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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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April 2025
Financial literacy post #02: How I make money as an author_Part 2
When things started working out for me, I kept my day job. Here's why.
Apr 16
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Financial Literacy post #01: How I make money as an author
In which I illustrate how many side hustles it takes to stay financially afloat in publishing
Apr 9
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March 2025
My top tips for AWP Los Angeles 2025
Practical advice if you're headed to the country's largest writing conference next week.
Mar 21
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The three things Meghan Markle gets wrong about prescriptive memoir in her Netflix show
Or: Things you shouldn't do if you're aiming for brand heritage
Mar 12
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The three things Meghan Markle gets wrong about prescriptive memoir in her Netflix show
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February 2025
Audiobook palooza
Listen now | Hello and happy Wednesday.
Feb 5
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January 2025
Decoding agent rejections plus a full list of resources for querying writers
Your one-stop-shop for everything you could possibly want to know about querying literary agents in North America, right now.
Jan 31
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Decoding agent rejections plus a full list of resources for querying writers
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Query do's and query don'ts for 2025
Best practices and top tips for writers querying in all genres this year and beyond
Jan 15
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Everything a query letter should contain in 2025
Part 1 of a January intensive on querying at Before and After the Book Deal
Jan 8
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December 2024
I don't feel shame around this anymore
A follow-up video to Wednesday's post about revision
Dec 13, 2024
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Is my novel submission-ready?
8 ways to judge whether your fiction manuscript is ready for a Big Five editor to read it
Dec 11, 2024
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September 2024
"Knowable." "Discoverable." "Readable": Empowering new ways to think about platform.
Plus: how I built an IRL platform without an MFA.
Sep 25, 2024
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