ALT What is #MondayBlogs? Created by author @RachelintheOC/@BadRedheadMedia, who wanted a way for writers/bloggers to grow our followings/visibility. Learn how to use this blog-sharing hashtag - see post https://badredheadmedia.com/2025/07/18/what-is-mondayblogs-and-how-can-writers-participate/ 💥NO book promo, y'all. Use a different hashtag.

ALT Want to connect with other writers & bloggers? Participate in #MondayBlogs | created by @RachelintheOC / @BadRedheadMedia https://buff.ly/vj37W51 10K-15K people participate. Weekly Blog Posts only No promo (books, products, or services) No motivational /inspirational quotes

ALT Last night I dreamt of you, after all these years, and you were lying in my arms... and it was like something out of a romance novel, only better because, at last, you were mine. In the Thin Places (a memoir, in poem) | by @DrAlexandriaSZ https://buff.ly/3OYJUFv #MondayBlogs

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ALT Do Traditional Publishers Market Your Book for You? Here’s the Truth | by @BadRedheadMedia https://geni.us/TradPublishers What publishers provide, what they don’t, and why authors still need their own marketing strategy. #MondayBlogs

ALT #MondayBlogs Why Writers Should Watch "Station Eleven:" Storytelling, World-Building, & the Star Trek Motto That Defines It | by @RachelintheOC / @BadRedheadMedia https://geni.us/StationElevenSubstack Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.

ALT 🔵 @AndrewDKauman: Can We Still See the Good? https://buff.ly/AmnCBED One of the hardest lessons I’m still learning is how to stay open when the truth turns out to be more painful—and more complicated—than we hoped. I didn’t learn that in a faculty workshop or from a book. I began learning it in a moment I didn’t expect: when one of my students spoke a truth I wasn’t ready for.

ALT Why Historical Fiction Matters: Time Travel Through the Pages The Enduring Appeal of Stories Set in the Past | @CHillbergAuthor https://camillahillberg.com/pdf/why-historical-fiction-article-by-camilla-hillberg.pdf Historical fiction occupies a unique space in literature: part creative storytelling, part time machine. #MondayBlogs

ALT Effective Outlining Techniques for Writers: Examples and Expert Resources | by Rachel Thompson @RachelintheOC aka @BadRedheadMedia https://badredheadmediallc.substack.com/p/5-effective-outlining-techniques If you’re new to writing, the outlining process can feel overwhelming. #MondayBlogs

ALT #MondayBlogs 🔵 The Risk That Saved Dostoyevsky: How Anna Dostoyevskaya’s quiet courage reclaimed her husband’s life’s work | @AndrewDKaufman https://ow.ly/yQSH50YwsP0 The most important risk in Dostoyevsky’s life wasn’t taken by him. A young stenographer named Anna stepped in to help him meet a brutal publishing deadline that could have cost him the rights to his own work. What followed was one of the most intense writing sprints in literary history. It changed the course of Dostoyevsky’s life. In 1873, 26-year-old Anna Dostoyevskaya faced a decision that could have either rescued her young family—or ruined it. I wrote about another risk Anna took after their marriage—and the moment when it almost cost them everything. 📕 Read more: https://ow.ly/yQSH50YwsP0 @bsgspeakers