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5 writers answer: “What’s on your Damn Good Writing syllabus?
We’ve been asking writers “What’s on your Damn Good Writing syllabus” during their My Reading Life questionnaires. Here are five of those writers sharing the books they consider to be out of this world.
Continue reading “5 writers answer: “What’s on your Damn Good Writing syllabus?”Announcing the 2025 Poets & Writers Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort
Poets & Writers has announced the 2025 poetry cohort for Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career writers. The program gives selected writers an opportunity to work with an experienced book publicist who will guide them in leveraging the opportunity presented by their first or second major book publication.
Continue reading “Announcing the 2025 Poets & Writers Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort”6 writers recommend books you’re guaranteed to fall in love with
It’s a daunting task to recommend books to someone. What’s their taste, what mood are they in, how do they feel about certain genres, and countless other questions run through my head. So, instead of asking writers to give me recommendations on the spot, I’ve asked them to share books they love. No other qualifications. Just hit Debutiful readers with a book (or a few) they love and think readers will love as well. And, boy, did they deliver!
Here are February’s writer recommendations that Debutiful’s favorite writers guarantee you’ll fall in love with.
Continue reading “6 writers recommend books you’re guaranteed to fall in love with”The Art of a Cold Pitch
At any given point, my inbox has 100+ emails from publicists I’ve worked with for over a decade, as well as submission form responses from writers I’ve never heard of. I also get sent books regularly, ranging from ones I expect and have asked for to ones writers cold-mail me.
It is no better for a writer to pitch their book via the online submission form or send me a book with a printed letter. I think it makes more economic sense to send an email, but that’s just my two cents.
I’ve spent some time thinking about why certain books catch my eye, and I want to focus on writers who pitch themselves because they either don’t have an assigned publicist at their publisher or they are on a small enough publisher that the writer has to hustle for themselves.
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