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This week's best advice on building an author platform from a literary agent

When you’re writing the first paragraph of your new manuscript, it’s easy to ignore the formatting. After all, when your eyes are the only ones observing your work, worrying about things like proper page layout, mirror margins, section breaks, and whether or not your hyphens are in the right place can feel like obstacles to simply putting your ideas down on paper. However, once you’ve completed your manuscript and you’re ready to show it to other people, it’s important to make sure it…

Is publishing a book a goal of yours? I got a book deal and published my first book this year. In this post I explain exactly how I got a book deal, as well as a blueprint and tips on how you can also get a book deal.

Herb Childress describes how a successful book contract led to his academic career’s end.

Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher At this point in my entrepreneurial journey, there are few things I consider myself a “newbie” at… But by now, you’ve probably heard that I’m writing my first book, and THAT whole thing definitely has me feeling like a first-timer. It was important for me to navigate this new […]

An excerpt from No Regrets, the new book from n+1 of women writers talking about reading.

Publishing companies provide much more than simply printing and binding of a manuscript. Two publishers share insight on the differences.