Michelle Hoover
@michellehooverauth.bsky.social
Mad traveler, liberal as get all, runner, yogi, author: THE QUICKENING & BOTTOMLAND @NEAArts Fellow @GrubWriters Novel Incubator head honcho. Bred in IA. Living in Boston. Wish I was in Cyprus again. Podcast & Community wrangler: 7amnovelist.substack.com
CANTICLE is such a beautiful rush of a novel. Take a listen to my interview with Janet & remember to join us on 12/3 when she'll be launching the book at @portersqbooks.bsky.social in BOSTON (@GrubStreet). #BookLaunch2025 #podcast #substack #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
Janet Rich Edwards: The Language of Gender and Class
Edwards' debut, CANTICLE, will be released December 2nd
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November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
CANTICLE is such a beautiful rush of a novel. Take a listen to my interview with Janet & remember to join us on 12/3 when she'll be launching the book at @portersqbooks.bsky.social in BOSTON (@GrubStreet). #BookLaunch2025 #podcast #substack #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
Please join me 11/20 for a memorial reading for Esmond Harmsworth, literary friend to many. We’ll be at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. Readers include Jedediah Berry, Lisa Borders, Christopher Castellani, Michelle Hoover, Emily Franklin, Milo Todd, & more. portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
Esmond Harmsworth Memorial Reading
The following writers will each read a selection of their work: Jedediah Berry, Lisa Borders, Gary Braver, Christopher Castellani, George Harrar, Michelle Hoover, Emily Franklin, Sarah Smith, Milo Todd, and Liza Tully.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Please join me 11/20 for a memorial reading for Esmond Harmsworth, literary friend to many. We’ll be at @portersqbooks.bsky.social. Readers include Jedediah Berry, Lisa Borders, Christopher Castellani, Michelle Hoover, Emily Franklin, Milo Todd, & more. portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life” —Simone Weil
From my interview with Nicole Graev Lipson—hust one of the many inspirations for her memoir-in-essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. #writingcommunity
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From my interview with Nicole Graev Lipson—hust one of the many inspirations for her memoir-in-essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. #writingcommunity
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Nicole Graev Lipson: Dealing with Her Literary Forebears
Her Memoir-in-Essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, is a USA Today Bestseller
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November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life” —Simone Weil
From my interview with Nicole Graev Lipson—hust one of the many inspirations for her memoir-in-essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. #writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
From my interview with Nicole Graev Lipson—hust one of the many inspirations for her memoir-in-essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. #writingcommunity
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Join us for more than fifty hours of group writing to make headway on your novel (or anything else!). #writingcommunity #writingtips #writingchallenge 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/missing-na...
Missing National Novel Writing Month?
We're running our own, through GrubStreet (and it's not just for novelists)
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October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Join us for more than fifty hours of group writing to make headway on your novel (or anything else!). #writingcommunity #writingtips #writingchallenge 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/missing-na...
How do you deal with settings unfamiliar to your reader, either real or imagined? We've got authors @juliecdalton.bsky.social Juliet Faithfull @shalenegupta.bsky.social & Desmond Hall with answers. #writingcommunityً #podcast #substack #worldbuilding
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Roundtable: World Building for Other Worlds
with authors Julie Carrick Dalton, Juliet Faithful, Shalene Gupta, and Desmond Hall
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October 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How do you deal with settings unfamiliar to your reader, either real or imagined? We've got authors @juliecdalton.bsky.social Juliet Faithfull @shalenegupta.bsky.social & Desmond Hall with answers. #writingcommunityً #podcast #substack #worldbuilding
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Reposted by Michelle Hoover
On November 20th I'll join Sarah Smith, @lisaborders.bsky.social, @todd-milo.bsky.social, @michellehooverauth.bsky.social, Emily Franklin, and others for a memorial reading in honor of Esmond Harmsworth at @portersqbooks.bsky.social.
You can RSVP here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
You can RSVP here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
Esmond Harmsworth Memorial Reading
portersquarebooks.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On November 20th I'll join Sarah Smith, @lisaborders.bsky.social, @todd-milo.bsky.social, @michellehooverauth.bsky.social, Emily Franklin, and others for a memorial reading in honor of Esmond Harmsworth at @portersqbooks.bsky.social.
You can RSVP here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
You can RSVP here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
Need a smartly funny book to get you through these cantankerous times? Check out LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO @lisaborders.bsky.social If you want to know how she handled her wildly unreliable narrator, take a listen #writingcommunity #podcast #unreliablenarrator 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/lisa-borde...
Lisa Borders: Voice, Likability, and the Onerous Unreliable Narrator
Her latest, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, is out now
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October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Need a smartly funny book to get you through these cantankerous times? Check out LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO @lisaborders.bsky.social If you want to know how she handled her wildly unreliable narrator, take a listen #writingcommunity #podcast #unreliablenarrator 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/lisa-borde...
Thanks to Whitney Scharer & Sonya Larson, the perfect conference team, for all their energy in organizing such a dynamic schedule of talks, workshops, agent & editor meetings, & parties. There's even an App! #writingcommunity #writingconference #bostonevents
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Whitney Scharer & Sonya Larson on TBR: There's a New Writing Conference in Town!
Register Now for the January 17 Event!
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October 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Thanks to Whitney Scharer & Sonya Larson, the perfect conference team, for all their energy in organizing such a dynamic schedule of talks, workshops, agent & editor meetings, & parties. There's even an App! #writingcommunity #writingconference #bostonevents
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/whitney-sc...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/whitney-sc...
Sometimes you just need to start with a blank page—again. @writingcommunity @podcast @substack @writingtips GrubWriters
Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision
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Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision
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Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision
Her debut, THE WORLD AFTER ALICE, is out now
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October 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Sometimes you just need to start with a blank page—again. @writingcommunity @podcast @substack @writingtips GrubWriters
Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision
open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision
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ROUNDTABLE: WORLD BUILDING FOR HISTORICAL FICTION with Rachel Barenbaum, Janet Rich Edwards, Allison Amend, and @hessephillips.com #writingcommunity #WritingTips #historicalfiction #worldbuilding #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
ROUNDTABLE: WORLD BUILDING FOR HISTORICAL FICTION
With authors Allison Amend, Rachel Barenbaum, Janet Rich Edwards, and Hesse Phillips
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September 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ROUNDTABLE: WORLD BUILDING FOR HISTORICAL FICTION with Rachel Barenbaum, Janet Rich Edwards, Allison Amend, and @hessephillips.com #writingcommunity #WritingTips #historicalfiction #worldbuilding #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
A writer & bookseller shares his tips for both, as well as how bookstores remain important community centers & what they and publishers can do today to guard that role. #writingcommunity @portersqbooks.bsky.social @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/josh-cook-...
7amnovelist.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A writer & bookseller shares his tips for both, as well as how bookstores remain important community centers & what they and publishers can do today to guard that role. #writingcommunity @portersqbooks.bsky.social @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/josh-cook-...
Jyoti Chand tries a whole new form, but sticks to her use of humor in discussing mental health challenges & motherhood that followers of Mamajotes have come to count on.
A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (& she’s got quite a social media following too)
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A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (& she’s got quite a social media following too)
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Jyoti Chand: A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (and she’s got quite a social media following too)
Chand, known online as Mamajotes, recently released her debut, FITTING INDIAN
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September 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Jyoti Chand tries a whole new form, but sticks to her use of humor in discussing mental health challenges & motherhood that followers of Mamajotes have come to count on.
A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (& she’s got quite a social media following too)
open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (& she’s got quite a social media following too)
open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
@zeecarlstrom.bsky.social practices a unique kind of brainstorming, bringing together disparate styles, genres, & ideas to make something new. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/zee-carlst...
Zee Carlstrom: The Business of Brainstorming
Carlstrom's debut novel, MAKE SURE YOU DIE SCREAMING, is out now
7amnovelist.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@zeecarlstrom.bsky.social practices a unique kind of brainstorming, bringing together disparate styles, genres, & ideas to make something new. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/zee-carlst...
How do you create interest in your story, both intellectual and emotional, from the 1st page? @nancycrochiere.bsky.social @christinemurphyaut.bsky.social @hessephillips.com & Janet Rich Edwards help us answer #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #writingtips 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Roundtable: Inviting the Reader Into Your Story
with authors Nancy Crochiere, Janet Rich Edwards, Christine Murphy, and Hesse Phillips
7amnovelist.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
How do you create interest in your story, both intellectual and emotional, from the 1st page? @nancycrochiere.bsky.social @christinemurphyaut.bsky.social @hessephillips.com & Janet Rich Edwards help us answer #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #writingtips 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
@bethcastrodale.bsky.social is such a wonderful advocate for small press books. Check out her latest release. She's crossing genres with so much creativity, which is difficult to do in traditional publishing these days. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors
Beth Castrodale: 'Without Empathy, Horror Fails'
Her latest, THE INHABITANTS, is out now
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August 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
@bethcastrodale.bsky.social is such a wonderful advocate for small press books. Check out her latest release. She's crossing genres with so much creativity, which is difficult to do in traditional publishing these days. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors
I talk to @libbybuckwrites.bsky.social about an exceptional way to think about our work and the work of other artists, the way it allows us to “join together in awe.” Take a listen. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack #writingtips
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Libby Buck: 'Joining Together in Awe' Or: How Art History Can Help Your Novel
Buck's debut, PORT ANNA, released in July
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August 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I talk to @libbybuckwrites.bsky.social about an exceptional way to think about our work and the work of other artists, the way it allows us to “join together in awe.” Take a listen. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack #writingtips
open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...
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I finally got a chance to talk to Matt Trinetti about the incredible community he’s created with the London Writers Salon! Learn what the salon is all about. #writingcommunity #authorssupportingauthors #writingtips #Podcast #substack 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/matt-trine...
Matt Trinetti: Co-Founder of the London Writers Salon
Today, we’ve got an incredible community organizer joining us, the co-founder of the London Writers Salon, Matt Trinetti, and he’s going to tell us all about it.
7amnovelist.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I finally got a chance to talk to Matt Trinetti about the incredible community he’s created with the London Writers Salon! Learn what the salon is all about. #writingcommunity #authorssupportingauthors #writingtips #Podcast #substack 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/matt-trine...
I love this discussion about the different ways to outline or rejigger your structure after you’ve gotten the first draft done. @hessephillips.com @christinemurphyaut.bsky.social Desmond Hall & Patricia Park join. #writingcommunity #podcast #substack
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Roundtable: Reverse Outline? What Is It and Why Do It?
with authors Desmond Hall, Christine Murphy, Patricia Park, and Hesse Phillips
7amnovelist.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I love this discussion about the different ways to outline or rejigger your structure after you’ve gotten the first draft done. @hessephillips.com @christinemurphyaut.bsky.social Desmond Hall & Patricia Park join. #writingcommunity #podcast #substack
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Karen Dukess: The Importance of Writing Groups, Retreats, and the Advice: "Just Keep Going"
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Karen Dukess: The Importance of Writing Groups, Retreats, and the Advice: "Just Keep Going"
Her USA Today Bestseller, WELCOME TO MURDER WEEK, is out now
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July 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Karen Dukess: The Importance of Writing Groups, Retreats, and the Advice: "Just Keep Going"
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How does a writer change lanes after such a successful career? Listen to my discussion with the exceptional @novarensuma.bsky.social about how she discovered what truly matters in her writing life. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingadvice 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/nova-ren-s...
Nova Ren Suma: Breaking Expectations to Recover Her Writing Dreams
Her latest, WAKE THE WILD CREATURES, is out now
7amnovelist.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
How does a writer change lanes after such a successful career? Listen to my discussion with the exceptional @novarensuma.bsky.social about how she discovered what truly matters in her writing life. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingadvice 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/nova-ren-s...
Wondering if any of your creative work matters? You'll want to check out my interview with Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of ART ABOVE EVERYTHING: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life. #writingcommunity 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/stephanie-...
Stephanie Elizondo Griest: An Art Monk Finds Her People
Griest's latest is ART ABOVE EVERYTHING: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life
7amnovelist.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wondering if any of your creative work matters? You'll want to check out my interview with Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of ART ABOVE EVERYTHING: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life. #writingcommunity 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/stephanie-...
I love this discussion about character development, going beyond the basics to the kind of tools and exercises that really work. @allisonamend.bsky.social @juliecdalton.bsky.social @andreameyer.bsky.social! #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #writingtips
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Roundtable: Going Beyond the Usual Character Development
with authors Allison Amend, Rachel Barenbaum, Julie Carrick Dalton, and Andrea Meyer
7amnovelist.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I love this discussion about character development, going beyond the basics to the kind of tools and exercises that really work. @allisonamend.bsky.social @juliecdalton.bsky.social @andreameyer.bsky.social! #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #writingtips
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Christine Pride: An Editor's First Solo Effort as a Writer Tests Her Chops
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Christine Pride: An Editor's First Solo Effort as a Writer Tests Her Chops
ALL THE MEN I'VE LOVED AGAIN releases July 8
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July 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Christine Pride: An Editor's First Solo Effort as a Writer Tests Her Chops
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We're doing it. We're starting afresh on Tuesday. You know you want to do it too! All genres welcome! If you're a writer, this is your crew. 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/what-writi...
What Writing Together Has Given Our 7am Crew
Join them in July!
7amnovelist.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We're doing it. We're starting afresh on Tuesday. You know you want to do it too! All genres welcome! If you're a writer, this is your crew. 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/what-writi...
