Writer's Digest February 2015 Download
Writer's Digest, February 2015, Volume 95, No. 2
FEATURES: Promote Yourself & Your Work
Get in Good With Goodreads Here's how to use the world's biggest online reader hub to grow your audience exponentially. by Michael J. Sullivan
Success Stories in Self-Promotion Authors share the independent efforts that paid off big,for their books and their careers. compiled by Jessica Strawser & Tiffany Luckey
Your Author Website 101 Your online home is your single most important tool for promoting yourself and your work. Here's how to start today and build for tomorrow. by Jane Friedman
The WD Interview: Garth Stein His surprise smash The Art of Racing in the Rain put him on the fast track to literary lore. Six years later, with his long-awaited follow up, A Sudden Light, Garth Stein reminds us what's at the root of any book worth reading: A lot of hard work, and a heck of a good story. by Jessica Strawser
Call Me Irresponsible… Unreliable narrators have been admired by readers and writers alike since Holden Caulfield set the gold standard,and they're more popular than ever in today's bestsellers. Here are 8 reliable ways to make your characters just unreliable enough to keep readers guessing. by Deb Caletti
WRITER'S WORKBOOK: Structuring Your Story
The Hero's Journey by Paula Munier
The Universal Story by Martha Alderson
INKWELL
Co-Working Decoded: A shared workplace could boost your productivity, reduce distraction and sharpen home/work boundaries. by Lauren Alwan
Plus:
- Top Shelf: Couture Edition
- Poetic Asides: Terzanelle
- Get Smart With Smaller Markets
- Furst Drafts
- 5-Minute Memoir: Starstruck
COLUMNS
MEET THE AGENT: Peter Knapp, The Park Literary Group by Kara Gebhart Uhl
BREAKING IN: Debut Author Spotlight by Chuck Sambuchino
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK: Agent Commissions; Editor Requests; Second Submissions by Barbara Poelle
YOUR STORY: Tug of War
by Deborah WalgenbachSTANDOUT MARKETS: The New York Times' Modern Love; Willow Creek Press; The Iowa Review by Cris Freese
CONFERENCE SCENE: Writing by Writers @ Boulder; ASJA's Connect for Success; Faith & Culture by Linda Formichelli
REJECT A HIT: Our Mutual Friend spoof-rejected by Marianne Shafer
