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“I feel like God just gave me this poem to write, and I wanted to send it to you right away. It only took me 10 minutes to write and I truly believe it is inspired by God.” When I
Have you ever had a fight with a friend or partner where at one point one of you said, “Well, obviously I meant this when I said that!”? We all long to be understood, but communication goes awry all the
Does it make sense to talk about fear of the written word in our day? I mean, nine-year-olds are literally texting each other every day. But there is a real sense in which some writers are “afraid” of the written
As an editor, I hear a lot of questions from writers about this or that rule. It turns out a lot of people, even seasoned writers, have a lot of bad writing rules that trip them up unnecessarily. It may
Getting stuck on a developmental revision of your manuscript is a very common problem. It doesn’t help to see other authors posting about how much they love editing and revision. When many of my authors sit down to revise, they
Founders Brewing Shows No Signs of Wanting to Do Better I’m looking at a bottle of Founders Barrel-Aged Backwoods Bastard that’s covered with dust. A date, “11/19,” as in November 2019, is written on the label in black Sharpie. That’s
When the updated ChatGPT came out at the end of 2022, it was difficult not to join the rush of people writing hot takes on why it was going to “change everything” or why writing jobs were “over” or why
What’s it really like to work with a literary agent? At The Muse and the Marketplace 2022, Kaitlyn Johnson of Belcastro Literary Agency presented her top myths about working with a literary agent, and I was there to bring you this report! Myths
Writing a query letter to an agent can feel like trying to crack some secret code. If you can only say the right words in the right order, you’ll finally break through and get representation. But publishing isn’t about incanting
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard authors address the question of whether to outline a novel or to let it develop “organically” or by inspiration. It makes sense: Our popular narratives of authors often show them being