Amy Holman's Tough-Love Guide to Publishing: Grants and Fellowships
Treat your writing as a profession so that others will take you seriously.
Department: The Practical Writer
Amy Holman's Tough-Love Guide to Publishing: Making Conferences Work for You
Poet Amy Holman discusses creating a community of writers and building an audience of readers at conferences.
Out of the Slush Pile, Into the Canyon: What Does It Mean to Be Published?
Voluntary self-restraint on the part of poets could lead to healthier relations between poets and editors.
Agents and the Internet: A Guide to Finding Who's Right for You
The creator of the Web site Literary Agents on the Web gives advice on how to meet your match.
Inside Indie Bookstores: McNally Jackson Books in New York City
In the sixth installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to New York City to speak with Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books.
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It's a Terrible Idea. Let's Get Started. Launching a Lit Mag From Scratch
Rather than bemoan all the reasons why this is a terrible time to enter publishing and an even more terrible time to seek funding, Sophie Beck and her coeditors made a plan—and executed it—to accomplish one of the best things they've ever done: Start a literary magazine. Beck shows us how they did it.
Agent Advice: Terra Chalberg of the Susan Golomb Literary Agency
When is the best time in your career to look for representation, and when should you call off an author-agent relationship? Terra Chalberg, whose clients include Lori Ostlund and Glenn Taylor, tackles these questions and more.
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Inside Indie Bookstores: Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver
In the fifth installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to Denver to speak with Joyce Meskis, owner of Tattered Cover Book Store.
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Fulbright Grants: An Untapped Resource for Writers
Writers looking for real-world experience—beyond what an MFA program or a writers colony can offer—might be surprised to learn that the prestigious Fulbright grant, thought by many to support only scholars of academic projects, offers aid to creative writers, too.
Agent Advice: Jennifer Carlson of Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
The agent of authors such as Kevin Brockmeier and Marisa de los Santos offers her thoughts on self-publishing and what she looks for in the first five pages of a writing sample.
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