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Do you immediately knock on wood whenever anything good happens? I know I do. Nothing makes me more paranoid than when I get positive news. I immediately assume there’s a catch, refuse to think about it at all because it’s too scary to hope, or assume if it really is that good, I’m about to be hit by a train. Basically, I totally ruin it for myself. I’ve had this tendency as long as I can remember, and I know a lot of writers have the same problem. But then I realized two things that changed the entire way I look at the world. 1. Life isn’t a movie. People look to stories to make sense of our lives, and we’ve been trained by every book and movie we’ve ever seen to expect that good will be IMMEDIATELY followed by... Read More

In honor of Pitch Wars this year, I wanted to do a quick round up of some of my favorite how-to blogs about writing. Most are written by me or my Pitch Wars co-mentor, Katie Golding, but there are also some links to blogs I have found helpful that were written by others. Feel free to browse whatever topics interest you! And if you didn’t find one on a topic you were hoping for, hit me up on Twitter at @michellehazen. As a book coach, I have an insane stockpile of writing related blog links that I have pre-screened for usefulness, so if you ask me for a certain topic, I might just have something!   How to Write a Query: http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2016/08/things-i-look-for-when-editing-query.html https://allthekissing.com/2018/01/key-components-romance-query-letter/?utm_content=buffera9aa4   How to Write a Synopsis: How To Write A 1-Page Synopsis   Katie’s Hilarious Punctuation Series:... Read More