Publishing

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...

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...

How an Independent Midwestern Publisher Not Only Surviv...

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

The Missing Link in Memoir Character Development

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

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 ...

When You’re Able to Crowdsource Priceless Writing Advice

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

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

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

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...

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...

How Symbols Can Support Your Writing Life

Life speaks to us through symbols that help us learn, grow, heal, and create, if...

What to Ask Your Beta Readers

Giving your beta readers structure makes it easier for them, and helps ensure th...

The Double-Edged Sword of List Building Promotions

Third-party promoters who offer to pad your email subscriber list for a fee migh...

5 Reasons You Should Consider Writing Your Memoir in Pr...

Present tense is tough to execute and doesn’t suit every writer or every memoir,...

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