Skip to content
Menu
About
Resource List
SUBSCRIBER LOGIN
Menu
Topics
Search Entire Site
The Key Book Publishing Paths: 2025–2026
Traditional Publishing
Browse all
Queries & Synopses
Book Proposals
Researching & Evaluating Publishers
Small and Independent Publishers
Literary Agents
Self-Publishing
Hybrid Publishing
Other Publishing Paths
Working with Editors
Marketing & Promotion
Author Platform
Browse all
Author Websites
Email Newsletters
Social Media
Creativity & Writing Life
Improve Your Writing
Browse all
Fiction Craft
Nonfiction Craft
Memoir Craft
Self-Editing & Revision
First Page Critiques
Publishing Industry Reporting
AI
Legal Issues
Books
Newsletters
Browse all
Subscribe to Electric Speed
Subscribe to The Bottom Line
Speaking
Online Classes
Paid Classes
Classes taught by Jane
Free Business Classes
Lesley Krueger
Lesley Krueger
writes a Substack newsletter called
Alive to the World
. It centres on research and writing tips, and subscriptions are free. Her latest novel is
Far Creek Road
from ECW Press.
Search
Tier
All
Free
Premium Content
Sort by
Default
Date (Oldest)
Date (Newest)
Please Allow Your Characters Moments of Happiness
When a story barrels from one conflict to the next, hitting pause for a well-placed glimmer of light can benefit ...
Read More
December 16, 2025
/
Free
,
Guest Post
,
Improve Your Writing
Edit Your Book As If It’s a Screenplay
A writer’s script-editing experience helped fix her novel’s problems with pacing, flat characters, and scenes that didn’t propel the story ...
Read More
November 25, 2025
/
Fiction Craft
,
Free
,
Guest Post
,
Self-Editing & Revision
Why I Won’t Chase the Post That Went Viral
After writing a viral post—about a topic she’s disinclined to dwell on—an author reflects on the worth of chasing that ...
Read More
August 19, 2025
/
Author Platform
,
Free
,
Guest Post