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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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), …
How Long Does it Take to Get an MFA in Creative Writing? Read More »