In general, people spend a ridiculous amount of money around the holidays and the end of the year. Let’s take a little break from $$$$, and let me offer you some free resources, tools, and books to make your writing stronger, support your creative business, and let you relax.
1. If you aren’t asking your beta readers questions when you send them your manuscript, you are missing out on valuable information. Check out this article Six(Set of) Questions to Ask a Beta Reader
2. Beth Martin is offering you this short story – the pitch: “Jennifer wakes up to a shocking truth—she isn’t Jennifer.”
3. Here is a fun free Fantasy Name Generator site.
4. I am always offering this, but I know some writers are still not running their manuscript by this self-editing document before they send it out to betas and editors.
5. Masterclass in creativity in under 20 minutes: Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
6. Stop using the same images everyone else is using.
7. By now you know or suspect my mixed feelings about higher education (or traditional education in general). Here I teach you how to get the same education I got, but for far less money. And get where you want to go creatively - faster.
8. On the struggle bus when it comes to titles? Check out this Book Title Generator.
9. Melisa Peterson Lewis offers this short story on aging.
10. Hustling hard to get your author brand out there? Free book promo sites.
11. When you pay me to help you generate a list of agents for querying, where is one of my favorite resources to use.
12. You can grab Aria by Arielle Sieling for a free read.
13. Find homes for your stories or funding for your practice.
14. Need help finding your writing peers. CP Meet Cute is here for you.
15. Can’t get enough dystopian lit? Check out the first book in The Southron Chronicles.
16. You can read A Low Diving Bird free on Kindle unlimited. Historical fiction set at the end of the American Civil War.
17. Need help managing your (fictional) world?
18. Start your newsletter today. You won’t find another newsletter host this good for free. (Ignore the “free 14 day trial” lingo at the top of the page – select the free plan, not the advanced plan, which the free 14 day trial is connected to).
19. Want to listen to audiobooks for free but not through Spotify or your library (why don’t you want to support your local library???)
20. Rosa Linda Roman’s thriller series is available free on kindle unlimited. Get hooked.
If these letters have been useful this year—if they’ve pushed your writing or made it easier to keep putting your work into the world—there’s more of that inside The Private Drafts. Take 20% off until the end of the year. It’s a good time to commit if you want to go deeper and invest in the writing life you're already building. You can go back and read all the Private Drafts you missed to maximize your value and to just straight up learn shit you may not have learned before about this thing called a creative life. Are you ready?
Here is to a happy, healthy, fun, and creative NEW YEAR!
How do I get on this list next year?
You might be wondering, I have a freebie to share, how can I get on this list next year? Creative friend, you just need to start writing me back and keep me in the know of what you are up to!
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