Welcome The New Year By Making This Powerful Promise To Yourself
Tis the season for making resolutions. And while most people are promising to lose weight, quit smoking, or remodel the kitchen, we’ve got a proposition for you creative writers out there. Stay...
View ArticleCall for Poetry and Short Story Submissions: Deadline Friday, January 7
Sick of waiting? No time to write? How many submissions did you make in 2010? Do better this year. Start right now. Begin the New Year with a healthy and happy submission strategy! The Writer’s Relief...
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Red Flags: Shortcuts That Agents & Editors Will Use To Reject Your Writing
Everybody knows the best way to get an acceptance letter is to write well (duh!) and target submissions well. But did you ever stop to wonder what red flags professional readers look for when they’re...
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How To Interpret Submission Guidelines
Submission guidelines pages have their own industry-specific lingo, and navigating the process of submitting your poems, stories, essays, and books requires a certain amount of professionalism and...
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Networking For Writers: How To Work A Room Full Of Agents And Editors
Does the thought of going to a cocktail party of strangers make you break out in hives? Writers are not always confident when it comes to networking with literary agents, editors, and other publishing...
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Your Author Website: Five Options For Your Homepage
Fact: Authors are more successful when they adapt to changes in the publishing industry. Having an author website is becoming as necessary and expected as having a business card. And there’s no webpage...
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5 Ways Goodreads Can Help Your Writing Career
You’ve probably heard that your reading habits can help your writing technique, but did you know that reading can also help your writing career? Thousands of writers are interacting with their readers...
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5 Safe Ways To Share Your Writing Online
Photo by Braden Kowitz These days, most writers know that posting your short prose and poetry online means that editors will consider the work to be previously published and therefore ineligible for...
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Featured Client: Anders Benson
Congratulations to Anders Benson, our featured client! (Click to watch his scary video now!) Anders Benson will tell you that our Review Board didn’t wave him through right away. We were intrigued by...
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Literary Paws: Writers And Their Pets
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Scroll down for a slideshow of staff members’ literary pet photos, and check out the winning entries below. You’ve probably seen photos of our doggie “office mascots,”...
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Our Love Of Words: Thanking Our Mentors
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, so we, the staff of Writer’s Relief, want to extend our gratitude to the special teachers who inspired our love of words. After all, it’s no coincidence we ended...
View ArticlePoet Susanna Rich’s Advice For Writers: Taking The Show On The Road
Hi, poets and writers! We have a special treat for you today. Susanna Rich is here with us to talk about how she turned her written poems into a staged, theatrical performance. Susanna has been a...
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Send Us Your Tips On Attending Conferences
Hi Writer-Readers, We’re doing a special article in June, and we need your help. Comment with your SINGLE BEST tip for finding/going to/networking at a writing conference. You can also say what a...
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Your Best Tips For Attending A Writing Conference
Summertime usually means vacations and drinks by the pool. But for a writer, summertime can also mean packing business casual clothes, prepping an elevator pitch, and getting ready to make an...
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The Money-Saving Guide To Writing Conferences: Save Hundreds Of Dollars With...
Smart career tips, networking possibilities, and craft development—writing conferences can be incredibly valuable to a writer. But they can also be prohibitively expensive! If you’re on a budget,...
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We want YOUR true story on our blog!
WANTED: Real Stories From Our Readers We want to publish YOUR stories about making submissions. > Did you get an unusual/funny/unexpected rejection? > Did a submission that was originally turned...
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How To Get A Famous Author To Endorse Your Book
Having a book blurb—aka a book jacket or an endorsement—from a famous (or even semi-famous) author is a marketing strategy that can have a positive impact on your book sales. But, whether you’re a new...
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A Sample Letter For Writers Requesting A Book Endorsement
Before you write a letter to an author requesting a quote, endorsement, or blurb for your book, take a look at our sample letter shown below. Reviewing our example will help you write your own book...
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26 Publishing Industry Terms Every Writer Should Know
Here’s a list of publishing industry terms that insiders use to describe various styles of creative writing. Soon you’ll be talking about books, short stories, essays, and poems in the same way that...
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Featured Client: Kim Venkataraman
Meet our latest featured client, Kim Venkataraman! A talented writer with a unique voice, Kim enjoys telling her stories from unexpected perspectives. She has had her short stories published in...
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