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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All about tension and voice, a conversation with author Andrew Ridker. #writingtips #writingcommunity #novelist #podcast #substack Catch Ridker will be at this January's TBR Writing and Publishing Conference! 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/andrew-rid... www.tbr.boston

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Andrew Ridker: Does Changing Genre Require a Change in Voice?

Plus: long and short lines of tension

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The great & giving Peter Ho Davies talks about the care needed when using your loved ones in fiction. Listen in: 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/peter-ho-d... Find Peter & many more at the TBR Conference in January! #substack #podcast #writingadvice #authors #writingcommunity #writingconference #tbr

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Peter Ho Davies: Writing About Loved Ones

In nonfiction, fiction, and something in between

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Interested in getting some writing done in July? Need some scheduled time to force you to get it done? Join our daily morning writing sessions with inspirations and readings based on Bertino's latest novel, BEAUTYLAND. It's free. More info in the link. open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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Join Our July Writing Challenge

Featuring Prompts & Lessons from Marie-Helene Bertino's BEAUTYLAND

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This conversation has really stayed with me. It's the kind of experience that seems invaluable. Thank you Rosie Sultan and Barbara Best! #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingtips #podcast #substack Rosie Sulton & Barbara Best: Peer Coaching for Writers open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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Rosie Sulton & Barbara Best: Peer Coaching for Writers

The New Program Begins This Fall

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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) open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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...

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Janet Rich Edwards: The Language of Gender and Class

Edwards' debut, CANTICLE, will be released December 2nd

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

“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 open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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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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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...

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Roundtable: World Building for Other Worlds

with authors Julie Carrick Dalton, Juliet Faithful, Shalene Gupta, and Desmond Hall

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Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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...

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Esmond Harmsworth Memorial Reading

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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...

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Lisa Borders: Voice, Likability, and the Onerous Unreliable Narrator

Her latest, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, is out now

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/whitney-sc...

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Whitney Scharer & Sonya Larson on TBR: There's a New Writing Conference in Town!

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Sometimes you just need to start with a blank page—again. @writingcommunity @podcast @substack @writingtips GrubWriters Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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Lauren Aliza Green: When Rewriting Beats Revision

Her debut, THE WORLD AFTER ALICE, is out now

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A writer & bookseller shares his tips for both, as well as how bookstores remain important community centers & what they and publishers can do today to guard that role. #writingcommunity @portersqbooks.bsky.social @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/josh-cook-...

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Jyoti Chand tries a whole new form, but sticks to her use of humor in discussing mental health challenges & motherhood that followers of Mamajotes have come to count on. A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (& she’s got quite a social media following too) open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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Jyoti Chand: A Graphic Novelist Bounces Between Mediums (and she’s got quite a social media following too)

Chand, known online as Mamajotes, recently released her debut, FITTING INDIAN

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

@bethcastrodale.bsky.social is such a wonderful advocate for small press books. Check out her latest release. She's crossing genres with so much creativity, which is difficult to do in traditional publishing these days. #writingcommunity #writingtips #podcast #substack #authorshelpingauthors

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Beth Castrodale: 'Without Empathy, Horror Fails'

Her latest, THE INHABITANTS, is out now

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I talk to @libbybuckwrites.bsky.social about an exceptional way to think about our work and the work of other artists, the way it allows us to “join together in awe.” Take a listen. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #podcast #substack #writingtips open.substack.com/pub/7amnovel...

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Libby Buck: 'Joining Together in Awe' Or: How Art History Can Help Your Novel

Buck's debut, PORT ANNA, released in July

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I love this discussion about the different ways to outline or rejigger your structure after you’ve gotten the first draft done. @hessephillips.com @christinemurphyaut.bsky.social Desmond Hall & Patricia Park join. #writingcommunity #podcast #substack 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/roundtable...

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Roundtable: Reverse Outline? What Is It and Why Do It?

with authors Desmond Hall, Christine Murphy, Patricia Park, and Hesse Phillips

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

How does a writer change lanes after such a successful career? Listen to my discussion with the exceptional @novarensuma.bsky.social about how she discovered what truly matters in her writing life. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingadvice 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/nova-ren-s...

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Nova Ren Suma: Breaking Expectations to Recover Her Writing Dreams

Her latest, WAKE THE WILD CREATURES, is out now

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Wondering if any of your creative work matters? You'll want to check out my interview with Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of ART ABOVE EVERYTHING: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life. #writingcommunity 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/stephanie-...

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Stephanie Elizondo Griest: An Art Monk Finds Her People

Griest's latest is ART ABOVE EVERYTHING: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We're doing it. We're starting afresh on Tuesday. You know you want to do it too! All genres welcome! If you're a writer, this is your crew. 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/what-writi...

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What Writing Together Has Given Our 7am Crew

Join them in July!

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Need a writing jolt? Join us every weekend morning on zoom in July from 7-8:30am EST for a group write-a-thon (or whatever you want to call it). Come early, come late. Come on the days that you can, no problem. It's all free. More info: 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/write-with...

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Write With Us in July!

Join us every weekday morning and get something done this summer

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Michelle Hoover @michellehooverauth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

@zeecarlstrom.bsky.social Would you be interested in an interview for my podcast for writers? I loved your LitHub piece and would want to discuss your book as well (of course). My substack (and podcast) is smallish (2k reach) but mighty and has a great audience of listeners: 7amnovelist.substack.com

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The 7am Novelist | Michelle Hoover | Substack

Join award-winning novelist and writing teacher Michelle Hoover with tips and special guests for your morning writing wake up call, with a range of author interviews and writing challenges to help you...

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

Chart showing double the number of protests in 2025 than occurred during the same time period in 2017.

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