Publishing houses in New York The “Big Five” publishing houses in New York, or the “Sister Six” as they used to be known until Penguin
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Rather than listing out current calls for submissions—of which there are thousands, yes thousands!—I figured it would be really useful to provide a list of
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My writer imposter syndrome story When my nephew was old enough to help pick out Christmas gifts, he chose for me a blue writer’s journal.
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When querying literary agents, you need a killer query letter, manuscript or book proposal, and a strong stomach. But how many literary agents should you
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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
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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.
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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 in
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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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