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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.
Where do agents look for new clients?
Never write another boring sentence: A master class on pacing in fiction.
Think outside the box when marketing your self-published books.
A roadmap to better diversity in literary magazines.
Read the winning story from our “The Coming Change” short fiction contest.
An approach for opening closed minds.
Writing while parenting is no easy feat. Here’s what expecting freelancers need to know.
Verse, current events, and underrepresented voices meld beautifully in this online poetry series.
From social justice to video essays, this fact-focused conference is deeply grounded in modern-day truthtelling.
Featuring Candy Schulman, new books for writers, and more.
Sloane Crosley: “All writing is founded in memory, no matter what kind.”