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Should MFA Programs Teach the Business of Writing?
Should MFA Programs Teach the Business of Writing?
Here are the most common arguments against teaching the business of writing in an MFA program—and why such arguments are ...
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AWP 2018: Tips on the Business of Writing and Publishing
AWP 2018: Tips on the Business of Writing and Publishing
For AWP 2018, I hired a team of writers to help me cover business-related sessions, as part of the launch ...
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A Simple Tip to Feel More Empowered in the Business of Writing
A pen resting on a blank journal page.
You can find depths of meaning in the shared language and goals you've developed with the writers around you ...
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Grow Your Writing Business by Stepping Away From Your Computer
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Why one freelancer believes that spending too much time at a computer holds writers back from producing their best work ...
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Diversify Your Writing Income: Build a Resilient Business Model for Your Career
Diversity Your Writing Income
This class is now over and is unavailable for purchase. Sign up to receive announcements about upcoming classes. Learn how ...
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Copywriting 101: How to Earn Money By Writing for Businesses
Copywriting 101: How to Earn Money By Writing for Businesses
Writing for businesses is a way for skilled writers to earn a good, dependable income. Someone is responsible for writing ...
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Balancing the Art of Writing with the Business of Publishing
Indie Author Fringe
Watch my 30-minute talk on how to bring together the art and business sides of your career in a way ...
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Writing Middle Grade Fiction Today with Mary Kole
Writing Middle Grade Fiction Today with Mary Kole. $25 class. Wednesday, June 28, 2023. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Writing Middle Grade Fiction Today Learn what it takes to break into the middle-grade market Register now INSTRUCTOR ...
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Why Beta Readers Lead You to Getting Paid for Your Writing
Image: a man wearing business attire holds forth a business card printed with just the word "Writer."
Building up courage to own your identity as a writer starts when you realize you need to ask someone for ...
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Ask the Editor: How Can I Avoid Lawsuits When Writing Memoir?
Miniature gold-plated scales of justice sit on an office desk in front of a man wearing a business suit.
Even lesser-known authors can experience legal issues if they don’t perform their due diligence while writing and revising their books ...
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Writing About Native Americans: 7 Questions Answered
A Native American man wearing street clothes sits astride a horse atop a bluff overlooking the landscape of Oljato Monument Valley in Arizona. On a road below, two vans and a car drive along a winding road.
A Choctaw author offers tips on researching and connecting with First Americans in order to write respectfully and without stereotypes ...
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Writing Young Adult Fiction Today with Mary Kole
Writing Young Adult Fiction Today with Mary Kole. $25 class. Thursday, April 13, 2023. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Writing Young Adult Fiction Today Learn what it takes to break into the YA market Registration is closed ...
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The Business Skill I Wish I Could Grant to All Writers
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Writers often view themselves as without power, but you can’t wait for permission or the “right time” to negotiate a ...
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Writing the Taboo in Memoir with Katie Bannon
Writing the Taboo in Memoir with Katie Bannon. $25 class. Thursday, March 30, 2023. 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Writing the Taboo in Memoir 5 techniques to help you delve into messy truths Registration is closed INSTRUCTOR ...
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Writing Memoir Without Fear with Allison K Williams
Writing Memoir Without Fear with Allison K Williams. $25 class. Monday, February 27, 2023. 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Writing Memoir Without Fear Avoiding Legal Issues, Trauma, and Your Mom’s Hurt Feelings Registration is closed INSTRUCTOR Allison ...
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Get Your Writing Life Organized with Paulette Perchach
Get Your Writing Life Organized with Paulette Perhach. $25 class. Tuesday, January 10, 2023. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Get Your Writing Life Organized Enjoy the peace and professionalism of setting up a structure to keep you ...
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Writing Through the Impossible
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When we’re dealt life-altering circumstances, how do we stay true to creative ambitions while finding a whole new way of ...
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Short Story Writing for Publication with Elizabeth Sims
Short Story Writing for Publication with Elizabeth Sims. $25 class. Wednesday, November 16, 2022. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Short Story Writing for Publication Master the essential elements of short story construction Registration is closed INSTRUCTOR Elizabeth ...
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Business and Creativity Go Hand in Hand: Q&A with Kern Carter
Photo of Kern Carter, with a quotation: Studying the industry gave me an understanding of what it would take to make my manuscript a commercial success. And I know some authors might be cringing at the word “commercial,” but I didn’t sacrifice an ounce of creativity when writing Boys and Girls Screaming. In fact, it’s probably my most creative novel and the story where I had to use my imagination the most.
The Toronto-based novelist discusses his journey from self- to traditional publishing, marketing, the art and business of writing, and more ...
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Writing Memoir for Young Adult and Middle Grade with Allison K Williams
Writing Memoir for Young Adult and Middle Grade with Allison K Williams. $25 class. Wednesday, March 9, 2022. 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Writing Memoir for Young Adult and Middle Grade Learn where to situate your work in today’s children’s market—not ...
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Writing About Trauma with Lisa Cooper Ellison
Writing about Trauma with Lisa Cooper Ellison. $25 class. Thursday, February 24, 2022. 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Eastern.
ONLINE CLASS Writing About Trauma How to P.A.C.E. Yourself Registration is closed INSTRUCTOR Lisa Cooper Ellison DATE Live on Feb ...
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The Business Clinic
The Business Clinic
The Business Clinic is a series of free online sessions hosted by Jane. Each clinic will tackle a thorny business ...
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Business Bootcamps for Writers: Join Me Next Week!
Business Bootcamps for Writers: Join Me Next Week!
Next week, I am delighted to be moderating two panels in partnership with The Authors Guild Foundation on paths to ...
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Your Writing Matters. A Coach Can Help.
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Just as coaches help athletes, writing coaches can help authors be more productive, proficient, and proud of what they accomplish ...
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Build Your Developmental Editing Business
Build Your Developmental Editing Business with Allison K Williams. $199 class, in three sessions. Wednesdays, October 20 and 27, and November 3, 2021. 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern.
This class is now over. See what classes are currently open for registration. Starting, establishing, and flourishing as an editorial freelancer ...
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Writing From the Spinster’s Perspective: Q&A with Donna Ward
Donna Ward
Donna Ward is an Australian writer whose first book, She I Dare Not Name, has just been published in the ...
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Building Your Writing Support Triangle
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The key to an author’s emotional wellbeing and continued productivity is creating a support system, and knowing which part to ...
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Harness the Power of Daily Writing
Harness the Power of Daily Writing with Eric Maisel
Sorry, this class has been canceled. Everything you need to know to create and maintain a daily writing practice that ...
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I Spent Nearly Two Decades Writing and Editing My Book. It Finally Found a Publisher.
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Perseverance isn’t just about finding the right agent or publisher—it’s also about refining your work into the best version of ...
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Writing and Publishing Horror: Q&A with Todd Keisling
Writing and Publishing Horror: Q&A with Todd Keisling
The horror author shares what scares him, the authors who taught him the most about the genre, crowdfunding, trigger warnings, ...
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Writing, Pitching & Promoting in the Age of the Coronavirus
Stefanie Sanchez von Borstel and Leslie Zampetti
In this Q&A, agents Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel and Leslie Zampetti tackle the complications of authorship and literary citizenship in ...
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Join Me for Sunday Business Sermons (Free)
Sunday Business Sermons
A series of informal talks about the business of writing, publishing, and making a living predominantly online. 3pm Eastern via ...
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Sunday Business Sermons
Sunday Business Sermons
Join me on occasional Sunday afternoons for off-the-cuff and free conversations about the business of writing, publishing, and freelancing (and ...
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Developing a Writing Practice, Part 5: Neurohacks
Developing a Writing Practice Pt. 5 Neurohacks
In some ways, the idea behind neurohacks is simple: Fake it till you make it. Or, fake it until it ...
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How to Establish a Long-Term Writing Career: Insight From Two Literary Agents
Sarah LaPolla Kim Lionetti Establishing Long Term Writing Career
For some authors, a single book deal is validation enough. For others, it's the beginning of a lifelong journey through ...
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Beyond Good Writing: Two Literary Agents Discuss What Matters Most
Linda Camacho and Jennifer Soloway
Good literary agents keep fighting for books they believe in. But how do agents decide which authors to rep? In ...
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5 Steps to Writing Better How-To
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Learn how to simplify the writing process for how-to books and write them in a way that provides maximum value ...
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Writing About Addiction: It Often Takes Two Perspectives
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Writing about addiction is tricky business. While most stories have a single protagonist, addiction narratives are usually about two people: ...
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Starting Later & Starting Over: Launching a Writing Career When You’re No Longer “Young”
Starting Later & Starting Over: Launching a Writing Career When You’re No Longer “Young”
Seven-figure deals seem to be given to more 20-something debut writers than debut writers in any other age group, yet ...
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Building Your Business Model as a Writer
Building Your Business Model as a Writer
Over the last month, I've been talking (and writing) about how to build a business model for career that suits ...
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My New Book, The Business of Being a Writer, Is Now Available!
Business of Being a Writer
My newest book, The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), takes it on principle that learning about ...
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The Risks and Rewards of Bringing Your Spouse or Partner Into Your Business
business partner
There are real risks to working together on a business with your spouse or partner, especially if you are both ...
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The Business of Being a Writer
The Business of Being a Writer
Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing ...
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Is Writing Being Devalued by Giveaways and Cheap Ebooks?
indie authors and the value of free
There's growing unrest surrounding the proliferation of free and cheap books, particularly ebooks. The reasons for sharp discounts and giveaways ...
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Is It Too Late to Start Writing After 50?
is it too late to start writing
Yes, it is possible to have a very successful writing career later in life—and doing something new later in one’s ...
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How I Used Writing to Survive (Or: Writing Despite Illness)
circus of the queens
I started writing seriously after being diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s. Now was the time to do it, or quit ...
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Don’t Back Down: Choose the Writing Territory You Can Defend Long and Fiercely
don't back down
Many people want to be rock stars—and many people want to write books. But there are many ways in which ...
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Writing Secondary Characters That Pop—And Sell More Books
characters that pop
Series have become extremely popular, and secondary characters are now in the spotlight. Readers enjoy trying to spot the next ...
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Screenwriting Techniques to Strengthen Your Novel: Q&A with Nina R. Sadowsky
Nina Sadowsky
Screenwriter and novelist Nina R. Sadowsky shares screenwriting techniques that have influenced her novel writing, and writers can learn from ...
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How to Spot Toxic Feedback: 7 Signs That the Writing Advice You’re Getting May Do More Harm Than Good
toxic feedback
If you recognize the following characteristics in the critiques of your work, it may not just be inept—it may, in ...
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