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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, 2024

Still from “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix

Oct 14, 2024

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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, 2024

Sucess Ahead road sign

Mar 5, 2024

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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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Lit Life

A 92-Year-Old First-Time Author Hits It Out Of The Park

How Gill Johnson found success as a late bloomer with a memoir of a magical summer in Venice in her 20s

Jan 25

A 92-Year-Old First-Time Author Hits It Out Of The Park

Jan 25

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Lit Life

Could You Make Money As A Translator?

If you speak a second language, it could put cash in your pocket, and here’s how much you could earn

Jan 12

Could You Make Money As A Translator?

Jan 12

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Lit Life

What Nobody Tells You About California Fires

Great writers reveal details others don’t and show how to write unforgettable stories about disasters

Jan 11

What Nobody Tells You About California Fires

Jan 11

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Counter Arts

The Real-Life Captain Kirk

An exciting new bestseller brings fresh life to the man who inspired the most famous line on Star Trek

Jan 11

Capt. James Cook and his ships

Jan 11

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Lit Life

Why Your Book Won’t Win A Pulitzer No Matter How Good It Is

Even a Simon & Schuster editor thinks rival Penguin Random House will win for ‘James’

Jan 8

Photo of a reproduction of the original Pulitzer medal

Jan 8

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Thought Thinkers

What We All Get Wrong About Killer Whales

A great writer who swam with them debunks myths — and King Charles has just honored him for his work

Jan 4

Photos of Erich Hoyt and orcas in the wild

Jan 4

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Thought Thinkers

When Should You Stop Reading A Book?

Here’s how I made the call on Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ a National Book Award winner and Pulitzer frontrunner

Dec 29, 2024

Percival Everett and the cover of “James”

Dec 29, 2024

Janice Harayda

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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