For Readers
Literary Hub, upon learning that May is Short Story Month, decided to mark the occasion by sharing a tale each weekday. Here are the free-to-read-online short stories from the final week of the month. “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” by...
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency is mixing the old with the new to create some great literary humor. Specifically, Walt Whitman's poetic questions are answered by Taylor Swift song lyrics. Wrap up the workweek right with this romantic conversa...
Publishing expert Jane Friedman hosts a running column called Ask the Editor, and recently, a question came in that actually seemed more relevant to readers versus authors. The question: "What are specific guidelines for beta readers?" pose...
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past day ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice! US poet laureate Ada Limón has written a poem that will be engraved on the NASA spacecraft that's headed to Jupiter's moo...
For Authors
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and creativity advice to offer. Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors: Writing and publishing across multiple genres: Sacha Black and Orna Ross discuss their experi...
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of business and marketing advice to offer. Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors: New version of EPUB bakes in reader accessibility: Dan Holloway highlights sever...
It can be hard to keep on top of all the blogs and news sources that aim to help writers. So here’s a roundup of posts from Writer Unboxed that authors might find valuable — but also might've missed earlier — all in one pla...
Did you know that you can send a document straight from Microsoft Word to Kindle? If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, you can do so right now from your desktop app (the web version is coming soon) and display it either as a Kindle book or a pri...
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