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Five Ways to Help a New Book Succeed
Part One: The Five Ways If there’s an author you respect or appreciate and whose work you’d like to support, there are five ways you can...
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Shelby Reed
- Aug 3
- 4 min
Interview with co-authors Kate Hyers & J.C. Smith
Interview with co-authors Kate Hyers & J.C. Smith
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Brittany McMunn
- Jun 4
- 5 min
Interview with an Editor
Since my hair-brained idea at the start of 2021 to change my MHA a year into the program to something I was more passionate about, my MFA...
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Shelby Reed
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Embracing Diversity: United for Pride Month
Celebrating Pride Month by sharing some of our favorite Wild Ink and Conquest books that feature LGBTQAI+ characters. Adorned in Ice by...
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Brittany McMunn
- Apr 13
- 5 min
Why Conquest is Different
Not all that long ago I sat in my office chair, I'm sure on the phone with my business colleague as I am most days, and tried wracking my...
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Brittany McMunn
- Apr 8
- 10 min
Don't Stare Directly at the Sun: Flash Fiction & Poems for the Solar Eclipse
Those That Thunder Takes Stan Nesbit Beneath its wing I trembled, the beat of my heart a cacophony in my ears. she held me so close, the...
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Benjamin Ludwig
- Apr 6
- 7 min
An Interview with Author Katy Metzger
Recently I saw a post by author Katy Metzger on Twitter/X. It stopped me cold when I saw it. I asked if I could interview her about the...
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Greg Jones
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Meeting Your Heroes
I’ve heard it said to “never meet your heroes.” However, there are certain people who impact your life in such a profound way that it...
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Jen Colclough
- Mar 28
- 4 min
Grieving While Gay
My favourite place in the world no longer exists. This statement isn’t entirely true—the house remains along with its old wallpaper and...
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Arini Vlotman
- Mar 26
- 3 min
3 Lessons Learnt From My Release Day
It was a dark and stormy night. At the southern tip of the African continent an innocent author lay sound asleep, relishing the short...
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Bruce Buchanan
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Don't Quit Your Day Job (and Why That's a Good Thing!)
Making full-time living writing fiction is living the dream—but for most authors (even ones with book deals) being a writer means working...
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Amelia MacKinnon
- Mar 14
- 4 min
From BookTok to Bookshelf: How a TikTok Ban Spells Trouble for Readers and Publishers Everywhere
The indie book publishing industry has been steadily growing in recent years, with a significant impact on the literary landscape....
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Rebecca Minelga
- Mar 11
- 5 min
An Exclusive Submission? In This Economy?
I recently participated in an online pitch event and, I'll admit, I was thrilled to receive an editor like within minutes of posting my...
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Benjamin Ludwig
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Meeting One of My Literary Heroes
Sometimes you meet your heroes in serendipitous, almost miraculous ways. About a month ago I reached out to author David Elliott to ask...
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Lindsay Schraad Keeling
- Feb 22
- 5 min
The Art of Writing True Crime (and Why I Don’t Anymore)
The subject of true crime has skyrocketed in popularity over the past few decades. From TV shows to podcasts to books, the subject has...
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Simi Ramdutt
- Feb 19
- 2 min
Finding Help in Unexpected Places: The Experience of a Self-Published Author
The thought of publishing my first novel and becoming an indie author was simply daunting. For many months I was focused on finishing my...
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Erica Duarte
- Feb 17
- 2 min
Unlocking the Power of Mood Boards: A Guide for Authors
Today’s topic, Mood Boards. Why? What are they? And most importantly, how are they made? Mood boards are becoming more and more popular...
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Bruce Buchanan
- Feb 10
- 3 min
How a Writing Community Can Up Your Writing Game
Writing often is a solitary pursuit, and there’s some truth in the notion of the writer-as-introvert. We spent plenty of time hunched...
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Shelby Reed
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Do You Really Want to Write a Villain?
Not everyone is cut out to write evil characters.
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Benjamin Ludwig
- Feb 4
- 4 min
Where It's Safe: A Short Story
The short-short story below titled, Where It’s Safe, is part of the collection of 100 short-shorts I mentioned in my last blog post....
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