82-Year-Old Author’s Graceful Debut Imbued With a Timeless Quality
Publishing your first novel at 82 is a prime example of playing the creative long-game. For some scribes, Norma MacMaster’s debut will no doubt bring [Read More]
Month: February 2018
10 Reasons to Keep Improving Your Writing Skills
We can’t all be bestselling authors. We don’t all enjoy staring at symbols on thin sheets of trees or pixelated screens for long periods. It’s [Read More]
» 30 Literary Journals That Publish Genre Writing
Most literary journals are interested in literary work, by which they mean, not genre work. The dictionary definition of genre is “a category of artistic [Read More]
Science-fiction author Frank Herbert’s legacy to be honored with a new ‘Dune’ park in Tacoma
There likely won’t be any sandworms, but that’s not needed to spice up this news: Tacoma, Wash., native Frank Herbert, best known for the hugely [Read More]
We Need to Start Taking Young Women’s Love Stories Seriously
The subject of almost all of my fiction so far has been the love lives of young women. For a long time, I found this [Read More]
How to Write a Short Story from Start to Finish
To some extent, the process for writing a story is different each time. In the introduction to American Gods, Neil Gaiman quotes Gene Wolfe, who told him, “You never [Read More]
Are there any metals like Black Panther’s Vibranium?
Marvel’s Black Panther hits theaters on Friday, but the character’s history and the legacy of his home nation is decades in the making. The character [Read More]
Show Your LinkedIn Profile Some Love
It’s okay to admit you’ve neglected your LinkedIn profile for an undisclosed period of time. We all know what our profiles would look like in [Read More]
Philadelphia author Erin Entrada Kelly wins prestigious Newbery medal – Philly
The American Library Association announced Monday that Philadelphia author Erin Entrada Kelly has won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children’s book of 2017 [Read More]
Get Out triumphs at Writers Guild of America awards
Jordan Peele’s smash-hit horror film and the gay coming-of-age movie Call Me By Your Name take top prizes at Oscars bellwether Get Out and Call [Read More]
Calling all Indigenous artists and writers! Here is a great contest you should know about!
Indigenous Arts & Stories is providing an opportunity for self-identified Indigenous youth (ages 6 to 29) to express themselves creatively! Indigenous Arts & Stories began [Read More]
10 Reasons to Keep Improving Your Writing Skills
We can’t all be bestselling authors. We don’t all enjoy staring at symbols on thin sheets of trees or pixelated screens for long periods. So, [Read More]
7 Books with Unusual and Unconventional Formats
When you crack open a book, you generally know what you’re getting yourself into, format wise. A story divided into chapters made of indented paragraphs, [Read More]
» Sleeping Bear Press: Now Accepting Submissions
Sleeping Bear Press is a well regarded publisher of board books, picture books, middle grade readers, and young adult fiction. They offer advances to some [Read More]
Is Facebook for old people? Over-55s flock in as the young leave
It’s official: Facebook is for old(er) people. Teens and young adults are ditching Mark Zuckerberg’s social network as popularity among the over-55s surges, according to [Read More]
» The Sensitive Author’s Guide to Rejection
I was like Robert Peary embarking for the North Pole—that is, if we can pretend for a moment that the publishing world is a vast, [Read More]
A prize for thrillers without female victims divides opinion
LONDON — It’s a chilling cliche of thrillers that women often end up abducted, abused or dead. One writer is so sick of the violence [Read More]
Writer’s Digest and Script Mag Are Joining Forces
We’re thrilled to announce that Script Magazine and the Writers Store will be joining Writer’s Digest on an all-new, fully redesigned website at writersdigest.com in 2018. As [Read More]
How Upcoming Facebook Updates Will Impact Authors
Upcoming Facebook updates will begin reducing the visibility of posts by publishers in order to prioritize social interaction. Learn what you can do to maintain [Read More]
Judy Blume’s Advice for Aspiring Writers
Judy Blume needs no introduction. The author of your all-time favorite childhood novels (Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade [Read More]
David Grossman, critic of Israeli policies, awarded Israel Prize for literature
World renowned Israeli author David Grossman was named Monday as a winner of Israel’s top civilian honor, the Israel Prize, for a “series of masterpieces” [Read More]