What is a Good Book Publishing Deal?
Getting a good book publishing deal can seem like a unicorn. Yes, you’ve made it over the hurdle of finding a literary agent, and your …
The Best Boutique Literary Agencies
Literary agencies come in three stripes: large, medium, and small (or boutique). That’s right: boutique is just a fancy word for small. Boutique literary agencies …
101 Character Writing Prompts
In order to sell a book and get it published, you need to create a product, which, for most of us here at Aspiring Author, …
Top 10 Summer Writing Conferences with Funding
Writing conferences are a lot like writing residencies, except for the fact that they tend to run for a far shorter time period than a …
How to Break Up With Your Literary Agent
There is so much written about how to attract and sign with a literary agent, but when it comes to advice on how to break …
Interview with Author Eileen Pollack
When my mentor Aaron Hamburger recommended that I reach out to author Eileen Pollack for an interview on Aspiring Author, I didn’t hesitate. Not only …
What Really Happens When Your Book Goes On Submission to Publishers
You’ll notice this posted under the Publishers topic rather than the Submissions topic. That’s because going out “On Submission to Publishers” is such a different …
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How Important are Kirkus Reviews?
Kirkus Reviews is a publisher that has become synonymous with the gold standard of book review. But, in spite of its name, it doesn’t just …
Should You Go with an Indie Publisher?
Publishers can broadly be divided into two categories: traditional publishers (i.e. the Big Five publishing houses in New York) and indie publishers. Indie publishing is …
How Long Does it Take to Get an MFA in Creative Writing?
An MFA, or Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, is the terminal degree in writing that can be taken under Fiction, Creative Nonfiction (CNF), …
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