Don’t Write Alone
Reading My Audiobook Was an Act of Letting Go
You cannot grow, or heal, or whatever it is we’re trying to achieve when we write though trauma, by distancing yourself from your own pain.
Where Matt Ortile Writes
I try to be agnostic about where I write; I never have an excuse to not.
A Conversation with ‘Best Debut Short Stories 2021’ Author Lindsay Ferguson
“Writing at a slow pace—or along the contours of what life personally looks like for you—is still writing.”
Writers Who Read: A Conversation on Body Horror with Julian K. Jarboe
“If you’re interested in responding to difference and change in a fantastic way, body horror fiction can be a great way to push through the stereotypical or conventional roles of monstrosity.”
I Found My Literary Community by Writing Book Reviews
My goal wasn’t to become a career critic, but to get the word out about books I felt deserved the attention.
Why Full-Time Freelancing Isn’t For Me
In the face of dire job prospects, freelancing felt like it might be a solution; a way to be a writer on my own terms.
A Freelancer Talks Money and Writing
It’s not what you write that’s meaningful, but the time you spend writing.
A Conversation with ‘Best Debut Short Stories 2021’ Author Alberto Reyes Morgan
“Every story has a shape, you just have to figure out what it is and then let it be that shape, man.”
25 Literary Magazines That Accept Work Combining Text and Image
If you make comics, graphic stories, visual poetry, collage, schematics, and anything in between, check out this list of journals that accept multimedia work!
Publishing Your Debut Book Is Like Baking Croissants—Messy, But Worth It
Outside the publishing industry, I don’t think we spend enough time discussing the labor behind writing a book.
