50 Ways to Get Published

In this issue, learn how to make your writing stand out to an editor; plus, how to make an audiobook, a bad review leading to romance, and more!

50 Ways to Get Published

Actually, there are more than 50 ways to get published, but there is one thing you need to do. To be a writer who is going to stand out to an editor, which is the only way to get published, you have to be youdifferent from all the other writers who submit their work. Thats good news.

(100+ Grammar Rules for Writers.)

The trick is simply being youand being good, which in the end comes out to the same thing. Lets start with being good. First, theres mastery of the language. You need to run with the language the way a figure skater glides on ice. You can have occasional slips, even falls. But you need to cut your edge into the language the way a figure skater cuts a skate blade into ice, maneuvering turns that command attention, accomplishing jumps that make people gaze.Read more...

How to Make an Audiobook

I had already embraced the idea of possibly doing my own audiobook when a production company reached out through my publisher, She Writes Press, to offer me a deal. Though they did not initially disclose the details, I was advised tojust take it. That this was every authors dream.

(Why Audiobooks Are Skyrocketing, and How Writers Can Take Advantage.)

But was it the dream for me? I wasnt sure.

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Laura Hankin: On a Bad Review Leading to Romance

"You have to do a lot of bad writing to do good writing! Youre going to throw out ideas, pages, and hours of work, and youve got to find a way to make peace with that or else youll be so paralyzed by trying make something perfect that you wont make anything at all."

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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 700

For today's prompt, write a special day poem. Read more...

Write in Italy With Writer's Digest

Florence holds a special place in my heart, though not for any one particular reason. Rather, its a sense of homecoming Ive felt, even from the first time I stepped into the city. Theres something about the way the sun reflects off the painted yellow buildings or brown stones and terra cotta roofs that creates a golden hue. The sky seems a more brilliant blue than Im used to and every corner you turn hints at another discovery waiting to be made.Read more...

From Your Writer's Digest Editor: Robert Lee Brewer

Robert Lee Brewer is a senior editor for Writers Digest and former editor of the Writer's Market book series. He is also the author of Smash Poetry Journal and Solving the World's Problems. He's super excited about the upcoming Personal Essay Writing Challenge.