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Is your manuscript ready to query? Checkpoint your opening pages.
Do your opening pages deliver what your query letter promises? Let's find out! Plus, an opportunity to workshop your opening pages with me.
Jul 2
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Is your manuscript ready to query? Checkpoint your opening pages.
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June 2025
A postcard from North Florida
A call to arms for rest and pleasure, plus a workshop giveaway for one lucky reader
Jun 25
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A postcard from North Florida
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Craft from the Couch: Episode 07 | Will Roth of Creature Publishing
Publicity strategies from a savvy publicist at an indie press- plus, #sporror and #moldcore!
Jun 11
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Craft from the Couch: Episode 07 | Will Roth of Creature Publishing
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June opportunities for writers
Summer camps, book giveaways, August craft retreats and more!
Jun 6
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June opportunities for writers
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Debuting in community—a conversation with Big Five authors about what publishing is really like
A video conversation with a Simon & Schuster author cohort - plus a summer fiction giveaway!
Jun 4
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Debuting in community—a conversation with Big Five authors about what publishing is really like
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May 2025
Financial literacy post #03 part two: Common myths about making money as an author, continued
Our financial literacy series continues with more lessons about how to make-- and not make-- money as an author.
May 28
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Financial literacy post #03 part two: Common myths about making money as an author, continued
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Common myths about making money as an author (Financial literary post #03 part I)
A non-exhaustive list that you can add to in the comments!
May 21
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Common myths about making money as an author (Financial literary post #03 part I)
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Reading Room #02: A poem for Mother's Day by Rachel Zucker...plus a giveaway!
Not exactly a happy poem, but an apt one. Plus, I'm giving away a copy of Ruthie Ackerman's "The Mother Code" to one lucky subscriber.
May 11
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Reading Room #02: A poem for Mother's Day by Rachel Zucker...plus a giveaway!
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Reading Room #01: A short story by Kyle Seibel
The title of his short story collection will land my email in your spam
May 7
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Reading Room #01: A short story by Kyle Seibel
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April 2025
How I'm tackling developmental edits for a novel under contract
A video tutorial illustrating how I get arts and crafty on my developmental edits
Apr 30
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How I'm tackling developmental edits for a novel under contract
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A special Mother's Day offer for a certain kind of woman
No sacrificial lambs here. Let me tell you why.
Apr 25
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A special Mother's Day offer for a certain kind of woman
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Coaching the character—a new technique for writers
Plus an announcement. I've got good news, I've got bad news. But it's mostly good!
Apr 23
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