Morgan Hazelwood (she/her) is an unpublished fantasy novelist who loves sharing writing tips and writerly musings -- in person, on her blog, on her vlog, here... basically everywhere. She can't stop talking about writing and is eager to help, sharing tips as she learns them.
She likes taking pictures of the sky, reading a good book, and ambiverting from her living room. She's also a voice for the fairy-tale audio drama: Anansi Storytime and its sister podcast: Legendsmith.
She's also been known to procrati-clean her whole house and alphabetize other people's bookshelves.
Morgan Hazelwood has hosted 218 Episodes.
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Manuscripts Need Breathing Room
September 8th, 2025 | Season 9 | 5 mins 26 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
After you finish drafting a new manuscript, there are some good reasons (other than just fatigue) to let the manuscript just breathe. No. Really!
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Finding Your Authorial Voice
September 1st, 2025 | Season 9 | 11 mins 24 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
You always here how there are no new stories, just new storytellers. I'm sharing notes on how to make your authorial voice distinct!
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Antici...pation
August 25th, 2025 | Season 9 | 2 mins 7 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
How do you cope when waiting for news?
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Loglines Versus Queries
August 18th, 2025 | Season 9 | 3 mins 11 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, publishing, query, writers, writing, writing tips
The publishing industry uses a lot of terms, and none of them can quite agree on a definition. But, if you're trying to get published, you need to know the difference between a logline and a query letter.
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Why I'm Trying To Get Traditionally Published Instead of Going Indie
August 11th, 2025 | Season 9 | 9 mins
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
Why would someone want to be traditionally published instead of dodging the massive gatekeepers and leaning into the supportive Small Press and Indie communities?
(Of course, all this talk doesn't mean I'm not excited to work with small presses as well...)
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Season 9: Trailer
August 4th, 2025 | Season 9 | 46 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, trailer, writers, writing, writing tips
This season, I'll be sharing tips on editing, sending your work to agents, exploring tropes, and more.
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How To Save a Fizzled First Draft
June 30th, 2025 | Season 8 | 4 mins 53 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
I've got one almost quick tip to get yourself sorted when you've got a rough draft that just kinda fizzled out...
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Writing Rituals To Try When You Can't Get Started
June 23rd, 2025 | Season 8 | 6 mins 37 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writer's block, writers, writing, writing tips
Have you ever wanted to sit down and write, but your focus was shot and you just kept dithering instead? One shortcut many writers have found that works for them is the use of writing rituals.
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A Writer's Two Worlds
June 16th, 2025 | Season 8 | 7 mins 38 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
In the dream world, we'd sit in front of notebooks and words would flow to the pages, never needing edits or revisions, and nothing would ever interrupt us. Unfortunately, this is the real world. Here are tips on managing to get your writing in, and ways to support your writing. Here are tips, from seasoned authors, on how to balance your personal life with a writing career.
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5 Ways Stronger Verbs Can Improve Your Writing
June 9th, 2025 | Season 8 | 5 mins 23 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, grammar, stephen king, verbs, writers, writing, writing tips
Everyone talks about the importance of "strong verbs", and Stephen King is infamously quoted as recommending getting rid of your adverbs. So, let's do a quick grammar refresher and see exactly how to do this for your writing.
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Writing/Illustrating Comics
June 2nd, 2025 | Season 8 | 7 mins 1 sec
beta-reading, books, comic books, comics, critique, illustrator, writers, writing, writing tips
"Learn the ins and outs of what goes into creating a great comic book!" Or, at least, my notes from panelists talking about what they think makes a great comic book.
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Writing With Meisner
May 26th, 2025 | Season 8 | 4 mins 33 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, meisner, writers, writing, writing tips
Meisner is an acting method with the focus of staying in the moment and responding to present circumstances. By applying the basics of Meisner, authors can resolve or worsen the conflict, build deep characters, and avoid plot holes while staying dynamic, present, and responsive in their manuscript. While I usually don't usually write up workshops, I have to gush about the titular workshop with Ian Kirkpatrick at Imaginarium 2021.