Your Step-by-Step Guide to the Publishing Process BY JERRY D. SIMMONS
Here’s how it works, why you need to know and how you can play an influential role
in your book’s success.
What Not to Expect When You’re Expecting BY ELIZABETH SIMS
A veteran author tells you, writer to writer, what getting published is really
like—and confronts the seven biggest myths.
Your Publishing Survival Guide BY PATRICIA HOLT
An industry veteran reveals how to stay true to yourself—and champion your
writing—in the madness that the book business has become.
Hindsight’s 20/20
WD readers who are published authors share what they wish they’d known about the
process going in—and help you see your own book’s future more clearly.
[FEATURES]
THE WD INTERVIEW: ANNE TYLER BY JESSICA STRAWSER
With a body of work spanning five decades, a Pulitzer Prize and membership in the
Academy of Arts and Letters, Anne Tyler is a testament to the best kind of
longevity—and the purity of the written word.
Keep on Writing BY ZACHARY PETIT
Wanderlust, business savvy and a “magical, all-alone private Stonehenge”:
How Rick Steves became the world’s most trusted travel writer.
The Purple Elephant in the Room BY MELISSA HILL
The winner of the WD Popular Fiction Awards knows how to make an unforgettable suspense
story stand out in a crowd. PLUS: The top 5 winners in each category.
The Facts on Fiction Collaboration BY J.A. KONRATH
Partnering up can help you write smarter, work faster and engage new readers—and
it’s a lot of fun, too.
[EDITOR’S PICK]
MFA Insider: MFA vs. Ph.D. BY BROCK CLARKE
A prospective student’s guide to taking sides (or not) in the battle of the
terminal creative writing degrees.
[COLUMNS/DEPARTMENTS]
InkWell EDITED BY ZACHARY PETIT
Confessions of a Plot Junkie
From Screed to Screen
You Are What You Read
Annual Poetry Contest
21st Century Writer Tip: Google Alerts
The Roeder Report: Going Out on (the Way to the) Top
Ask the Pro: Cheryl Klein, Senior Editor at Arthur A. Levine Books BY KARA GEBHART UHL
First Impressions: Luck and Method BY JORDAN E. ROSENFELD
Questions & Quandaries BY BRIAN A. KLEMS
Historical fiction, word clarification and cover letters.
Your Story: The Key BY LARRY PETERSON
Nonfiction: 10 Tips for Profiling the Pros BY SUSAN SHAPIRO
The Conference Scene: The Lesley University Writers’ Conference BY LINDA FORMICHELLI
Celebrating 90 Years of WD: American History
[WRITER’S WORKBOOK: STORYTELLING]
Hook Readers With a Strong Beginning BY LES EDGERTON
Use Braiding to Layer Your Story Line BY HEATHER SELLERS
Keep Your Story Moving at the Right Pace BY JESSICA PAGE MORRELL
