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My best tips for publishing success

Q and A: Winter Solstice Edition

The most common issue book proposals have (and how to fix it in yours)

On "building your author platform" & the single most difficult mindset shift required for publishing success

Happy first birthday, Neon Literary!

On acknowledgements, gratitude, and forgiveness

What should your title be?

The truth about triumph: it's fireworks, not firewood

The problem with a can-do attitude

The importance of air traffic control: a note on proper creative gig management

The weirdest things about you are the most valuable

Some poetry that doubles as book publishing advice

You don't owe anyone an explanation

How to write an overview

Our Manuscript Sh*t List

The most exciting kind of book you can be pitching right now

How to write an author bio

How to find the words you can't

Your questions, answered

Roethke's "The Waking" as publishing career catechism

How to make time and space for your publishing career when it's impossible

The publishing terms you might not know you're getting wrong

A field guide to common rejections we see from publishers

All the places on your publishing journey at which you are likely to suffer most

Your path to success is going to be distinctive. You can't copy anyone else's.

Stalling? Panicked? Dealing with intractable writer's block? Here's how to deal

"What happens when we're ready to hit send?"

The violence of perfectionism

On running your books like a business

Your chapter outline, or: showing some ankle at petticoat junction

The "comps" section is single most misunderstood part of a book proposal

The magic words all pro authors know: "I hear the note behind the note"

The biggest surprises you'll encounter on your book publishing journey

What really matters for a book's success?

Why is writing a book proposal so HARD?

The one book all would-be successful authors should read

What does a great author-agent relationship look like in practice?