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🚨 Free webinar alert: CONCEPT VS. PREMISE
Having a powerful concept is important, especially when it comes time to pitch to agents and publishers. But a concept alone isn’t enough to build a book on.
November 12 at 4:00 PM—Pacific Time
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Book Broker: an interview with Christopher Combemale
"Make us care, and everything will follow."
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The Trouble with Infodumps
While every genre is susceptible to the problem of info-dumping, it is most commonly an issue in speculative and historical fiction.
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Down These Mean Streets: Building Your Detective
"What we end up with when we combine all three versions of the detective is a multi-dimensional human being who is clever, morally upright, and has a strong motivation for choosing to become a sleuth."
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New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓
Down These Mean Streets: Building Your Detective
"What we end up with when we combine all three versions of the detective is a multi-dimensional human being who is clever, morally upright, and has a strong motivation for choosing to become a sleuth."
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Today's #WordOfTheDay is boomlet.
Learn more about this word: dictionary.com/browse/boomle…
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘candidate.’
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ALT WORD OF THE DAY Merriam- Webster NOVEMBER 3, 2026 candidate noun | KAN-duh-dayt someone aspiring to, or nominated or qualified for an office
What happens after YES?
"It's a writer's dream: you open that email or get that phone call from a publisher or agent with the big news: they want to publish your novel."
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Build demand in your readers' minds so they crave a character's backstory, and then deliver it a drip at a time within the context of a scene.
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