Howdy race fans and welcome to another installment of your favorite weekly festival of writing-, publishing-, and book-related news and information. The good news is that, once again, I've managed to do this on Friday, as I'm supposed to. The bad news, aside from the fact that my audience is still minuscule, is that I may not have to do any more of these because, low and behold, there is an article in this week's batch that provides the legend to the map, the keys to the vault, and the secret to the proverbial sauce. That article (under "The Business") is "How to Get Published," and it really does tell you everything you need to know about how to get your foot in the door (e.g., get an agent and have him or her open the door for you). Of course, before you can get an agent, you have to write something, so maybe my work isn't done here just yet.
Well, that's it for now. To coin a phrase, keep in touch and do good work.
We'll leave the light on for you.
WRITING ADVICE & TOOLS:
Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction
Harrison Christian on the best piece of writing advice he's been given
How to write like the best-selling author of all time - Jamie Bernthal
Alan Moore's Incredibly Underrated Writing Guide
10 Tips for Writing an Engaging Blog Post
PanWriter: Cross-platform writing tool runs on anything and outputs to anything
THE BUSINESS:
A Trial Put Publishing's Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn?
The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers
Interview with an Indie Press: And Other Stories
How to Learn About the Publishing Industry With Reedsy's Resources
MISC:
This Educator Is Bringing Clemente High School's Library Back To Life
Strangers can write a book together on the Infinite Chapters website
Cheryl Strayed on the 1995 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike That Changed Everything
Missing Pages: the podcast revisiting jaw-dropping literary scandals
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