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Maureen Crisp
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@craicer Writer Teacher Geek. I write a weekly roundup of publishing news writing craft tips and book marketing links. (17 years and counting...) www.maureencrisp.com
My kids books are at www.maureencrispbooks.com
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Maureen Crisp @craicer.bsky.social · 22h
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
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Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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3 Established Agents Actively Seeking Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Kidlit, Memoirs, Fantasy & more. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #querytip #amquerying #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2019/07/4-ne...
3 Established Agents Actively Seeking Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Kidlit, Memoirs, Fantasy & more
Updated 10/26/25 Here are three established agents actively building their client lists. Joseph Perry is actively acquiring nonfiction and...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Where to Find Royalty-Free Photos You Can Actually Trust | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/RoyaltyFreePhotos

"The best free (and paid) image sites for authors, marketers, and creatives, and what to do if you receive a takedown notice."

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November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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💥🎧 How to Sell and Market Your #Audiobook: Tips for Authors Ready to Be Heard | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/MarketAudiobooks

If you've produced an audiobook, you're not done when the last word is recorded. Now your marketing journey begins.

#MondayBlogs
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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3rd large #kidlit publisher, that I'm aware of, after Candlewick and Scholastic, to "restructure," not layoff...
pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 4d
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Overhauls Editorial Structure buff.ly/hAD0jyd
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Day 6 of #FantasyIndiesNovember

I can only list what works for me as writing tools: Scrivener for first drafts, Word for edits. Thesaurus for brain fog, One Note for research notes. External hard drive for copious backups of manuscripts.

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List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for November. Today's is: Helpful writing tools Hosts: @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social and @lvrussell.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #Bookmarketing links is now up for free on Substack. (If you want the roundup in your inbox every week you can subscribe here.)
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Standing Out
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Standing Out
buff.ly/9oXZiIt
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
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November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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30 days 30 facts about my MC, day 14
@alexluco.bsky.social

Skylar would probably go for either a live show or a hike in the… hiking grounds, I guess. Wherever you hike on a space station.

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30 days, 30 facts about my MC for writers @alex_luco 1. Where are they from? 2. Their MBTI 3. Your favorite punch one-liner they've said! 4. How old are they when your story starts? 5. Did you make them up for this story or have they been a part of you for longer? 6. Special skills & abilities 7. Their guilty pleasure 8. Their enneagram 9. Who matters most to them? 10. No-context snippet of a moment that broke them 11. Three adjectives to describe them 12. Do they have a romantic interest? 13. What do they seek to change about the world they live in? 14. Where's the first place they'd want to go on vacation after the conflict ends? 15. What real life music do you think they'd vibe with most? 16. What do they typically wear? 17. Show me a no-context snippet of a moment they were happy 18. Free day – you choose the topic! 19. Your MC meets you at a cafe or a bar. What's in their cup? 20. What do you hope readers learn from your MC's journey? 21. Do they belong to a group that's disadvantaged in their setting? If so, how does it affect their daily life? 22. Be honest – are they a self-insert? 23. What other book or series would you love to drop them into and see what happens? 24. What 3 items are they never leaving home without? 25. Do you wish you could meet them in real life? 26. Why are they the MC and not someone else? 27. What song is the soundtrack to your favorite scene involving your MC? 28. Optional day – share a mood board you've made based on them! 29. Do you plan to include them in any future books or series? 30. What have you learned about them through doing this challenge?
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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There is something truly magical, wonderful, and awe-inspiring in watching the characters and story you create come to life on the page and in your writing. - Wrtr #AmWriting Keep Writing. #Author #Writing #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky
Writing a book is like following a path that only reveals itself to you as you walk it. - Matt Myklusch - Writing. ~ Background shows a photo of a forest path, lit up at the end with a bright light, the light causing it to look like a painting.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Read this and wrap your head around the way white institutions so often want marginalized people to present their stories in weak, hyper-personalized, depoliticized ways.
hebagowayed.bsky.social Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 7d
I am so upset.

Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
hebagowayed.bsky.social Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 9d
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.
cristianvlad.bsky.social Cristian Vlad @cristianvlad.bsky.social · 6d
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
craicer.bsky.social
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #Writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Finishing To Start Again
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Finishing To Start Again
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM