Archive - The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

✨I’m Not Married to It: Knowing When to Commit to Your WIP. Plus, Meet Your Dream Agent; & Writing Out of Order✨

Also, how acting classes can make you a better writer... And there’s still time to sign up for CeCe’s upcoming Writing Tension Course with the exciting…

Sep 8

✨You’re a Writer, Damn It! Now Say It Louder for the People at the Back!✨

Plus, insight into the author/editor relationship...

Sep 4

Query Critiques August 2026

MC - Upmarket fiction

Sep 2

✨A Five Star Query Critique Inside! Plus, Five Ways to Publishing Success; & Meet Your Dream Agent!✨

Also, have you thought through the implications of giving your MC a child? And what do professional football and publishing a novel have in common?

Sep 1

August 2026

✨A Five Star Query Letter & A New Books With Hooks Format Featuring Acquiring Editors✨

Plus, learning to let go of ideas that no longer serve your story...

Aug 28

✨The Biggest Mistakes Authors Make in the Query Trenches; Meet Your Dream Agent; & How Writing Long Sentences Can Save Your WIP✨

Plus, are you fully harnessing the power of place? And can you turn overthinking into a distinctive writing voice?

Aug 25

✨The Modern Guide to Querying Literary Agents. Plus, Mapping Out Your Revisions✨

Also, we have three incredible author interviews this week!

Aug 21

✨Query Critiques Inside! Plus, Writing for Today's Audience; Not Giving Up; & Meeting Your Dream Agent✨

Also, what do birdhouses have to do with creative writing?

Aug 18

✨Fight Club on the Podcast; & Defying the Algorithm. Plus, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at How an Agent and Author Work Together✨

And how even difficult feedback can be a gift!

Aug 14

✨A Query Letter That Got 47 Full Requests; Three Good Reasons Not to Take Writing Advice; & Is Plot Really the Problem?✨

Plus, how authors can choose not to be on social media. And The Serious Writer's Essential Workbook!

Aug 11

Query Critiques July 2026

OA- Upmarket fiction

Aug 11

✨CeCe's Writing Tension Course Now Features The Acquisitions Pipeline! Plus, Healthy Writing Habits to Cultivate✨

Also, don't doubt that you're still a writer even during periods of creative silence...

Aug 7

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