Before and After the Book Deal | Courtney Maum | Substack

In which we review subscriber's opening sentences from books that focus on place.

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Featuring live critiques and a guest appearance by Dani Shapiro (Part I)

Nov 27

I'm hungry for your words.

Nov 25

Thoughts on manuscript failure, aging parents, and the old Suwanee

Nov 23

Why your manuscript failure might be a planted seed

Nov 16

Some Friday Reading recommendations (and some thoughts about big books)

Nov 11

What to know...before you Venmo

Nov 9

Happy Friday Reads!

Nov 4

Recommendations View all 15

Wild Inventures

Rowan Mangan

Illustrated by Amy Stewart

Amy Stewart

How To Get Unstuck

Amy Shearn

Just keep writing

Alice Bradley

The 7am Novelist

Michelle Hoover

From Get Published, Stay Published

Pulse-checking character driven writing

Editing the Storm

How a like list can improve your writing

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