This month, Alicia, Janet, Lon and Marianne join JP for another book club, this time reading Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book’s lessons into their writing craft.

Question of the week: Have you ever written from the middle? If you haven't, what does the midpoint look like in your current work in progress? Share your answer here.

Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell

Editing Your Novel Structure: Tips, Tricks, and Checklists to Get You From Start to Finish by Bethany A. Tucker

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In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The High Priestess to guide their discussion. They talk about how they use the layering of secrets to write a better story.

Question of the week: What books use secrets really well to create depth in the story? What tips and tricks do you use? Share your answer here.

Writers for Ukraine 

Dark Matter

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Chime by Franny Billingsley

Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

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In this week's episode, JP and Crys continue their Author's Tarot Journey, this time using The Magician to guide their discussion. They talk about what tools and resources they use to determine the scenes and trials their characters need to reach their end goals.

Question of the week: How do you plan out the scenes that you need for your character's journey ahead of time? Share your answer here.

Verbalize by Damon Suede

The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi 

Mugging the Muse by Holly Lisle 

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In this week's episode, JP and Crys decide to try something new and guide their question using tarot, making this episode 0 in The Author's Tarot Journey: The Fool. They use this card to analyze how to introduce your story world without overwhelming their reader. 

Question of the week:  Do you have tips for introducing your story world? Share your answer here.

Building Better Descriptions Worksheet

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In this week's episode, Crys and JP rant about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and offer alternatives to use in character creation.

Question of the week:  How do you develop your characters in terms of wants and needs? Do you use any other methods that we may not have mentioned? Share your answer here.

Beyond Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Why Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Is Wrong

The Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow’s Hierarchy

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This month, Janet and Lon join JP and Crys for another book club, this time reading Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo. They discuss hot takes, useful advice, and how they will incorporate this book’s lessons into their author business and writing craft.

Question of the week: What were your hot takes from Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo? Share your answer here.

Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo 

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In this week's episode, JP and Crys discuss different ways to figure out the theme/armature of your book. 

Question of the week: Tell us about your themes! Share your answer here.

Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo 

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