Rasheeda Saka of Seven Stories Press
“Strive for your work to have lasting power, for it to be clear-eyed and brave with a singular vision and voice, in whatever way that means to you.
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Lisa Ampleman of the Cincinnati Review
“I wish that rejection could seem more like a business sales pitch that didn’t land than a dismissal of them as a writer.
Daniel Ruiz of Denver Quarterly
“Writing and publishing are two threads in a life that won’t always stitch as we’d like.
Audrey Crooks of Trident Media Group
“I think of a book’s path to reaching the public as a relay race.
Hannah Matheson of Four Way Books
“When I’m reading...I can postpone my desire to immediately ‘know.’ I can’t, however, enter work that confuses.
Lisa Bankoff of Bankoff Collaborative
“Do your best and take constructive criticism with an open heart. Then do better.
Malaga Baldi of the Baldi Agency
“Every agent/author/editor relationship is different, but that collaboration at its best is a Venn diagram: Writer, agent, and editor work toward the shared goal of getting a fantastic book published and into readers’ hands.
Shabnam Banerjee-McFarland of Odom Media Management
“We desperately need principled writers with radical imaginations that work in service of collective liberation.
Wayne Miller of Copper Nickel
“I truly believe that good work eventually finds a home.
Morissa Young of Milkweed Editions
“Draft with excessive, blooming flourish, then prune the rosebushes.