Jane Friedman

A Tiny Tomato a Day Keeps Writerly Woes at Bay

When life’s too busy for the pomodoro technique to help you get writing done, tr...

Too Intimidated (or Risk Averse) to Organize a Writing ...

How one book coach decided to make the leap from attending writing retreats to h...

Links of Interest: February 12, 2025

The latest in traditional publishing, bookselling, the children's market, audio,...

New literary publishing event for Southern writers, pub...

The Deep South Convening on the Future Success of American Writers will take pla...

New agent at Jane Rotrosen agency

Danielle Marshall was formerly editorial director at Lake Union Publishing (Amaz...

SXSW launches hybrid book publishing arm

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Why Your Revision Shouldn’t Start on Page One

Just as you wouldn’t paint a house under construction, you need to revise with a...

How Printing Innovations (and More) Created an Enduring...

An excerpt from Michael Castleman’s The Untold Story of Books details the origin...

How an Independent Midwestern Publisher Not Only Surviv...

Doug Seibold, the founder of Evanston-based Agate Publishing, is doing his part ...

It’s Not About the Research: How to Write for a General...

Academia lets writers get away with stringing together facts, but appealing to a...

Keep Your Novel Out of the Dreaded DNF—Did Not Finish—B...

As an author, what steps can you take to write a book that the vast majority of ...

The Missing Link in Memoir Character Development

Knowing your character’s worldview, carry-in, and carry-over issues will help yo...

When You’re Able to Crowdsource Priceless Writing Advice

In a search for external validation while drafting a memoir, one author found he...

Writing Lessons from Jane Austen: Story Questions and N...

As an early architect of the novel form, Austen’s use of a unifying thematic que...

The Compounding Value of Small Group Writing Retreats a...

A writing retreat attendee shares some of the unique benefits that intensive stu...

How Naming a Character Is Like Naming a Child

Choosing a name, either for a real human or a fictional one, involves a blend of...

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