Resources
From Category: Annie in the Middle
Choosing Your Book’s Resolution: Status Quo or New Normal?
Managing Editor's blog: Look at potential endings through the lens of static versus dynamic character types
Using Subtext to Add Depth to a Scene
Managing Editor's blog: What you haven't written may be as important as what you have
Is Your Memoir Really Just Venting?
Managing Editor's blog: Therapeutic personal writing versus audience-aware nonfiction
Is Your Collection a Book, or Just a Portfolio?
Managing Editor's blog: Turning a collection of poetry, prose, or artwork into a well-structured book
Do’s and Don’ts of a Winning Book Cover Design
Managing Editor's blog: Design your cover to express your book's core ideas
Write More Than One Book—Your Current Draft Will Thank You
Managing Editor's blog: Refocus your manuscript by saving some material for other projects
Marketing Basics on a Budget: An Interview with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of The Frugal Book Promoter
Managing Editor's blog: Indie authors often assume that marketing will cost an arm and a leg. Or they're embarrassed to promote themselves at all. Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of The Frugal Book Promoter, shares advice for bold and effective marketing on a budget.
The Autism Parent Memoir I’d Love to Read
Managing Editor's blog: Best practices for writing about your neurodivergent child
Book Covers, Marketing, and Authenticity: An Interview with Laura Duffy of Laura Duffy Design
A handsome book cover that's right for your genre can increase sales by a factor of two or more. But does working with a professional designer have to feel like a trust fall? Designer Laura Duffy doesn't think so.
Finding the best awards for your book: An interview with Book Award Pro founder Hannah Jacobson
Managing Editor's blog: Finding the best award opportunities for your manuscript, indie published, or traditionally published book
Explore Your Premise
Managing Editor's blog: Keeping your book focused on its main idea
Is Your First-Person Narrator Hurting Your Story?
Managing Editor's blog: 10 traps to watch out for in first-person narration, and resources that can help
Fixing the One-Dimensional Protagonist
Managing Editor's Blog: 10 reasons your main character may be too bland, and how to fix that
An Interview with Mina Manchester, Judge of the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
Winning Writers managing editor Annie Mydla speaks with Mina Manchester about what it's like to judge the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
What makes a winning humor poem? An interview with Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest judge Lauren Singer
Managing editor Annie Mydla asks Wergle Flomp judge Lauren Singer about the poems that make her laugh
Classism in Literature
Managing Editor's Blog: How to get better at writing about social class
Industry Interview: Talking Book Structure with Jendi Reiter, Editor of Winning Writers and Author of Origin Story
In this video, Winning Writers managing editor Annie Mydla discusses book structure with Jendi Reiter, editor of Winning Writers, North Street Book Prize judge, and author of the upcoming Origin Story | Visit source
Industry Interview: Talking Book Cover Design with Laura Duffy of Laura Duffy Design
In this industry interview, Winning Writers managing editor Annie Mydla speaks with book cover designer, former Random House art director, and North Street Book Prize co-sponsor Laura Duffy about designing covers for indie authors | Visit source
Exploitation Versus Representation
Managing Editor's Blog: How to identify and fix exploitative depictions in your writing
Older Writers and Finding Success
Managing Editor's Blog: What to say when older writers ask me, "Am I wasting my time?"
