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Coming soon! We have an episode for you all about what to do when agents can’t “connect” with your work. It’s much more common than you’d think! And, almost always, totally fixable. Stay tuned! 📺

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Pepperdine University offers a 2-year MFA program in screenwriting. They prep students to pursue vocations as screenwriters & become cultural leaders in the entertainment industry. Apply by April 30. https://www.newpages.com/events/pepperdine-mfa-screenwriting/ #screenwriting

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April 7 is the deadline to enter published prose books illuminating the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants to the New American Voices Award. $20 fee. $5,000 grand prize! #writers @fallforthebook.bsky.social

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I'm spilling a secret in today's newsletter! Plus TONS of #writing resources from @goodstory.bsky.social, @literarymama.bsky.social, @jessicastrawser.bsky.social, and more! #writingcommunity substack.com/home/post/p-...

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I'm biased, but I think this episode in which the very smart @radfordwrites.bsky.social and I gush over how much we love Gone Girl and why is a lot of fun. (Please excuse my poor sound -- I had my microphone on the wrong setting for the recording! 🤦 @gillianflynn.bsky.social #writingcommunity

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Curious which author I'm talking to? You'll just have to wait until my podcast launches to find out! The Long Road to Publishing, coming July 2025! #writingcommunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhsC...

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Have now completed a few interviews and have many more scheduled for the spring. So many amazing stories already, and I can't wait to hear more! #writingcommunity

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My latest #substack newsletter is about the migration of the #writingcommunity from X to Blue Sky, my love of Substack Notes, and a list of all the agent/editor pitch contests NOT on X! (Plus tons of resources for the #amwriting and #amquerying crowd.) evalangston.substack.com/p/where-have...

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"When I read Judy Blume's books, I was like, this is a person who really gets it. You know, this isn't someone who's trying to teach me a moral" - Rachelle Bergstein chats with @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & @evalangston.bsky.social on the latest episode of This Mama Is Lit!

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In our latest episode of This Mama Is Lit!, @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social and @evalangston.bsky.social chat with Rachelle Bergstein, author of The Genius of Judy, about why Judy Blume, once the most banned writer in the country, is more relevant now than ever:

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If you're a Judy Blume fan and/or care about book-banning, you NEED to listen to the latest episode of THIS MAMA IS LIT! with Rachelle Bergstein, author of THE GENIUS OF JUDY. @literarymama.bsky.social @ajfields.bsky.social @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social literarymama.substack.com/p/rachelle-b...

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Our Agent Choice Awards are Wednesday, and this is a recording session/party/ceremony that will soon be a portable podcast of queries that get agents' attention--with agents telling you WHY. This will help get query voice + energy into your head--and honor our amazing writers! Stay tuned!

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I'm biased, but I think this episode in which the very smart @radfordwrites.bsky.social and I gush over how much we love Gone Girl and why is a lot of fun. (Please excuse my poor sound -- I had my microphone on the wrong setting for the recording! 🤦 @gillianflynn.bsky.social #writingcommunity

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"I had the standard anxieties—that people wouldn’t like the book and would think less of me after they read it... But the real shame was from revealing myself as having had artistic aspirations in the first place." ~ @sarahosey.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/s...

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The first #PosterPit will be taking place on Saturday, April 19th, 2025! Follow @posterpit.bsky.social and go to posterpit.carrd.co to see the rules! This event is open to WIPs, Querying, Agented, On Sub, and Published works! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #AmQuerying #SkyWriters

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Looking forward to digging in to the new issue of @literarymama.bsky.social . Starting with the Editor's Letter, of course. literarymama.com/articles/dep...

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Many folks on this list are also now included in the @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social bookshop! #authors #books #nonfiction 🧪📚🗃️ bookshop.org/shop/peculia... go.bsky.app/PSeZJPm

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"I do not know what we can do with all that has been placed in our laps except recognize, and act against, the power we give to others when we don’t need to." from EIC's Jan/Feb letter Get ready for our March/April issue, & we hope you enjoyed our Jan/Feb return! literarymama.com/issues/janua...

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My latest #writing newsletter about adding suspense, plus an unexpected email and a dorky/sexy poem. And TONS of resources fr @goodstory.bsky.social, @newpages.bsky.social, @jessicastrawser.bsky.social, @write-mentor.bsky.social & more! evalangston.substack.com/p/add-suspen... #writingcommunity

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Is it time for another shameless plug? Sure is! Last week I launched a second podcast where guests get to rave about their favourite media, Ficsation (Episode One with @marvmissy.bsky.social). I also put out an SAB episode about The Swarm by Frank Schatzing, one of my favourite books. Links below!

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As an editor, I specialize in helping the #writingcommunity get submission-ready—& next month I'm teaching a virtual #WFWA workshop about one of the trickiest elements: The synopsis. Registration opens today, with a chance to get feedback on your own work! wfwa.memberclicks.net/mastering-th...

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Last chance to join our four-week online course: The Literary Agent – with Jonny Geller! Renowned literary agent and CEO of Curtis Brown Agency, Jonny Geller – @litagent.bsky.social – explores the role of the agent in the author’s professional life & how to go about getting one. 📆 Begins Thurs:

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Scheduling interviews with some amazing authors (with some very long, crazy journeys) for my new podcast THE LONG ROAD TO PUBLISHING. Follow me on Substack for updates along with all my usual #writing resources! #writingcommunity evalangston.substack.com

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Have you submitted your independently published, university-published, or self-published book to the National Indie Excellence Book Awards yet? Deadline is March 31. There is a fee. Cash prizes & sponsorship prizes awarded. #writers #bookaward

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Stop by our weekly roundup of submission opportunities on the NewPages blog & discover 63 opportunities to get your work published. Hurry, there are several March 15 deadlines! https://www.newpages.com/blog/where-to-submit/where-to-submit-roundup-march-14-2025/ #writers #submissionopportunities

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Have you submitted your manuscript to #RevPit yet? The submission window is open for 2 more days! #writersky #querying #amquerying #writingcommunity

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The March 2025 eLitPak Newsletter is now available! Enjoy writing & book contests, a call for submissions, upcoming writing retreat, new releases of books & lit mags in this edition! https://open.substack.com/pub/newpages/p/newpages-march-2025-elitpak #writers #literarycommunity

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Currently scheduling interviews for my new #podcast, THE LONG ROAD TO PUBLISHING and cannot be more excited to talk to authors about all the bumps and twists on the journey to publishing their books! #writingcommunity #publishing #authorinterviews

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If you yet to publish a book, @pshares.bsky.social Emerging Writer's Contest is open to fiction, nonfiction & poetry through May 15. Prize/genre: $2k, publication & more! $30 fee. www.newpages.com/guide-submission-opportunities/submit-to-ploughshares-emerging-writers-contest/ #writingcontest

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Great article from Linda Carroll substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Summer internship applications are open at LDLA. Yes, paid. Yes, remote. Visit the link in the post below for more info. (i.e. your questions will probably be answered there...also reading is part of the job!)

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Such a great episode with the author of a fantastic #memoir that was named a @literarymama.bsky.social best book of the year! #writingcommunity #writermoms #authorinterview #bedrest

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Want to pick the name of a character in one of my upcoming books, movies or TV shows? Bid on it now in this school auction! www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item...

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March 10, 1999. 38 miles hiked. And a long, long way to go. #inmyboots #booklover #appalachiantrail

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Dinty's the best!! #writingcommunity

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"she's in this environment, this milieu where people are starting to get involved in activism & she has a choice to make about what to do...you'll see that she's pulled in different directions." Listen to Nancy Johnson on This Mama Is Lit! literarymama.substack.com/p/nancy-john...

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Struggling with your crucial opening page? Here are my (@keslupo.bsky.social's) 3 top tips. More detail in thread! 🧵

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@jodipicoult.bsky.social is a Princeton English Department alumna, and she went into full-scale scholarly mode for her novel By Any Other Name. buff.ly/Q6xtJ6P

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3/9: the literary agent search 3/16: query letters 3/23: fine tune your sub package 3/30: comp titles & synopses Register for the topics you want or all 4 for 20% OFF www.eventbrite.com/e/novel-quer...

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If you have yet to publish a book, send fiction, nonfiction, & poetry to @pshares.bsky.social's Emerging Writer's Contest. Winners receive $1k, publication, & more. $30 fee. https://www.newpages.com/guide-submission-opportunities/submit-to-ploughshares-emerging-writers-contest/ #writingcontest

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My latest post on #writing lessons you should NOT learn from fairy tales. Plus, tons of writing links and resources fr @reneefountain.bsky.social, @lauraleffler.bsky.social, @andibartz.bsky.social, @newpages.bsky.social, and more! evalangston.substack.com/p/stop-writi... #writingcommunity

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Great minds think alike, @dintywmoore.bsky.social because we just interviewed @amandakjaros.bsky.social for THIS MAMA IS LIT! Can't wait for everyone to hear the interview. Also, as a girl who grew up hiking the Appalachian trail in VA, I can't wait to read this memoir! @literarymama.bsky.social

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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

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Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳 reviseresub.com/editors

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We love @joankwonglass.bsky.social's work & are excited for her book tour! Here's one of her poems from 2021, "Making Frybread With My Son": literarymama.com/articles/dep...

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Signs of spring!

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Your painful childhood, your relationship with one parent or another, the illness that almost sunk your marriage, the inconsolable loss that rocked your life at age fifty, are deep and worthy subjects for your pen, but that’s not all you have to write about. brevity.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/n...

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