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Rebecca Minelga
Oct 303 min read
Dumping the Third Act Breakup
It's a tale as old as time: boy meets girl > they fall in love > complications arise > they break up > they make up for their happily...
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Brittany McMunn
Jun 45 min read
Interview with an Editor
Since my hair-brained idea at the start of 2021 to change my MHA a year into the program to something I was more passionate about, my MFA...
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Shelby Reed
Jun 24 min read
Embracing Diversity: United for Pride Month
Celebrating Pride Month by sharing some of our favorite Wild Ink and Conquest books that feature LGBTQAI+ characters. Adorned in Ice by...
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Brittany McMunn
Apr 135 min read
Why Conquest is Different
Not all that long ago I sat in my office chair, I'm sure on the phone with my business colleague as I am most days, and tried wracking my...
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Jen Colclough
Mar 284 min read
Grieving While Gay
My favourite place in the world no longer exists. This statement isn’t entirely true—the house remains along with its old wallpaper and...
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Arini Vlotman
Mar 263 min read
3 Lessons Learnt From My Release Day
It was a dark and stormy night. At the southern tip of the African continent an innocent author lay sound asleep, relishing the short...
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Bruce Buchanan
Mar 203 min read
Don't Quit Your Day Job (and Why That's a Good Thing!)
Making full-time living writing fiction is living the dream—but for most authors (even ones with book deals) being a writer means working...
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Rebecca Minelga
Mar 115 min read
An Exclusive Submission? In This Economy?
I recently participated in an online pitch event and, I'll admit, I was thrilled to receive an editor like within minutes of posting my...
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Lindsay Schraad Keeling
Feb 225 min read
The Art of Writing True Crime (and Why I Don’t Anymore)
The subject of true crime has skyrocketed in popularity over the past few decades. From TV shows to podcasts to books, the subject has...
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Simi Ramdutt
Feb 192 min read
Finding Help in Unexpected Places: The Experience of a Self-Published Author
The thought of publishing my first novel and becoming an indie author was simply daunting. For many months I was focused on finishing my...
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Bruce Buchanan
Feb 103 min read
How a Writing Community Can Up Your Writing Game
Writing often is a solitary pursuit, and there’s some truth in the notion of the writer-as-introvert. We spent plenty of time hunched...
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Shelby Reed
Feb 83 min read
Do You Really Want to Write a Villain?
Not everyone is cut out to write evil characters.
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Shelby Reed
Feb 23 min read
Unleashing Your Inner Confidence: Tips & Trick for Authors
As the author of a book, you on the other hand might be riddled with fear, self-doubt, and #anxiety as you sit back and wait.
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Shelby Reed
Jan 292 min read
The Ultimate Love Language: Food
#Food We love it. We cook it. We savor every delicious, warm, and comforting bite. Humans are obsessed with food, both in real life and...
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Shelby Reed
Jan 252 min read
The Art of Writing a Book Blurb
There often comes a point during the publishing process in which you will be asked to write a #BookBlurb. Now, don’t start panicking just...
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M.E. Shao
Jan 74 min read
An Ode to the Alphabet
An Ode to the Letter “A” A picture says a thousand words At least that’s what they say Although they can’t describe a thing As well as...
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Brittany McMunn
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Personal Writing Habits of a Novice Writer
Originally written in 2021 as I was trying to discover who I was as a writer I think as writers we spend the majority of our constructive...
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