Erin Quinn-Kong: The Only Thing You Can Control in Publishing Is Your Writing
Erin Quinn-Kong is a longtime magazine editor. Currently managing editor of Texas Highways, she has also been an editor at Austin Monthly, Us Weekly, and...
13 Paying Horror Markets for Writers
For many of us, late autumn is the highlight of the year. The air gets cooler, the nights grow longer, then Halloween arrives to signify the real start of...
Anna Rasche: Getting the First Draft Onto the Page Was the Most Difficult Step
Anna Rasche is a historian and gemologist who has previously worked in the jewelry collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a curatorial fellow at...
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 716
If you didn't catch it earlier, I shared the guidelines for the 2024 November PAD Chapbook Challenge recently. Click here to learn more.For this week's prompt,...
Writer’s Digest November/December 2024 Cover Reveal
Cozy Writing, Comforting ReadingAs we approach the holiday season, it’s time to focus on the things that bring comfort. For writers, that means finding ways...
Successful Queries: Hayley Steed and “I Did Something Bad,” by Pyae Moe Thet War
Welcome back to the Successful Queries series. In this installment, find an unusual situation. Instead of the author querying the agent, the agent reached out...
Del Sandeen: Rejections Are Part of a Writer’s Life
Del Sandeen lives in northeast Florida, where she works as a copy editor and writes speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in FIYAH: Magazine of Black...
5 Tips for Writing Stories About Good vs. Good
“The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs bad’ but ‘good vs good.’” –Leo TolstoyIt’s easy to know who you are rooting for in Star Wars or...