Agent Advice: PJ Mark of Janklow & Nesbit Associates
The agent of authors such as Samantha Hunt, Dinaw Mengestu, and Josh Weil offers advice on shaping a query letter and when to follow up after pitching your book.
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Department: The Practical Writer
First: Karl Marlantes’s Matterhorn
Today, Karl Marlantes's debut novel is garnering praise for its vivid, trenchant portrayal of American soldiers in the thick of the Vietnam War. But for more than thirty years, the manuscript languished in literary purgatory, while the author struggled to find an agent—not to mention a publisher—willing to take it on.
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Inside Indie Bookstores: Women & Children First in Chicago
In the third installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to Chicago to talk with Linda Bubon and Ann Christophersen, co-owners of Women & Children First.
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Self-Publishing Steve: Part 1—The Dream Begins
Tales from Steve Almond's first foray into self-publishing, as well as some points of advice on how to—realistically—launch your own book into the world.
Agent Advice: Katherine Fausset of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Agent Katherine Fausset answers questions from readers about the agent's role in submitting work to literary magazines and
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Inside Indie Bookstores: Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon
In the second installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to Portland, Oregon, to talk with Michael Powell, owner of Powell’s Books.
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Bullseye: How to Submit to Poet Lore
A guide to submitting to Poet Lore, the oldest continuously published poetry journal in the United States.
Sophomore Slump: The Perils of Publishing a Second Book
Novelist Jack Riggs reveals the unexpected challenges of publishing (and writing) the follow-up to a successful debut.
Inside Indie Bookstores: Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi
In the inaugural installment of Inside Indie Bookstores, a new series of interviews with the entrepreneurs who represent the last link in the chain that connects writers with their intended audience, Jeremiah Chamberlin talks with Richard Howorth about his initial vision for Square Books, how a bookstore can stay relevant in the twenty-first century, and the future of independent bookselling.
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Bullseye: How to Submit to Subtropics
A guide to sending your work to Subtropics, the literary magazine published by the creative writing department of the University of Florida in Gainesville.
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