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
Loved having Elizabeth Searle on the show. Listen in for ideas and writing exercises to move your manuscript forward. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #scriptwriting #podcast #Substack #writingtips
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Elizabeth Searle: Reverse Engineering for the Script Curious
Her latest, THE DRAMA ROOM, was released this fall
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February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Loved having Elizabeth Searle on the show. Listen in for ideas and writing exercises to move your manuscript forward. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #scriptwriting #podcast #Substack #writingtips
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I never thought this way about revision. @sherijoseph.bsky.social nails it! #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack
Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision
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Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision
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Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision
Her latest, ANGELS AT THE GATE, was released in September
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February 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I never thought this way about revision. @sherijoseph.bsky.social nails it! #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack
Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision
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Sheri Joseph: The Life-Artifice Spectrum for Revision
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For the novel you can’t stop thinking about. The In-Person Novel Incubator at GrubStreet offers rigorous revision, craft deep-dives, and a true writing community who will read your full manuscript and show up for it.
Deadline: February 18, 2026 ✨ tinyurl.com/mfa89ke5 GrubWriters #writingcommunity
Deadline: February 18, 2026 ✨ tinyurl.com/mfa89ke5 GrubWriters #writingcommunity
February 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
For the novel you can’t stop thinking about. The In-Person Novel Incubator at GrubStreet offers rigorous revision, craft deep-dives, and a true writing community who will read your full manuscript and show up for it.
Deadline: February 18, 2026 ✨ tinyurl.com/mfa89ke5 GrubWriters #writingcommunity
Deadline: February 18, 2026 ✨ tinyurl.com/mfa89ke5 GrubWriters #writingcommunity
One of my favorite interviews so far (and we all need some slowness these days). #writingcommunity #writingtips #slowliving #authorssupportingauthors #podcast #substack
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Peter Orner: Saying Something Slowly
Writing his latest, THE GOSSIP COLUMNIST'S DAUGHTER, took fourteen years
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January 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
One of my favorite interviews so far (and we all need some slowness these days). #writingcommunity #writingtips #slowliving #authorssupportingauthors #podcast #substack
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Authors AshleyDavidson, Wren James, @timweedwriter.bsky.social, Kate Woodworth, & Emma Pattee join the 7am Novelist for an important conversation that taught me a great deal. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #climatechange #climatefiction
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Roundtable: Can Climate Fiction Move the Needle?
with authors Ash Davidson, Wren James, Tim Weed, Kate Woodworth, and Emma Pattee
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January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Authors AshleyDavidson, Wren James, @timweedwriter.bsky.social, Kate Woodworth, & Emma Pattee join the 7am Novelist for an important conversation that taught me a great deal. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #climatechange #climatefiction
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7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...
Now in its 15th year, our in-person Novel Incubator program has 50+ book contracts under its belt. Deadline is February 18. Next info session, January 20: grubstreet.org/event/novel-...
Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program
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Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program
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Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program
Application Deadline February 18 for our 2026/2027 Year
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January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Now in its 15th year, our in-person Novel Incubator program has 50+ book contracts under its belt. Deadline is February 18. Next info session, January 20: grubstreet.org/event/novel-...
Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program
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Alumni Testimonials from the In-Person GrubStreet Novel Incubator Program
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Loved this conversation with Josh Barkan about how the passage of time will improve your memoir no matter what. (And it might give you your ending as well, as long as you're patient enough). #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingtips #podcast #memoir
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Josh Barkan: Writing a Memoir Before You Know Its Ending
Ten years later, he revised WONDER TRAVELS for publication
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January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Loved this conversation with Josh Barkan about how the passage of time will improve your memoir no matter what. (And it might give you your ending as well, as long as you're patient enough). #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingtips #podcast #memoir
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I talk with Milo Todd to celebrate, THE LILAC PEOPLE. This novel has gotten a lot of attention for its moving story & its truths about how LGTBQ+ persons were imprisoned, murdered, & erased during the Holocaust #lgtbqia #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #podcast
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Milo Todd: Writing Challenging Fiction in a Flattening Culture
Todd's debut, THE LILAC PEOPLE, was released in May
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December 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I talk with Milo Todd to celebrate, THE LILAC PEOPLE. This novel has gotten a lot of attention for its moving story & its truths about how LGTBQ+ persons were imprisoned, murdered, & erased during the Holocaust #lgtbqia #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #podcast
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One of my favorite novels of the year. And I loved talking to Jessica Francis Kane about it. #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #penelopefitzgerald #saltillocoahuilamexico #writingtips
Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)
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Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)
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Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)
Kane's FONSECA was released in August
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December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
One of my favorite novels of the year. And I loved talking to Jessica Francis Kane about it. #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #penelopefitzgerald #saltillocoahuilamexico #writingtips
Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)
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Jessica Francis Kane: Leaning into Your Obsessions (& Your Obstacles Too)
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Curious about Grub's Novel Incubator? Now in its 15th year with 50+ published books
12/10: grubstreet.org/event/novel-...
"In no other writing program will you have 10 dedicated novelists read your complete manuscript (twice!) & work with you to make it the best book possible." - Stephanie Gayle
12/10: grubstreet.org/event/novel-...
"In no other writing program will you have 10 dedicated novelists read your complete manuscript (twice!) & work with you to make it the best book possible." - Stephanie Gayle
GrubStreet | Novel Incubator Info Session
The nation's leading and largest center for creative writing for over 25 years, GrubStreet offers classes and events for writers from all stages and…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Curious about Grub's Novel Incubator? Now in its 15th year with 50+ published books
12/10: grubstreet.org/event/novel-...
"In no other writing program will you have 10 dedicated novelists read your complete manuscript (twice!) & work with you to make it the best book possible." - Stephanie Gayle
12/10: grubstreet.org/event/novel-...
"In no other writing program will you have 10 dedicated novelists read your complete manuscript (twice!) & work with you to make it the best book possible." - Stephanie Gayle
Do you consider yourself an intuitive writer? Does the writing of a mystery or thriller require you to change your ways? Check out my latest interview with author Emily Ross her newest novel: SWALLOWTAIL.#writingcommunity
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Emily Ross: The Chicken or the Egg of Character and Plotting
Her latest thriller, SWALLOWTAIL, releases this month
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December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Do you consider yourself an intuitive writer? Does the writing of a mystery or thriller require you to change your ways? Check out my latest interview with author Emily Ross her newest novel: SWALLOWTAIL.#writingcommunity
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A wonderful discussion about the use of VOICE: What is it? How does a writer create it? Thanks to our authors: Stacy Mattingly, Andrea Meyer, @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social & Juliet Faithfull. #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack
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Roundtable: The Knotty Question of Voice
with authors Juliet Faithfull, Stacy Mattingly, Andrea Meyer, and Emily Ross
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November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A wonderful discussion about the use of VOICE: What is it? How does a writer create it? Thanks to our authors: Stacy Mattingly, Andrea Meyer, @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social & Juliet Faithfull. #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack
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For those of you who knew Charles. I had a recording of him reading his work from Fall 2024 and thought people would like to hear it.
Some Words from the Late Charles Coe
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Some Words from the Late Charles Coe
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Some Words from the Late Charles Coe
from a recording of the poet & advocate in Fall 2024
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
For those of you who knew Charles. I had a recording of him reading his work from Fall 2024 and thought people would like to hear it.
Some Words from the Late Charles Coe
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Some Words from the Late Charles Coe
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Need marketing help? Want to feel more a part of your writing community? @jessicaakentwriter.bsky.social has the answers you need! #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #BookMarketing 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/jessica-ke...
Jessica Kent: A Great Literary Citizen on Finding Community
She's also the founder of the website: Literary Boston
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November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Need marketing help? Want to feel more a part of your writing community? @jessicaakentwriter.bsky.social has the answers you need! #writingcommunity #podcast #substack #BookMarketing 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/jessica-ke...
So excited to see the cover of SWALLOWTAIL, the newest thriller by @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social at the top of @crimereads.bsky.social new list of books to watch this week! Go Emily. It's a phenomenal book! #thrillerbooks
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Gilly MacMillan, The Burning Library (William Morrow) “Macmillan’s…compelling blend of academic intrigue, histo…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So excited to see the cover of SWALLOWTAIL, the newest thriller by @emilyrosswrites.bsky.social at the top of @crimereads.bsky.social new list of books to watch this week! Go Emily. It's a phenomenal book! #thrillerbooks
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...