Introduce your work by crafting the perfect literary cover letter. A clean, crisp, professional letter is key for getting your foot in the door and showing editors you know your stuff and are worthy of publication.
If you’re feeling low from winter, rather than let it affect your writing, instead, try hunkering down and getting cozy! By embracing the attributes of the season, you can use winter as a highly productive time, especially so if you’re working on memoir. Make the most of the cold months to delve into your most authentic, insightful, and emotionally diverse writing and experience great productivity as a result.
When you know in your gut that your short story, personal essay, or poem is done (or “done” for now), the best first step you can take as an emerging writer is to publish your work in a literary magazine. The benefits of publishing in literary magazines are many, and with a little organization, research, and tenacity, you will spark a rich writing career that will take you far into the future.
Never one to shy away from reading, when avid reader Janet Hoy encountered a 50 books in 12 Months reading challenge, she leapt to it, exceeded it, and learned more about herself from her year in competitive reading than she ever could have thought.
As Shrek says, “Better out than in!” Check out the 3 reasons writing makes you feel better and how to remember this any time you’re feeling blue, so you can more easily turn your mood around ~
Where the writing of your book is lawless, murky, and full of unexpected twists and turns, once your manuscript is done, the path to publication is clearly defined and involves only 5 stages. Do these, and you’ll soon have a book that’s ready to meet its readers!
