Before and After the Book Deal

This is the perfect Substack for the new year ahead-- 8 curated places to submit writing to every Sunday!

- Courtney Maum

If you're in recovery or struggle with addiction or an addictive personality, or just like reading super smart, honest female voices who "get it" and get you, Love Story's your place.

- Courtney Maum

Come for the "Dingus of the Week" dispatch, stay for the "been there, done that, but Lyz writes about it better" angle on what it is like to be a woman in America, today.

- Courtney Maum

Why am I recommending this? Are you kidding? It's REBECCA MAKKAI, people!

- Courtney Maum

Creativity hacks, making peace with your computer, life as a full time worker in the cubicle of your own house and much more from this Aussie born multitasker who has kindness and humor to spare.

- Courtney Maum

Expert, candid, and emotional advice from a top American literary agent.

- Courtney Maum

I would read a list of ingredients if they were written in Amy's sensitive, caring, and very funny hand, and thus I recommend her newsletter where she extends that hand to help us out of our own mess(es).

- Courtney Maum

Amy's newsletter is one of the newsletters I've been following the longest-- it brings joy to my inbox every month. It has art, it has literature, it has cocktail recommendations: it literally contains multitudes!

- Courtney Maum

Real life updates from an aspiring author who got an agent after sending out 90 query letters. Lots of tips on discussion forums and hashtags for active writers to join, and other creative (and encouraging) stuff! Go Eva!

- Courtney Maum

Writing, mental health, and animals? It's what my own memoir is all about!

- Courtney Maum

Sari is such an honest and needed voice about what it is like to be an overworked, frequently underpaid, but nevertheless passionate person in this crazy world of publishing.

- Courtney Maum

An insider-baseball newsletter about the topics and character arcs that are getting literary material optioned today. A subscription to this newsletter is more affordable (and easier to come by) than a meeting in Hollywood!

- Courtney Maum

Because we all need a little help getting to the page these days!

- Courtney Maum

Trust me, you need Holly in your life. She takes no sh*t, but is super candid and funny about the times she's taken sh*t in the past, and she's a really important voice in this battle to stay human in a digital, on-demand, super scary world.

- Courtney Maum

Well written tips and perspectives about the writing and publishing industry. Basically, this is where MFA meets the IRS (one of the titles of a recent post). The author is a literary insider who has been "in the biz" a long time and knows of what he speaks.

- Courtney Maum

One of my favorite teachers for her pragmatic, compassionate and inspired ways, Michelle Hoover is also the generous force behind the "7am Novelist" 50-day writing challenge. You must check it out!

- Courtney Maum