writing

How a Newsletter Can Help You Succeed as an Author

Editor’s Note: See Jane Write publishes guest articles by writers who identify as women, non-binary folks, and our allies. Learn more here.

By: Delany Diamond

You need a newsletter.

You’ve probably seen that advice more times than you can count, but building a newsletter can be overwhelming. So, many authors dismiss the idea, choosing instead to focus on social media interactions with readers.

Unfortunately, that places you at the mercy of those platforms. That’s why you need a newsletter. It’s one of the greatest tools in your writerly tool shed.

I’m a firm believer that without my mailing list, I wouldn’t have an author career today. So first, I’ll explain why you need a list, give you advice on how to build a list of subscribers, and then suggest content for your newsletter.

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How to Write Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

We all know the feeling: You want to write. You plan to write. You even talk about writing. But when it’s time to sit down and get words on the page, suddenly everything feels harder than it should be. The inspiration is missing. The energy is low. The inner critic is loud.

But if you’re serious about your writing goals—whether you’re working on a book, blogging consistently, or growing a writing practice—you need strategies that help you write even when you don’t “feel like it.” That’s because writing consistently isn’t about waiting for inspiration. It’s about creating conditions that make inspiration more likely—and learning how to show up even when it doesn’t.

Here are some practical tips to help you stay inspired and push through on the days when inspiration is nowhere to be found.

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30 Writing Prompts for November

The See Jane Write November Writing Challenge begins today! We’re writing every day for 30 days. We’re doing this Choose Your Own Adventure style, and you can do one of the following:

Steady Scribbler: 200 words/day (last year’s pace)

Bold Builder: 300 words/day (the official pace)

Page Turner: 500 words/day (for the overachievers)

Joyful Journaler: Journal every day for 15 minutes.

You can learn more about the challenge and officially sign up HERE.

See Jane Write is a community for multi-passionate writers. So participants may be working on novels, short stories, essays, blog posts or journal entries. So our prompts for the challenge are two-word prompts meant to spark an idea that you can just run with in any way you’d like.

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My Mid-Year Mantras: Making the Most of the Rest of 2025

One of my favorite podcasters – Les Alfred of the She’s So Lucky podcast — recently released an episode during which she shared the Lucky Girl Commandments – a list of tips or words of wisdom to help us all create our own luck for the rest of the year and beyond. And of course, this inspired me to write some commandments of my own. I’m an Enneagram 1, which means I crave order. Rules don’t feel like restrictions to me. Instead, they’re the boundaries I need to keep from running myself off a cliff. (Side note: I also give myself permission to ditch any and all rules that don’t align with who I am and what I want. For example, you say every woman should be a mother. I say I’m quite content living my rich auntie life. But I digress.)

Because I know the word “commandments” can be triggering to some (#churchhurt), I’m calling these my mid-year mantras instead. Here are the rules I’m following to make the most of the rest of 2025.

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4 Easy Ways to Use Writing Prompts for Inspiration

Editor’s Note: See Jane Write publishes guest articles by writers who identify as women, non-binary folks, and our allies. Learn more here.

By: Savannah Cordova

Writing rarely comes easily. More often than not, you’re left swirling half-formed ideas in your mind, unsure of how to shape them into something meaningful. And then there are the days when you feel like you have absolutely nothing to say (which must mean your life is incredibly boring, right? Yikes!).

One way to break through that creative fog is to use writing prompts — specific questions or cues to steer your writing in a new direction. When used intentionally, prompts can surface long-forgotten memories, help you build a steady journaling habit, or even spark entire novels!

Whether you’re writing a blog or a book, these five strategies will show you how to turn a simple prompt into a reliable source of creativity.

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