How to Edit Your Query Letter
It can be tempting to add everything under the sun to your query letter. You’re passionate about your manuscript-novel-someday-book. You want to share that passion […]
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Interview with Author Courtney Maum
Author Courtney Maum is a publishing business boss. Quite possibly, she is the publishing business boss. I admit to being a huge admirer of her
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11 Best Writing Desks for Aspiring Authors
Writing desks are where we, as aspiring authors, spend the majority of our time slaving over our manuscripts, perfecting our characters, scenes, and plots. We’ve
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Unique and Inspiring International Writing Residencies
Here in Part II of our Writing Residency Series, we have curated, by country, 21 unique and inspiring international writing residencies (refer to Part I
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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