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April 2026 Apr 3 Written by Shane McKnight View fullsize Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Subscribe for FREE April 2026Cover StoryClay Stafford talks with Don Bruns on “Editing, Momentum, and Keeping the Reader Hooked” > Craft ArticlesTHE QUIETNESS BENEATH THE STRIVING by Clay Stafford >Drop the Pen! What Every Writer Should Know About Real Police Work: The Bladed Stance: Why Do Cops Stand Like That? by David Lane Williams >THE FIRST MOMENTUM by Clay Stafford >This Crazy Writing Life: Four Million And Counting! Please, Somebody, Make It Stop! by Steven Womack >*NEW* ACCOUNTABILITY BEGINS WITH INTENTION by Clay Stafford >*NEW* Making History Relevant to Story without Slowing the Pace by Tori Eldridge >*NEW* Between Pen and Paper: Flaneuring Through a Writer’s Mind – The Manual of Becoming a Tree by Andi Kopek > View Previous Issues Shane McKnight