How much do writers get paid for their work? You might be surprised to learn that it is often more than the editors who make that work possible.
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Hi, I Reviewed Your Book! A Twitter Guide
Is it appropriate to include an author’s twitter handle when tweeting a review of said author’s book? David Duhr investigates and critics weigh in.
AWP 2013 Boston, Day 3: The Weird Bomb Explodes
The final day of AWP in Boston finds the 11,000 writers in attendance, zombified and roaming the halls looking for free swag, as everyone vows ‘never again.’
AWP 2013 Boston, Day 2: “Judge and/or Be Judged”
‘I’m just here to soak up the desperation,’ says one AWP attendee who managed to remain aloof from from the fray, but our correspondent David Duhr hasn’t fared as well.
AWP 2013 Boston Day 1: Like a Giant Toilet Filled with 11,000 Writers
The AWP annual conference opened in Boston, attracting 11,000 writers and a blizzard. Our intrepid correspondent David Duhr reports back after waiting hours for his badge…
Overturning “The Lemonade-stand Culture of Literature”
Ohio publishers Two Dollar Radio are interested in singular, bold writing, and if you tattoo their logo on your body you get a lifetime of books for free.
AWP Diary, Finale: Flirting with Scurvy, Poet Jim Hazard RIP
Over the last two days of AWP our correspondent flirts with scurvy, eulogizes poet Jim Hazard, and realizes his whole life is a less-intense version of AWP.
AWP Diary, Day 2: Purgatory with Dolly Parton Poetry
What the business side of AWP boils down to: Writers are here to find publishers. Publishers are here to find readers. Readers are at home reading ‘Twilight.’
AWP Diary, Day 1: Please Don’t Feed the 9,500 Writers
Editor David Duhr reports back from his first day at the AWP in Chicago, where he’s asked: ‘Would you like bacon and cheese on your kielbasa, or just cheese?’
Is Austin, Texas Paradise for YA Authors?
Where can you find a tight-knit, post-Potter community with strong leadership and a mentoring tradition for young adult writers? In the middle of Texas, y’all.
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