The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This boutique publishing firm offers cash prizes and promotional packages to winning authors. Inkitt’s writing contest runs monthly and gives authors the chance to win cash prizes up to $300, exclusive book badges and promotional packages while showcasing their books to Inkitt’s audience of more than 3 million users. PEN/Robert J.

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Publishing Trends

MAY 6, 2024

PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Craig Mandeville , VP and general manager at Simon & Schuster, will retire effective July 13. Publicist Ryo Yamaguchi has been named the new publisher, and Julie Johnson is promoted to director of finance & operations. Nora Afghani has been promoted to author events associate.

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Melanie Saxton

JANUARY 27, 2023

Article by Melanie Saxton Photography by Presley Daniel Originally published in The Woodlands City Lifestyle Elin Hilderbrand, a New York Times bestselling author, was a featured speaker at The John Cooper School’s 18th Annual Signatures Author Series fundraiser this past December. Learn more at buythebook-tx.com.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this solo episode, I talk about my lessons learned from 11 years as a full-time author entrepreneur, and why I am (finally) taking some time off. Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F.

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Grammarly

JULY 25, 2023

Alternatively, you can cite AI in Chicago using parenthetical citations if you prefer the author-date system. The writer can choose whether to use footnotes, endnotes, or author-date parenthetical citations when citing sources, and the CMOS provides thorough guidelines for each. CMOS recommends mentioning the prompt in the text.

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Copywriter Collective

AUGUST 25, 2023

To kick things off, the author of the thread, Kathleen @bingtoolbar , shared an image of an insert that came with an order of Rhode Skin and it caused a bit of a ruckus within the Copywriter community. Susexx Soldier (@SussexxSoldier) July 20, 2023 Another user theorised that the brain teaser could be written by AI: Most likely AI.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Dates : July 10-16, 2023 Duration : 7 days Dollars : Basic Writer ($2,125) Advanced Writer ($2,525) Super Awesome Author ($3,125) All packages include food, lodging, daily runs, a writing group workshop, social events, and race entry. All writers at any level are welcome, including authors, poets, graduate students and scholars!

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Jane Friedman

JULY 21, 2023

Today’s post is by author Catherine Baab-Muguira. Join her on Wednesday, July 26, for the online class The Author Platform Accelerator. Note from Jane: If you enjoyed this post, join us on Wednesday, July 26 for the online class The Author Platform Accelerator. So much querying advice is the same.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 15, 2023

Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas ( @manzanitafire ), an award-winning author, editor, and book coach. She offers a wide range of courses for writers, including Story Medicine: Better Stories for a Better World , enrolling now for July 10–August 4.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 6, 2024

Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash Today’s post is by romance author and book coach Trisha Jenn Loehr ( @trishajennreads ). Emotional intimacy between an acquaintance/mentor and mentee: In Julie Murphy’s YA novel Dumplin’ , a teenage girl expresses her grief at the death of her late aunt.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Imprints have long been getting closed, merged, reorganized, and reborn over publishing’s history, but this summer raised new frustrations and fears among authors about how and why it’s happening. Alongside those are an increased number of imprints focused on BIPOC authors and historically underrepresented voices.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 8, 2023

Photo by Kristopher Roller on Unsplash Today’s guest post is by Gemma Whelan , author of Painting Through the Dark. Plus two free books for the author, and further books could be purchased at a 30% discount. I asked around—friends who were published authors, others with knowledge of independent publishing. I was thrilled.

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Grammarly

MAY 17, 2023

Lynx, Manhattan, NY— Lead Content Strategist July 2020-December 2022 Built a robust content strategy and framework to drive 235K visitors per month via organic traffic with a staff of 5. Created a partner marketing matrix and thought leadership program to expand reach and authority.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 26, 2023

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Julie Vick ( @vickjulie ). I had been following other authors and the book industry long enough to know that the realities of the industry (even with a traditional publishing deal) meant that authors need to contribute to the marketing of their book.

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Fat Joe

JULY 26, 2023

The more high-authority websites that link to your site, the more authoritative it appears to search engines. Mint SEO founder Nick Zviadadze ranks backlink profiles as more influential than topical authority : Backlink Profile > Topical Authority A website with a very strong backlink profile (e.g.

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Publishing Trends

MAY 25, 2023

Colette Burke will join WH Smith the board as a non-executive director on July 1. PROMOTIONS Vice president, editor-in-chief of Norton John Glusman will step back from managerial duties in July, becoming vice president, executive editor, and continuing to acquire. The Author’s Guild stepped in to help resolve the dispute.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio The following article first appeared in my paid newsletter, The Hot Sheet , which covers book publishing industry news and trends for authors. Consequently, more authors than ever are wondering if they ought to join for the sake of book marketing and promotion. I’ve seen authors of all genres succeed.”

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JULY 7, 2023

Writing Contests 2023 Inkitt Novel Competition : Monthly Inkitt’s Writing Contests regularly give authors the opportunity to share their books with readers around the world and showcase their talents. No more than one manuscript per author. No more than one author per manuscript. Translations. Multiple submissions.

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Publishing Trends

MAY 10, 2023

Adria Goetz has joined KT Literary as senior agent and illustration coordinator, seeking picture books (especially by author-illustrators), middle grade fiction, graphic novels, and adult fiction—particularly rom coms, thrillers, and upmarket fiction. Founded in 1999, Julie Burton Agency has been acquired by Watson, Little.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 17, 2023

Todays post is by author and editor Julie Gray. As a writer and a developmental editor, I experience the same highs and lows as the writers I work with. Trying to get an agent and a book deal seems like looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s easy and understandable to get frustrated and give up.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JULY 7, 2023

Writing Contests 2023 Inkitt Novel Competition : Monthly Inkitt’s Writing Contests regularly give authors the opportunity to share their books with readers around the world and showcase their talents. No more than one manuscript per author. No more than one author per manuscript. Translations. Multiple submissions.

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Grammarly

JULY 14, 2023

Maddy Osman, Author & Founder at The Blogsmith I’ve used Grammarly for almost as long as I’ve written content professionally. In July 2022, I published the bestseller Writing for Humans and Robots: The New Rules of Content Style in an effort to provide guidance around writing for the modern web.

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BKA Content

OCTOBER 6, 2023

searchers as of July 2023. You already spent time building your own internal links and hopefully have linked to high-authority websites in your blogs. High-quality SEO helps you rank higher on Google, demonstrating that you are trustworthy and an authority in your field.

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Publishing Trends

JUNE 14, 2023

VP, field sales & account marketing Karen Torres will be leaving Hachette Book Group on July 14. Michelle Waters joins Riverhead as marketing manager. She was previously at W.W. She has been with the company in some form for more than 36 years. SVP/executive editor Terry Karten retired after 42 years with Harper Collins.

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Moz

JULY 15, 2020

There's endless possibilities w/ #machinelearning : Some cool things: - AI-generated faces - Auto-excuse generator (need that) Leveraging for SEO: - Keyword research - Forecasting time series - Extracting entities and categories from URLs - Internal link analysis #mozcon — Seer Interactive (@SeerInteractive) July 15, 2020.

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Make a Living Writing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Submission dates: June 1 to January 15 Payment: $45 per printed page; $90 minimum per title; $450 maximum per author POETRY Magazine POETRY Magazine publishes all types of unpublished poetry, including text, audio, video and visual formats as well as some prose works.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Today’s post is by author, editor, and book coach Julie Artz ( @julieartz ). Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash. Download her Tent Pole Scenes Outline template (discussed below).

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Moz

JULY 15, 2020

There's endless possibilities w/ #machinelearning : Some cool things: - AI-generated faces - Auto-excuse generator (need that) Leveraging for SEO: - Keyword research - Forecasting time series - Extracting entities and categories from URLs - Internal link analysis #mozcon — Seer Interactive (@SeerInteractive) July 15, 2020.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cassidy Leyendecker has joined Macmillan Publishers as author development and backlist manager. Julie Jayne , associate publisher, has left Regnery Publishing. Michael Benton has joined as business systems analyst for platform development. Matthew Hafner has joined ReaderLink Distribution Services as district operations auditor.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Jessie Kwak talks about adapting to life as a freelance writer and author after being injured, and her tips for managing work and energy. You can also check out KWL Podcast episode on Accessibility for Authors. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors.

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The Hoth

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

YMYL is a vital part of the latest Google Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines , and its importance only increased from the July 2019 update. These verifiable facts, also measured for authority and reputation, must be capable of impacting someone’s actions after they read a piece of content. . Main Content Quality and Amount.

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Bramework

JANUARY 20, 2023

Screenshot of Making Sense of Cents July Income Report It opened up my mind to what was possible beyond what I was making as a Pharmacist. This was in July of 2019 and at the time I wasn’t aware that AI was even a thing. My Blog Income Report from June 2021 to July 2022 I started getting really good with keyword research.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2024

Plus, Author Blueprint (2024) is now in print (or get the ebook here ); Spear of Destiny prelaunch page. You're the technical lead, and you help all of us authors with all our stuff. Just in case people don't know— What does Bookvault offer authors right now? What are the main services that authors are using?

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In July 2022, I launched my online shop at www.CreativePennBooks.com. Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author.

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Make a Living Writing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Authors or publishers may submit three copies of a book published in 2022, and any poetry collections must be at least 42 pages. #6 Deadline: 28th February 2023 Prize: The winner will be awarded $3,000 plus 20 author copies are given annually for a first or second poetry collection. #8 Submissions must be sent to balcones@austincc.edu.

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Moz

JULY 15, 2020

There's endless possibilities w/ #machinelearning : Some cool things: - AI-generated faces - Auto-excuse generator (need that) Leveraging for SEO: - Keyword research - Forecasting time series - Extracting entities and categories from URLs - Internal link analysis #mozcon — Seer Interactive (@SeerInteractive) July 15, 2020.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Helpful Content Update also shows the impact that true subject matter experts (SMEs) can have on authority. Once they approve, they should receive credit as an author or reviewer. Google recently reiterated that it is officially sunsetting Universal Analytics for most users on July 1, 2023. Video Is Priority #1.

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