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6 Ingredients Editors Are Looking For in Your Short Stories

6 Ingredients Editors Are Looking For in Your Short Stories

What do magazine editors want in your short stories? We asked a literary journal editor to find out!
Publishing Short Stories Tips
6 Ideas for Marketing Your Book on the Cheap

6 Ideas for Marketing Your Book on the Cheap

If your goal is also to sell books once they’re published, then you need to make time for marketing.
Marketing Publishing Tips
11 Short Story Forms to Expand Your Writing Practice

11 Short Story Forms to Expand Your Writing Practice

Has your writing become predictable? You can flex your creativity muscles with these short story forms. 

Author Short Stories Tips
4 Simple Writing Rules That Will Give You an Edge

4 Simple Writing Rules That Will Give You an Edge

This 4-step guide for every piece of writing will help you develop a writing routine and drive you towards writing success.
Author Editing Tips
Writing Historical Horror: Being a Servant to Two Masters

Writing Historical Horror: Being a Servant to Two Masters

You can never do too much research, but you CAN put too much of it into your story.
Author Historical Fiction Tips
A Realistic Guide to Indie Publishing

A Realistic Guide to Indie Publishing

Fasten your seatbelt and author Julee Balko will tell you why she decided to go with an independent publisher.
Author Publishing Tips
Writer Tips with Senior Literary Agent Jessica Reino

Writer Tips with Senior Literary Agent Jessica Reino

In this video we sat down with literary agent, author, and former editor/author coach Jessica Reino to ask our most burning writer questions.
Author Literary Agent Tips
Publishing: Traditional vs. Hybrid vs. Self

Publishing: Traditional vs. Hybrid vs. Self

You’ve finished your manuscript, done several rounds of editing, and sent it out to beta readers. Congratulations! What do you do next?

Author Publishing Tips
The Top 10 Tough-Love Writer’s Tips

The Top 10 Tough-Love Writer’s Tips

Author Lisa de Nikolits wants you to write your book, not manifest it. Here are her ten tough love tips for writers that she's learned after publishing ten novels in ten years.
Author Checklist Fiction Tips
6 Ways Being A Journalist Can Make You A Better Creative Writer

6 Ways Being A Journalist Can Make You A Better Creative Writer

Journalists & creative writers both witness change in the world, and invite us to think critically about how people navigate those joys & challenges.
Author Fiction Tips
5 Questions To Ask Before You Write Your Non-Fiction Book

5 Questions To Ask Before You Write Your Non-Fiction Book

Starting to write a non-fiction book? Make sure you've answered these five questions first. 

 

Author Checklist Nonfiction Tips
How To Pitch To Online Magazines

How To Pitch To Online Magazines

How can you gain more confidence to pitch to an online magazine and increase your chances of hearing back? Learn the do’s and don’ts of cold-pitching.

Magazines Nonfiction Pitching Tips