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Do Fiction Writers Need a Platform?
A quiet shift in what helps a book get a deal
Mar 17
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Panio Gianopoulos
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One Hundred Drafts Later
Daniel Coyle on curiosity, community, and the carpentry of writing.
Mar 13
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Panio Gianopoulos
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The Two Things Agents Look For in a Query Letter
What agents notice in the first 30 seconds of a query.
Mar 10
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Panio Gianopoulos
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Video Replay: How Do You Write a Query Letter That Gets Read?
Karin Gillespie on hooks, comps, and pitching a novel or memoir
Mar 7
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Panio Gianopoulos
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Karin Gillespie
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How Pain Becomes a Book
Darcey Steinke answers our 21 Questions about the writing life
Mar 6
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February 2026
Video Replay: What Is Hybrid Publishing, Really?
Publisher Brooke Warner on control, credibility, and betting on your own book
Feb 28
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Be Nice to the Prison Guards
Nicolas Niarchos on reporting from Congo, chasing battery metals, and why the best stories are written from the ground up.
Feb 27
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Panio Gianopoulos
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The Easiest Publicity Move Most Authors Ignore
Your next publicity event might already be in your inbox
Feb 24
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Panio Gianopoulos
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Video Replay: How Do You Tell the Truth About a Life?
Mark Oppenheimer on writing Judy Blume’s biography
Feb 22
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Panio Gianopoulos
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41:21
Mothers, Daughters, and Deadlines
Memoirist Irena Smith on the invisible threads that shape a life.
Feb 21
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Panio Gianopoulos
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Irena Smith
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Inside Hybrid Publishing
A live conversation with publisher Brooke Warner on choosing between traditional and hybrid publishing
Feb 20
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Panio Gianopoulos
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Breaking Up with Guilt
21 Questions with psychiatrist and author Jennifer Reid
Feb 13
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Panio Gianopoulos
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Jennifer Reid, MD
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