Turn short fiction into a powerful tool for building your author brand and income, plus more from Writer's Digest! The post Be Your Own Gatekeeper: Indie Publishing Your Short Fiction appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-18 15:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning author Jessica Guerrieri discusses the appeal and benefit of writing and reading fiction that deals with addiction and trauma. The post The Truth in the Telling: Metabolizing Addiction and Trauma Through Fiction appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-17 17:00:00 UTC ]
A supermajority of staff at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction have filed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and requested recognition from the nonprofit bookseller. A growing number of New York City bookstore employees have joined the RWDSU in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning journalist Michelle Young shares how (and why) she prefers to write her narrative nonfiction book without an outline. The post How I Wrote My Book Without an Outline: Allowing for Spontaneity and Discovery in Narrative Nonfiction Writing appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-15 01:00:00 UTC ]
A list of three books of historical fiction about motherhood set in three distinct time periods and places Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-14 12:30:00 UTC ]
My last Lit Hub conversation with Karen E. Bender was in 2018, just before her collection The New Order was published. She mentioned that she read John Cheever’s short stories in graduate school: “Cheever’s sentences just made my brain light up. He packs more into a paragraph—about love,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-13 08:58:28 UTC ]
Enjoy all the best of the new historical fiction May has to offer including new books by Isabel Allende and Natalie Jenner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
The conclave that begins today to choose the next Pope is a holy, serious endeavor to faithful Catholics—and a source for twisty popular novels full of imagined scandals and conspiracies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author Danielle Teller shares how she went about creating a fully realized character in a work of historical fiction. The post The Specificity of Details: Creating a Fully Realized Character in a Work of Historical Fiction appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The books that won 2025 Pulitzer Prizes, the Edgar Awards (and its dearth of representation), a new way to purchase Kindle books, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-06 15:30:00 UTC ]
Award-winning author Valerie Nieman discusses the similarities and differences between historical fiction and speculative fiction. The post Historical Fiction Is Speculative Fiction appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-06 01:09:23 UTC ]
You might be new to nonfiction or a true stories pro, but whatever the case, there’s sure to be something on this list that catches your eye. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-02 11:00:00 UTC ]
The context of the time an author is looking back on history from greatly influences how they're going to think and write about history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-30 13:30:00 UTC ]
We’ve got the latest round-up of collection news for librarians: publishing world updates, new book announcements, adaptation news, and a ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-29 10:00:00 UTC ]
The year that was has made its artistic judgments. Mostly. The world of film declared Anora as Best Picture. Music selected Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter as Album of the Year. Now, finally, on May 5th, book world gets its big moment. On Monday, at 3:00 p.m. EST, the award ceremony will be live... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-04-28 11:05:00 UTC ]
The year that was has made its artistic judgments. Mostly. The world of film declared Anora as Best Picture. Music selected Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter as Album of the Year. Now, finally, on May 5th, book world gets its big moment. Pulitzer time is here! As most of us book-loving folks know, there... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-04-28 11:05:00 UTC ]
The first quarter of 2025 has some softer numbers than the same period last year, partly because of a ‘late Easter’ on this year’s calendar. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adult Fiction Leads US Print Fiction Sales in Q1 drop of 1 percent in the United States’ market’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-04-21 20:47:29 UTC ]
Bestselling author Matthew Goodman shares how finding the real story of historical narrative nonfiction can change over time. The post Searching for William Gray: Finding the Real Story of Historical Narrative Nonfiction appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-04-18 21:51:51 UTC ]
In recognition of the publisher’s success in publishing adult fiction, Sourcebooks has promoted six key editors, including Christa Desir (pictured), across five of its six adult fiction imprints. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
These backlist titles—which were all published between 2010 and 2020—include narratives about estranged brothers and a young Sacajewea. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-16 11:30:00 UTC ]