Take a look at The Futility Review. If you don't get a hoot out of this, you haven't been submitted submitting poetry often or long enough, or you haven't read many submission guidelines. (Along about March, when I'm getting twitchy from proofing too many listings or writing up new ones, all submission guidelines start looking like this to me.)
Thanks to C. Dale Young at Avoiding the Muse, where I first read about this.
--Nancy
Author Galia Gichon’s research for her historical fiction novel, The Accidental Suffragist, helped her understand the moment better, and infused what she learned into her characters.
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, put a new twist on an old saying.
Acclaimed author Lecia Cornwall discusses the many surprises she faced in writing her historical fiction novel, The Woman at the Front.
For this week's market spotlight, we look at Texas Monthly, an Austin-based regional magazine focused on stories about Texas and Texans.
Let's look at the differences between allusion, elusion, and illusion with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.
Prepare for the 14th annual November PAD Chapbook Challenge! Visit WritersDigest.com each day of November to get a prompt and write a poem. Then, use December and the beginning of January to revise and collect your poems into a chapbook manuscript.
Learn the process indie author Amanda Aksel went through in getting her novel Delia Suits Up traditionally published, including questions she asked herself and weighing one strategy against the other.
This week, we’re excited to announce 6 new WDU Courses, an upcoming webinar, a competition deadline, and more!
A publisher accepting your manuscript is just the beginning, not the end. Author Rick Lauber discusses how to work with a nonfiction book publisher from query letter to release date and beyond.
