Decisions, Decisions: Three Paths to Publication
Three debut authors compare notes about everything from working with an editor to choosing a cover.
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Department: The Practical Writer
Author Tour Revolution: The National Writers Series
With podcasts, live chats, and blog interviews gaining in popularity, the traditional cross-country promotional book tour seems to be losing ground to its virtual counterpart. Contributing editor Jeremiah Chamberlin reports on how the National Writers Series in Traverse City, Michigan, is bucking the trend and filling a need for face-to-face conversations between writers and their readers.
First: Eduardo C. Corral's Slow Lightning
Eduardo C. Corral became the first Latino to receive the prestigious Yale Prize for Younger Poets when his debut, Slow Lightning, was selected by Carl Phillips as winner of the 2011 award.
Agent Advice: Douglas Stewart of Sterling Lord Literistic
The agent of Jami Attenberg, David Mitchell, Carolyn Parkhurst, Matthew Quick, and others offers guidance about publishing credits, MFA programs, and unagented submissions.
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First: Amy Franklin-Willis's The Lost Saints of Tennessee
For Amy Franklin-Willis, getting her first novel into print was an exercise in resilience. But after nearly ten years, the forty-year-old author’s debut dream became a reality, thanks to an enduring faith in the core of her story and dedication to the revision process.
Living the Dream: How to Beat the Postpublication Blues
For many authors, the long-awaited launch of a book into the world can be accompanied by doubt and disappointment rather than a sense of ultimate accomplishment. Novelist Kim Wright offers some valuable advice that can help new authors ride the postpublication ebb and flow.
Literary Archives: The Business of Preserving History
Authors can command up to six figures in the sale of their papers (and, in the future, maybe even their hard drives, too) to college and university library archives, where manuscripts, outlines, notes, and ephemera will be used, not just stored.
The Bard Behind the Bar: Lessons in Self-Publishing Salesmanship
Geoffrey Bartholomew, poet and head bartender at McSorley’s Old Ale House, New York City’s famous saloon, reveals how he sold five thousand copies of his self-published poetry collection while pushing pints from behind the bar.
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Glass-Slipper Economics: Cinderella Stories in Indie Publishing
An irreverent children’ book, a quiet but resonant debut, and a novel that had legs before it even left the gate rewrite the fortunes of the small presses that published them.
Bullseye: How to Submit to the Broome Street Review
Broome Street Review editor Andrew E. Colarusso is looking for work that reveals its genius in “brief, bright flashes” paired with a lasting emotional resonance.
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