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Writing Alone, Writing Together

by Vicki Berger Erwin Not only do I have a co-author for the nonfiction I write, it’s my husband. We’ve been married a long time, we’ve written several successful books…

On the Other Side of the Pond

by Karen Keeley Coming from Canada, I have been asked when travelling in the States if I parked my dogsled at the border—is my igloo in safe hands? Okay, I…

Is Reading Dead? Hell, No!

by Linda Kaye Hardie I used to teach core humanities at the University of Nevada, Reno, where we studied how our civilization came to be what it is. In the…

Removing the Fat: Meeting Word Limits

by Arthur Vidro, from the Summer 2017 issue of Calliope, reprinted with permission. In the 1980s, I was fortunate to work as part of the copy-editing team at a national…

Don’t know how to format a manuscript?

Tips from Michael Bracken, an editor mentioned in The October Publishing Game William Shunn offers two samples: the “modern” version and the “classic.” Note that Shunn didn’t create this out…

The October Publishing Game

by Jay Hartman I recently moderated a panel of editors for Desert Sleuths, a chapter of Sisters in Crime, for their annual WriteNOW! conference. I invited my fellow editor pals…