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Think You Can’t Get Sued For Putting Real People In Fiction? Think Again.

You can’t protect yourself as a creator just by changing names — but here are 5 tips from that could help

Oct 14

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Oct 14

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‘I’m In My 20s And Want To Be A Writer. What Should I Be Doing Right Now?’

The brutal truths nobody tells you about launching a writing career when you’re just a few years out of school

Mar 5

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Mar 5

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What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

Learn from these 63 mind-blowing (or heartbreaking) ‘advances’ paid to bestselling or barely selling authors

Mar 31, 2023

What Do Publishers Really Pay You For A Book?

Mar 31, 2023

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Thought Thinkers

What The Media Aren’t Telling You About Wildfires In The East

I grew up in a part of New Jersey plagued by fires, and my experience and hard numbers give a different view

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Three Great Memoirs To Inspire Yours

The bloom is off the memoir rose in publishing, but these still work years after they first appeared

4d ago

Cover and art from Patti Smith’s “Just Kids”

4d ago

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Lit Life

How Ballet Helped Diana Grow

‘Shy Di’ gained poise and confidence from dance lessons, her teacher says in a new memoir

Nov 8

How Ballet Helped Diana Grow

Nov 8

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Lit Life

Don’t Tell Me Trump’s Tactics Were ‘Unprecedented’

I live in Alabama, where people remember George Wallace — but Shomari Figures’ victory offers hope

Nov 7

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Nov 7

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Lit Life

Why We Need ‘Democracy In America’ More Than Ever

A Frenchman’s great book about the United States still speaks to our times and the presidential election

Nov 1

A color portrait of Alexis de Toqueville

Nov 1

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Lit Life

Why Nobody Wants To Read Your Memoir

Personal stories have fallen out of favor with editors and critics, but these steps may help you beat the odds

Oct 29

Cover and photo of author of “I’m Glad My Mom Died”

Oct 29

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Beyond the Scoreboard

Why I Love Wacky Sports Fans

They add fun to my life even if they make others cringe

Oct 24

A Dodger fan at a Dodger game with his face painted as a baseball and “Viva Los Dodgers” printed on his forehead.

Oct 24

Janice Harayda

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Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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