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Tenacity, the Key to the Writing Life

Tenacity, the Key to the Writing Life

Teow Lim Goh on Working Through the Rough Patches

By Teow Lim Goh | January 19, 2017

What Writing a Serial Killer Taught Me About Accepting the Unacceptable

What Writing a Serial Killer Taught Me About Accepting the Unacceptable

On Ideological Purity and a Pragmatism of Hope

By Dan Lopez | January 19, 2017

On the Use of Sensitivity Readers in Publishing

On the Use of Sensitivity Readers in Publishing

A Writer, Reader, and Publisher Weigh In

By Christine Ro | January 18, 2017

What Being an Editor Taught Me About Writing

What Being an Editor Taught Me About Writing

Anna Pitoniak on the Inside Tricks of the Trade

By Anna Pitoniak | January 17, 2017

The Unbearable Niceness of Being

The Unbearable Niceness of Being

On Niceness in Publishing and Why We Should Ask Men to Do Better

By Alana Massey | January 13, 2017

When You Name Your Fictional War Criminal After a Real Man By Accident

When You Name Your Fictional War Criminal After a Real Man By Accident

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By David Savill | January 13, 2017

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On Selling Your First Novel After 11 Years

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On the Passion and Pleasure of "Light" Reading

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Working Your Way Through Depression to Finish a Book

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