Authors Anna Mercier and Lyssa Mia Smith fight to keep the joy in writing through weekly explorations of the one thing writers can control: their craft.
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Plot Twists and Suspense
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Facing our fear of red herrings
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Six tricks to misdirect your readers
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Fact check and resources
1. Facing our fear of red herrings
Hello, Team Curiosity! Today, we face our fears and confront our craft weaknesses. Th...
Making Your Readers Mad (in the Best way)
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The moment you’ve all been waiting for….
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The three layers of moral outrage
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Six steps to create moral outrage
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Fact check and resources
1. The moment you’ve all been waiting for…
We meet again, fellow craft ner...
Unlocking the Power of Subtext
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Heyyy Duuuude
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What Does Subtext Reveal?
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Techniques for Using Subtext
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Fact Check
1. Heyyyy Duuuude
Welcome back, Team Curiosity! We’re sorry we didn’t release an episode last week, breaking our spring streak....
Monthly Round Up: Craft Questions
Monthly Round Up: Craft Questions
Hi Team Curiosity, and welcome to the first installment of our new monthly (quarterly? bi-monthly?) round-up of listener questions.
Over the last (almost) three years, y’all have written to us about...
Your Story is Missing a Spine
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Hello from Spring Break☀️
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Your Story is Missing a Spine 🩻
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Applying Jill’s Theory to an Example ♞
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Fact Check 🎶
1. Hello from Spring Break ☀️
Hello from the past! It is spring break in NY, which means Lyssa is...
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Authors
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Authors Anna Mercier and Lyssa Mia Smith fight to keep the joy in writing through weekly explorations of the one thing writers can control: their craft.
Critically-acclaimed trad pub author of dystopian swoons and middle grade hijinks. New chapters of my Anti-GenAI Dystopian Romantasy published each week.
Author of the romantic and the fantastical, including Gilded in Vengeance and Revelle. Cohost of @TurningtoStory.
I'm a YA author YA fantasy romance ALL WE HUNGER FOR (Spring 2026) and co-host of the writing podcast @turningtostory podcast!
\ud83d\udc95 author of HEART CHECK (out now!!) \ud83d\udc95 small town, slowburn sports romance \ud83d\udc95 overloading TBRs, filling margins, & loudly cheering you on
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