Researchstorming: How to Research Before You Write
Being a good researcher requires both self-awareness and creativity. Here are tips for how to research before you ever put pen to paper or pixels to screen.
8 Ways Publications Can Use Submittable To Improve Their VIDA Count
The VIDA count is in and the news isn’t great. Learn eight ways publications can improve their submission review process to minimize gender bias.
How to Publish a Book of Despairing Poems
Sell sad poems a.k.a when the money required for production and marketing apparently dictates that we behave as if poetry were a capitalistic enterprise.
Kick Your Own Writing Butt this NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo begins today—here’s the insipriation and information all writers need to make it a successful month of novel writing from start to finish.
2019 Rejection Horror Stories Part 1
Rejection Horror Stories are back, with more literary bad blood and a whole lot of terror. Enjoy Part 1 which features tales from five guest writers.
Sci-Fi Sim Subs
Many speculative fiction venues prohibit simultaneous submissions but not all do. E.J. LeRoy offers a list of markets to try with your latest and greatest.
Creative Identities Are Like Belly Buttons
Creative identities are like belly buttons for three reasons: 1. Everyone’s got one. 2. They’re unforgivably wacky. And 3. They’re both related to scars.
To the Next Queer Indigenous Eliza So Fellowship Recipient
2019 Eliza So Fellow Lehua Taitano talks story, what you can expect from a writing residency, the importance of community, and more.