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Write Articles to Help Get Your Book Published, Build Platform, & Promote Your Work. The Book Doctors are proud to announce were starting an exciting new partnership with Shawna Kenney, journalist, author, writer, coach and teacher. We regularly tell our clients that writing and publishing short pieces is a great way to build your brand and resume, get your work into the world, prove to a publisher that there's an audience for your work, become a better writer, and publicize your book when it comes out. Weve brought Shawna onto the team to show you how to [...] more

Waytu Moore, author of SHE WOULD BE KING and founder of the nonprofit One Moore Book, shares the publication journey for her debut novel and reflects on art, writing craft, commerce, and more. Filmed at Succeed2gethers Montclair Literary Festival 2019. WHAT WE COVER 0:35 Writing a draft of SHE WOULD BE KING and exploring identity as an African in America and as an African-American2:19 Pressures writers put on themselves, writing craft, and not resenting your art3:26 Writing discipline and respecting your art4:01 Publishing industry trends4:23 Waytu Moore's next novel is about mermaids5:32 Publishing SHE [...] more

We first met David Gilmore many years ago during a writing conference in Tucson, Arizona. He stood out among the other attendees in part because he was just so smart, funny. He had already done so much work as a writer, and he was a fantastic listener. When we saw that he had a new book out, [...] more

We were absolutely delighted when we got a request from editor extraordinaire Peter Ginna to write something for a new book he was putting together called What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing . Because Arielle is an agent and writer, and David is a writer and book doctor, we have a very different perspective than most people who make money editing books. We thoroughly enjoyed writing our piece, but it was much more fun reading some of the amazing pieces in this book. So now that What Editors Do is [...] more