45 Writing & Publishing Posts from The Caffeinated Writer
craft essays, submission opportunities, and inspiration
Thank you for reading The Caffeinated Writer. Here's an index to help you navigate the newsletter. It includes posts on the craft of fiction, publishing, and the business of writing, as well as personal posts on the writing life.
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Craft Posts:
How to Write a Novel: 10 Steps to Get You Started (top post in craft)
I Went to Costa Rica to Find the Heart of My Novel: On Research
Minimalism, Meaning, and a Red Wheelbarrow: How to Write Description in Fiction
Break Through Writer’s Block with a Narrative Experiment: 7 Story Structures to Try
When to Let Your Book Go: How to Stop Revising, Start Submitting, and Move on to Your Next Project
Writing a Short Story (video)
Publishing Posts
The Best Book Formatting Software for Independent Publishing
Five Fiction Writing Contests, Plus a Call for Novel Submissions (top post in Publishing)
Inspiration
Becoming a Writer Later in Life (top post from the archives)
A Hurricane, A Bad Man, and a Great Teacher: On Finding Your Reason to Write
Why Influence is Overrated: Finding Your Creative Focus in a Noisy World
Miscellaneous
In addition to The Caffeinated Writer, I maintain an author newsletter, My Fiction Obsession. There, I shared original serial fiction and flash fiction, plus more personal posts on writing, as well as fiction reading recommendations:
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As always, happy writing.




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A practical index for writers navigating both art and industry