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Graduate School
Apply to a PhD Creative Writing Program
Welcome to the Front of the Class: Setting Priorities as an MFA Student Tasked to Teach
Experiences As a Teaching Assistant
Making the Decision to Apply to PhD Programs
The Benefits of Being a Professor as a Writer
Visiting a Creative Writing Program
The Association of Writing Programs Strikes Back
Getting Involved
Getting Involved With the Writing Community During Undergrad or Before Attending Graduate School
Networking, or: How I Learned to Stop Fretting and Love the Challenge
Being a Reading Series Coordinator
How To Get Involved with a Writing Community
How to Put Together a Book Tour
Gaining a New Audience for YesYes Books
The Importance and Benefits of Attending Writing Conferences
An Introvert’s Guide to Poetry Readings
Artist Residencies: Retreat, Refuge, and (Eventual) Reconciliation to Reality
The Experience of Running a Reading Series
Why Start Publishing a Literary Journal
Getting the Most Out of Your Academic Support Network
Dealing With Negative Interactions From Other Writers
The Literary Ambassadors for the National Student Poets Program (Excellent for H.S. Students)
Benefits of Having a Blog or Website
6 Benefits of Using a Kindle as a Writer
10 Common Excuses to Not Write
Top 10 Reading Series in the Midwest
Top 10 Reading Series in the Northeast
Top 10 Southern Reading Series
10 Must-See Movies Involving Writers
Experiences Being a Travel Writer
Writing Prompts: Coaxing the Imagination
Importance of Blogging About Writing
Re-Thinking the Creative Writing Workshop
Television Series for Writers: Back Page
Being a Literary Publicist and Helping Other Writers
Benefits of Writing a Blurb For a Book
Starting A Competitive Journal As A High School Student
Reverence Barrier – Contacting Established Writers
Jobs
The Job Process After Receiving an MFA
Expectations After Receiving Your MFA
How to Balance a Full-Time Job and Being a Writer
Confessions of a Dirty Careerist: Making Your C.V. More Marketable While Still a Grad Student
The Benefits of Being a Professor as a Writer
Improving As a Writer
Why We Critique as Writers and How to Stay Confident During This Process
How Can I Become a More Successful Writer?
How to Overcome Major Obstacles as a Writer
How to Incorporate Personal History in Your Writing
Incorporating Multiple Disciplines in Your Writing
How to Write Collaborative Poetry
How to Write Sentences: Understanding, Logic and Meaning
Characteristics of an Exceptional Writer
Challenges Faced As a Female Writer
How to Find Inspiration For Writing
25 Characteristics of an Enduring Poem
Community is the Answer: Making the Most of Missed Opportunities
When Literary License Works, and When it Doesn’t
Sibling Rivalry Press and LGBT Writing
Benefits of Writing a Blurb For a Book
Publishing
How to Start a Press While You are Still an MFA
Publishing with an Independent Press as a Fiction Writer
The Current Importance of Innovation in Writing and Publishing
How to Submit Work for Publication
Modesty and the Art of Shameless Solicitation: Pre-Release and Release of Your Book
Quick Tips for Publishing Flash Fiction
At the Crossroads of Writing and Graphic Design
Publishing Your Book: The Book Contract
Benefits of Writing a Blurb For a Book
Benefits of Publishing in Literary Journals and Magazines
Life and Writing
How to Balance Your Writing Career and Family
Achieving a Balance With Your Writing
Is Writing a Learned Skill or a Natural Talent?
How to Balance a Full-Time Job and Being a Writer
How to Help Friends and Family Understand Your Writing
Challenges Faced As a Female Writer
I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down: A Writer’s Guide to Urban Survival
In Hearts of Darkness – A Focus on Depression and its Influence
Sibling Rivalry Press and LGBT Writing
10 Common Excuses to Not Write
The Process of Writing Without Reading or Writing
Starting A Competitive Journal As A High School Student
“The Next Big Thing” Interview and Other Book Interviews
Barbra Annino – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Will Barnes – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Irving Belateche – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Hélène Cardona – “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Beth Copeland – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Nina Corwin – “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Scott Cramer – “Next Big Thing” Interview
James Cushing – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Keith Domingue - “Next Big Thing” Interview
Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow – “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Dan Fiorella – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Gail Fishman Gerwin – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Veronica Golos – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Katherine Amt Hanna – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Isaac Ho – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Diana Huang – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Patricia Spears Jones – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Adele Kenny – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Dean Kostos – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Richard Levine – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Sarah Maclay – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Kyle McCord – “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Christiana Miller - “Next Big Thing” Interview
Emma Mills – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Doug Molitor – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Robert Rosenbloom – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Larry Sawyer – “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Catherine Strisik – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Lynne Thompson – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Shannon Camlin Ward – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Sharon Venezio – “Next Big Thing” Interview
Michael T. Young – “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Mariano Zaro - “The Next Big Thing” Interview
Interview With Susan Gregg Gilmore