Medium’s New Mandatory AI Narration is a Big No for Publishers — Fiction Attic Press regrets to inform our readers and writers that we are taking a break indefinitely from publishing stories on Medium and removing all previously published stories (you can still find them on our original website). We’re sad to say it, because Medium’s clean, minimalist design pairs well with…

The Art of “What Happens Next” in Any Genre — Suspense, simply stated, is the quality of the story that causes readers to wonder, “What happens next?” Whether you’re writing a literary novel or a genre novel or a novel that falls somewhere between the two (as most novels do), there’s no story without suspense. In this episode of The…

Give Up Two Things This Month, Add Two Things, & Keep Doing 2 Things — I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore. Too many years of making and breaking them has taught me that a hardline resolution just makes me feel like a failure a month or two into the new year. Instead, I choose two things/habits I’ll give up for the month of January…

Get Support & Accountability to Finish Your book — So you want to write a novel, but you don’t know how to begin. Maybe you tried writing a novel in the past but didn’t finish. Maybe you took writing classes in college or even completed an MFA, but you need guidance and inspiration to get to the next level. …

7 Great Books on Craft and the Writing Life — Every writer must be a reader first, and the best education you can get is by reading — not only in the genre you want to write, but also in other genres. Reading widely is essential. If you want to write literary fiction, reading crime novels can give you a…