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To read or not to read?

By Candy Schulman

Dealing with online comments about your work.

Features

Master the market

By Keysha Whitaker

Understanding where your manuscript fits into the current marketplace is essential for authors querying in all genres. Here’s everything agents, authors, and publishers say you need to know.

Put your writing on display

By Ryan G. Van Cleave

Where do agents look for new clients?

Rhythm, movement, & flow

By Jack Smith

Never write another boring sentence: A master class on pacing in fiction.

Beyond bookstores

By Kerrie Flanagan

Think outside the box when marketing your self-published books.

Re-drawing the landscape

By Yi Shun Lai

A roadmap to better diversity in literary magazines.

“Doors”

By Claire Mulligan

Read the winning story from our “The Coming Change” short fiction contest.

Departments

WRITING ESSENTIALS

Taming the hostile audience

By Gail Radley

An approach for opening closed minds.

FREELANCE SUCCESS

Writing with kids, part II

By Pete Croatto

Writing while parenting is no easy feat. Here’s what expecting freelancers need to know.

LITERARY SPOTLIGHT

Turtle Island Responds

By Melissa Hart

Verse, current events, and underrepresented voices meld beautifully in this online poetry series.

CONFERENCE INSIDER

NonfictioNOW

By Melissa Hart

From social justice to video essays, this fact-focused conference is deeply grounded in modern-day truthtelling.

Also in Every Issue

From the Editor

Take Note

Featuring Candy Schulman, new books for writers, and more.

Markets

How I Write

Sloane Crosley: “All writing is founded in memory, no matter what kind.”