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When you’re a writer, life can slip into strangeness
By Alicia AnsteadIn the midst of articles featuring the benefits of content marketing, authors’ tips for starting and ending novels, a Q&A with TV writer Veena Sud (The Killing), a profile of the “demon” interviewer Lynn Barber and so much more, we have placed Emily Webber’s fictional tale of about 1,000 words on the strangeness of life and human connection.
Features
Start to Stop
By Jack SmithCraft unforgettable beginnings and endings.
Show Me The Copy
By Kelly James-EngerContent marketing can score experience and paychecks.
Lynn Barber: Interviewing Tips
By Megan KaplonMaster interviews with the legendary journalist.
Be Ready
By Kinney LittlefieldThe Killing creator Veena Sud offers storytelling tips.
Departments
Stand out
By Suzannah WindsorHow to make your mark in literary journals.
Eagle eye
By Jack HamannCreative distractions can refuel a writing project.
Have you thought of this?
By Elizabeth FishelCheck out eight publishing opportunities.
Home runs in Boston
By Yvonne PesqueraA book festival nurtures writers.
Where the River runs wild
By Melissa HartRiver Teeth seeks literary nonfiction that breaks the norm.
Up next
By Hillary CasavantPost-grad career paths can support your writing.
1965: The Secret Mind
By Hillary CasavantRay Bradbury’s subconscious holds lessons for success.
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From the Editor
Take Note
Self-publishing advice, sentence structure tips, Anthony Trollope, products for winter writing and more.
Markets
Classified advertising
How I Write
Doug Crandell: “Don’t try to tell every story at once.”