Writing Community: Your Secret Publishing Advantage

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Subject: Writing Community: Your Secret Publishing Advantage

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Friday, Oct. 23, 2026

Hi Friend,

Writing to you from a Sweetgreen restaurant in a busy-ish downtown Oakland.

It's a drizzily day.

I have a happy belly, after eating lunch -- a scrumptious and healthy Brussels sprouts, kale, and chicken salad.

It's calming to take a break from the excited schmoozing of the World Fantasy convention, yapping about science fiction and fantasy stories and fantasy art.

I have a request: hit reply and say Hi!

And share your current setting or a story setting using sound, sight, smells, tastes, and feels -- all the senses.

Why?

Because:

1 -- I'd like to hear from you and what's it like in your world.

2 -- You can get some words in and practice your writing.

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Writing Community: Your Secret Publishing Advantage, How To Write the Future podcast, ep 227

This week on How To Write The Future podcast...

"I realized I had to accelerate the pace. And I’ve seen this in other mediums with other people in completely different domains. If you wanna get better at something, hit the publish button."

– Beth Barany

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In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, Writing Community: Your Secret Publishing Advantage, I share how joining a supportive writing community can help you:

advance from first draft to published novel,
build upon others' successes, and
discover your healthy motivator to keep writing.

There's some raw honesty as I reflect on the successes I've seen others achieve and how that motivated me to accelerate my own writing journey.

Hopefully, that will be refreshing to hear.

I also shares about our 12-month Edit Mastermind group and monthly Edit Lab membership.

So inquire with me if you want to know more.

Or read on for Edit Lab details and the bonus I have for you for a few more days.

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ABOUT EDIT LAB

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers,

Ready to do revisions?

Then join our Edit Lab for support and live feedback.

If your goal is to publish your novels, community is one of the best ways to improve.

You know I'm a fan of community for writers.

A writer I spoke with at the World Fantasy Con yesterday told me how he'd write and publish and never share his work with anyone ahead of time.

Now that he's realized that was a mistake, so he's actively searching out a writing community.

At Edit Lab, you join a community of like-minded writers, so bring your stuck scene or revision question, and leave knowing your next move.

Specifically for science fiction and fantasy writers who are preparing or ready to edit their novels.

Our next Edit Lab is:

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern.

Topic: Clarifying your story's location

Only $10/month.

Join Edit Your Future now.

"The lab is a fun and enlightening experience. I look forward to what you will come up with next! Cheers, Phyllis" - Phyllis

A SPOOKILY GOOD HALLOWEEN BONUS

Join by the end this month -- Halloween, Oct. 31, (by precisely 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST) -- and get a 30-minute coaching session and manuscript review of your 1st 5 pages by me -- an experienced writer's . ($225 value)

Logistics

Once you sign up, I'll send you a schedule link, so we can talk on Zoom.
You'll send me your 1st 5 pages in advance of our call, so I can give you notes on what's working, what I'd like to see more of, and areas to improve.

Join Edit Lab Today!

Sponsored by How To Write The Future podcast with Beth Barany.

"I wasn’t sure I would finish the work when I started, but once I began Beth’s program I was able to progress at a steady pace. [The] schedule helped keep me moving consistently forward in a supportive environment with no episodes of the dreaded block.” - P. Watson, fiction & nonfiction writer

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Join Edit Lab!

Happy Writing!

Best,

Beth

PS. Writers write and edit. You got this!

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Help me help more writers!

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Beth Barany
Creativity Coach for Writers

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How To Write The Future podcast with Beth Barany

Beth Barany is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy novelist, and certified creativity coach for writers.

For the last 20+ years, she's been working with writers of all kinds.

She specializes in helping sci-fi and fantasy publishing-oriented novelists experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their books to the delight of their readers.

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