How I Found My Readers on BookTok: 3 Tips from a Bestselling Romance Author
Eloisa James (the pen name of Mary Bly) has published over 30 historical romances, many of which have hit the bestseller lists. She also wrote a bestselling memoir, Paris in Love, as well as a contemporary novel, [...]
July 2026: The Editing Issue
ICYMI: From Previous Issues
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Writing
Are Books Bringing Us Back to the Theater?
Book adaptations have always been a go-to source for the film industry. But the last two decades of sequels, reboots, cinematic universes, and live-action remakes have left a lot of us feeling unmotivated to spend our [...]
Writing
Are Books Bringing Us Back to the Theater?
Book adaptations have always been a go-to source for the film industry. But the last two decades of sequels, reboots, cinematic universes, and live-action remakes have left a lot of us feeling unmotivated to spend our [...]
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Editing
Editing
Taking Edits from Painful to Productive with Mindset
Grace Helena Walz received a master’s in social work at the University of Houston and worked with children in foster care, as a medical social worker, and in a mental health capacity. She currently resides outside of [...]
Marketing
How Can Fiction Writers Use Substack?
For fiction writers, it can be challenging to know how to use Substack to your best advantage—especially when your energy is already stretched thin by drafting and revising a work-in-progress. Novelists often get stumped on what [...]
Marketing
How Can Fiction Writers Use Substack?
For fiction writers, it can be challenging to know how to use Substack to your best advantage—especially when your energy is already stretched thin by drafting and revising a work-in-progress. Novelists often get stumped on what [...]
Publishing
Publishing
From Book to Screen: What Does It Actually Take for an Adaptation to Get Made?
Book adaptations are everywhere right now. Scroll through any streaming platform and you’ll find countless series and movies inspired by books—with even more adaptation announcements arriving every week. Theaters are seeing box office success from films [...]
