You’ve done it: you’ve put in all the hard work it requires to get a literary agent to want to sign you. But what most …
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Photo credit: Sharona Jacobs For the next interview in our author interview series, I’m honored to interview the inimitable screenwriter and author Elizabeth Searle. From …
So you took the plunge, endured the emotional upheavals and tough criticism of your writing, and took on student loan debt you’ll be paying off …
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As the old adage goes: if you can’t write, read. There’s no such thing as an aspiring writer. If you write, you are a writer. …
If you’re serious about the business of writing, then you need an MFA in Creative Writing. Yes, I said it: you need an MFA, or …
Listen: we’ve all been coldly rejected by literary magazines. You work for weeks, months, maybe even years, to get a story, essay, or poem just …
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This is an extremely complex topic. Technically, your book isn’t a book until it is published. Therefore, rather than asking: is your book good enough …
I’m thrilled to kick off our Aspiring Author interview series with my wonderful MFA mentor: author Aaron Hamburger. I first met Aaron in the summer …
I’ve been working in digital marketing for many years, so obviously I’m going to tell you that you need an author website if you’re planning …
It’s proven a little tricky to find podcasts on publishing – not podcasts about the writing process, craft, or even book reviews, but the best …
