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This week! Books!

Out of Circulation: Expanding Censorship in Public Libraries – PEN America – A new report from PEN America details the extent to which libraries are under unprecedented threat due to censorship challenges and librarian harassment, argui...


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Life. It’s deep, right? I mean, just look at the word.

Life.

Wow, man. Just, wow.

But here’s the thing. Real life is very often extremely boring. That’s one of the main reasons we read and write books in the first place.

Want to know one of the absolute worst ways you can defend yourself from criticism as a writer? “But this really...


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This week! Books!

Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (gift link) – Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times – Dolly Parton’s greatness w...


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I get quite a lot of questions about prologues. Are they necessary? Do agents like them? Should they be included with partial manuscript requests?

Consider this a post on all things prologue.

I’m going to cover:

What’s a prologue? Different types of prologues Do literary agents like prologues? The prologue litmus test Advice for wri...

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This week! Books!

Okay now we really are in the dog days of publishing summer. But I still have some good links for you!

First up, back by popular demand, I’ll once again be hosting office hours on September 3 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. In order to join, you need to be a newsletter subscriber, so what are you waiting for,


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