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What is story seeding? In fiction, story seeding is the subtle art of planting information early in a story that will become crucial later on. When done correctly, it allows you to hide information in plain sight and makes the events of your story feel inevitable rather than accidental.

While the concept is simple, the execution can be challenging. In today’s articl...


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Editing is often described as the “surgical” phase of writing, and for most authors, it’s a harder than writing the book! Because you’ve spent hours upon hours with the story, it’s easy to get “manuscript blindness,” where your brain automatically fills in gaps, corrects typos mentally, and assumes the reader understands the internal logic that hasn’t actually made it onto th...


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Sometimes life truly is stranger than fiction, and this is rarely truer than true crime. From the “nurture vs. nature” debate to how some of the most iconic criminals and serial killers got caught, we simply can’t get enough true crime in 2025, and that’s ok. Today, I’ll be giving you some of the very best true crime novels you can read! So, without further ado, let’s get sta...


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Ghostwriting is where you, the ghostwriter, are hired to create (usually) written content like books, speeches, articles, that will be officially credited to another person. As the ghostwriter, your job is to convey the client’s vision while maintaining their desired voice, style, and persona.

While the concept is simple, there is a lot that goes into the process. F...


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Lovecraft might not be a household name like Stephen King, but his stories and the mythos behind them have a cult following. His unique style of cosmic horror has inspired countless authors, films, musicians, and games. So, even if you haven’t sat down and read The Call of Cthulhu, you’re probably familiar with some “Lovecraftian” inspired horror, which is ...


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