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ONLINE CLASS Writing & Pitching Hybrid Memoir in Today's Market Best practices for developing competitive memoir manuscripts and proposals (and ...
Important reminders All registrants automatically receive access to the class recordings. Each class recording will be ready within one week ...
When soliciting blurbs or appearances on podcasts, its important to convey—in just a few lines—what you and your writing are ...
Writing an opinion piece about a topic in the news or in the zeitgeist is a way for even inexperienced ...
If your query letter isn’t standing out from the pack, consider leading with what makes you, not your story, compelling ...
ONLINE CLASS Pitch Your Book in 2 Sentences Learn how to get to the very heart of your project Registration ...
ONLINE CLASS Pitch, Publish and Get Paid How to sell and share your essays, blog posts, and op-eds Registration is ...
Two literary agents discuss the usefulness and limits of assigning a genre to writing, and how it’s perceived by publishers ...
How to put your best foot forward, from the new book PITCH LIKE HOLLYWOOD: What You Can Learn from the ...
ONLINE CLASS How to Pitch Your Book to Scholarly Publishers Overcome common sticking points with scholarly and university presses Registration ...
In this Q&A, agents Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel and Leslie Zampetti tackle the complications of authorship and literary citizenship in ...
Silence—or, in fact, just saying less—is an art that can be strategically practiced by authors who seek attention. It is ...
Pitching agents at a writers conference can be a difficult task for the new writer. Here's how to make it ...
The two biggest mistakes in book publicity pitches: they are too long in length, and not pointed or provocative enough ...
When you’re wooing the media, what you’re really trying to do is to intrigue them. To whet their appetites. Sometimes ...
At the Midwest Writers Workshop, an agent panel gave some wonderful, straightforward advice about how to construct your pitch. You ...
Shifting your understanding and approach to book marketing can transform it from a dreaded chore to a rewarding part of ...
If you’ve decided to seek a press that accepts unagented work, here’s a checklist to help you make a submission ...
Podcast host, author, and actor David Temple discusses his shift from being in radio to writing novels, landing all-star interviews, ...
ONLINE CLASS How Authors Can Unlock Brand Recognition Learn to leverage your innate strengths and create a true-to-you author brand ...
Whether you write novels or nonfiction, a press release is still an essential tool for raising awareness and sharing your ...
Writer’s block is an excuse, based on fear, that gives us permission to quit as soon as writing gets hard ...
If your older book is no longer performing well on Amazon, updating the description, metadata, or cover can show them ...
ONLINE CLASS The Pleasures of Personal Essay Discover new ideas, fresh forms, and expanded markets Registration is closed INSTRUCTOR Dinty ...
This excerpt from the new book How to Get on Podcasts by Michelle Glogovac focuses on the importance of creating ...
I welcome guest posts year round from authors, industry professionals, and others associated with the writing and publishing community. I ...
It doesn’t bode well for the publishing industry’s future when acquisition decisions are based solely on an author’s past sales ...
A well-crafted book blurb gives us just enough to care, to empathize with the protagonist’s plight, and leaves us wanting ...
ONLINE CLASS Compelling Query Letters for Novel & Memoir Learn the best practices of query writing whether you plan to ...
In marketing, “proof of concept” means testing an idea for sales potential before going all-in. Here’s how to apply that to ...
Literary citizenship—freely sharing your knowledge with those in need—can reap substantial rewards for authors and editors ...
All hail the newly published author—or not. When your book’s released but there’s no parade or marching band, here are ...
Evocative scene-setting can be wonderful, but be careful of letting it get in the way of your story’s action and ...
An experienced author of advanced age considers the value of tackling a memoir with resonant themes but a challenging road ...
Advice on getting your foot in the door as an on-air expert, from someone who spent two decades booking authors ...
IN-PERSON WORKSHOP Author Platform Audit & Workshop Work hands-on with Jane in Boston to improve your author website, email newsletter, ...
To make readers care, you generally need to get three things on your novel’s opening pages before the inciting incident ...
An author who self-published before the current tools existed offers some thoughts on the mindset required to succeed in this ...
A writer claiming to have solved a well-known true crime case faces credibility hurdles when pitching his manuscript ...
While artists don’t necessarily need an agent to get into comics, these tips will help graphic novelists seeking traditional publication ...
One author believes that celebrating your rejections is part of how you take your power back ...
When a book is being pitched as a murder-mystery with comedic undertones, it’s important to seed those elements in the ...
If you’re struggling to shape life experiences into a story, consider key points that illustrate a common thread, as if ...
Readers don’t want to start a memoir already knowing the ending, but it’s important that your pitch specifically defines your ...
ONLINE CLASS The Author Platform Accelerator Build your credibility, boost your visibility, and expand your reach Registration is closed INSTRUCTOR ...
Working hard isn’t necessarily a virtue if it masks the ways that we might be sabotaging our own paths to ...
ONLINE CLASS Writing Middle Grade Fiction Today Learn what it takes to break into the middle-grade market Registration is closed ...
In a new feature, our Ask the Editor column reviews the first pages of an unpublished work ...
How one author leveraged a sizable social media platform to breathe new life into a self-published book ...
When an author’s article went viral, she didn’t have the tools in place—a website, a social presence—to capture and leverage ...