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Avoid a Creative Slump By Writing and Publishing in a Different Medium

Jane Friedman

And ideally, if we (my friend helped with the writing and took the lead on producing the podcast) did it well, we could not only transport listeners into the heart of my familys stories, but we could add more perspectives of ADHD that could help give the audience a deeper and broader understanding of ADHD.

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Too Intimidated (or Risk Averse) to Organize a Writing Retreat?

Jane Friedman

I focused on the value of what I was delivering in addition to creating logistical line items for food, transportation, and lodging for participants. So I took a workshop on creating retreats that sell to flesh out my idea into a plan and a budget. And then I chickened out. I can feel the fear and do it anyway. And so can you.

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5 Myths About Tarot That Storytellers Should Know

Jane Friedman

Published by Muse Publications LLC. Stories transport us, so we can see the forest for the trees. Photo by Edz Norton on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted from Tarot for Storytellers: A Modern Guide for Writers and Other Creatives by Kris Waldherr. I’m a storyteller. Chances are you are too. It’s the same way with the tarot.

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147 Ways to Make Money Online with ChatGPT

Kristi Hines

Streamline your client’s content publishing across platforms like WordPress, Twitter, YouTube, Shopify, and Medium with Content.app. Generate and publish SEO-optimized blog pages swiftly with QuickBlog, and craft marketing-driven landing pages with QuickPage. Employ the My Writing Companion plugin to run a content writing agency.

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Choosing Story Settings Based on Genre

Jane Friedman

While in the Scottish Highlands in 1945, Claire touches a stone in a circular henge and is mysteriously transported back to 1743. Contemporary romance readers also expect settings to transport them to another world. Marrying historical romance to time travel, the events feel contemporary.

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The Florence (Italy) Enigma for Creative People

Jane Friedman

In a total coincidence: Writer’s Digest (where I was once the publisher) is debuting their first overseas retreat this year, in Florence, Italy. All of that also meant I explored new towns and navigated foreign transportation systems, changed my plans on a whim, and enjoyed the best people watching, food, and wine.

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How Printing Innovations (and More) Created an Enduring Class Divide in Books

Jane Friedman

Today’s post is excerpted from The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing by Michael Castleman. From the first copyrights to the present day, piracy has been a thread woven through the tapestry of publishing. In current parlance, they were self-published. Why pay to publish?