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Traditional publishers pay you. Vanity publishers charge you. Hybrid publishers do both. Know which one you're dealing with before you sign anything — because most of them will lie about it.

Your typeset book should go unnoticed. If the reader notices it, you did it wrong. Here's what to know before your manuscript hits the page.

The slush pile: where manuscripts go to be ignored by everyone except the lowest-paid person in the building. If you're querying, here's what's actually happening to your submission—and five ways to make sure it never hits slush in the first place.

Three Evernote templates for writers who want to organize their projects, track submissions, and research markets—plus how to set up a writing life that actually stays organized.

Authors aren’t an external variable. They’re our front end. Optimize upstream or keep paying for it downstream.