, and Emily Ross

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For those of you who knew Charles. I had a recording of him reading his work from Fall 2024 and thought people would like to hear it. Some Words from the Late Charles Coe open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Some Words from the Late Charles Coe

from a recording of the poet & advocate in Fall 2024

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Need marketing help? Want to feel more a part of your writing community? @jessicaakentwriter.bsky.social has the answers you need! #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #BookMarketing 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/jessica-ke...

Jessica Kent: A Great Literary Citizen on Finding Community

She's also the founder of the website: Literary Boston

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So excited to see the cover of SWALLOWTAIL, the newest thriller by @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social at the top of @crimereads.bsky.social new list of books to watch this week! Go Emily. It's a phenomenal book! #thrillerbooks crimereads.com/10-new-books...

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Gilly MacMillan, The Burning Library (William Morrow) “Macmillan’s…compelling blend of academic intrigue, histo…

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CANTICLE is such a beautiful rush of a novel. Take a listen to my interview with Janet & remember to join us on 12/3 when she'll be launching the book at @portersqbooks.bsky.social in BOSTON (@GrubStreet). #BookLaunch2025 #podcast #substack #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Janet Rich Edwards: The Language of Gender and Class

Edwards' debut, CANTICLE, will be released December 2nd

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Please join me 11/20 for a memorial reading for Esmond Harmsworth, literary friend to many. We’ll be at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. Readers include Jedediah Berry, Lisa Borders, Christopher Castellani, Michelle Hoover, Emily Franklin, Milo Todd, & more. portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life” —Simone Weil From my interview with Nicole Graev Lipson—hust one of the many inspirations for her memoir-in-essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Nicole Graev Lipson: Dealing with Her Literary Forebears

Her Memoir-in-Essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, is a USA Today Bestseller

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Join us for more than fifty hours of group writing to make headway on your novel (or anything else!). #writingcommunity #writingtips #writingchallenge 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/missing-na...

Missing National Novel Writing Month?

We're running our own, through GrubStreet (and it's not just for novelists)

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How do you deal with settings unfamiliar to your reader, either real or imagined? We've got authors @juliecdalton.bsky.social Juliet Faithfull @shalenegupta.bsky.social & Desmond Hall with answers. #writingcommunityً #podcast #substack #worldbuilding 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...

Roundtable: World Building for Other Worlds

with authors Julie Carrick Dalton, Juliet Faithful, Shalene Gupta, and Desmond Hall

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On November 20th I'll join Sarah Smith, @lisaborders.bsky.social, @todd-milo.bsky.social, @michellehooverauth.bsky.social, Emily Franklin, and others for a memorial reading in honor of Esmond Harmsworth at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. You can RSVP here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

Esmond Harmsworth Memorial Reading

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Need a smartly funny book to get you through these cantankerous times? Check out LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO @lisaborders.bsky.social If you want to know how she handled her wildly unreliable narrator, take a listen #writingcommunity #podcast #unreliablenarrator 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/lisa-borde...

Lisa Borders: Voice, Likability, and the Onerous Unreliable Narrator

Her latest, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, is out now

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Thanks to Whitney Scharer & Sonya Larson, the perfect conference team, for all their energy in organizing such a dynamic schedule of talks, workshops, agent & editor meetings, & parties. There's even an App! #writingcommunity #writingconference #bostonevents 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/whitney-sc...

Whitney Scharer & Sonya Larson on TBR: There's a New Writing Conference in Town!

Register Now for the January 17 Event!

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Sometimes you just need to start with a blank page—again. @writingcommunity @podcast @substack @writingtips GrubWriters Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision

Her debut, THE WORLD AFTER ALICE, is out now

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ROUNDTABLE: WORLD BUILDING FOR HISTORICAL FICTION with Rachel Barenbaum, Janet Rich Edwards, Allison Amend, and @hessephillips.com #writingcommunity #WritingTips #historicalfiction #worldbuilding #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...

ROUNDTABLE: WORLD BUILDING FOR HISTORICAL FICTION

With authors Allison Amend, Rachel Barenbaum, Janet Rich Edwards, and Hesse Phillips

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A writer & bookseller shares his tips for both, as well as how bookstores remain important community centers & what they and publishers can do today to guard that role. #writingcommunity @portersqbooks.bsky.social @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/josh-cook-...

Jyoti Chand tries a whole new form, but sticks to her use of humor in discussing mental health challenges & motherhood that followers of Mamajotes have come to count on. A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (& she’s got quite a social media following too) open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

Jyoti Chand: A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (and she’s got quite a social media following too)

Chand, known online as Mamajotes, recently released her debut, FITTING INDIAN

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