Life on the Midlist

True tales from a working writer in a business that rarely tells the truth.

Each Wednesday, you’ll receive an honest and brief chronicle of what it’s actually like to publish books today. This is not an advice column. It’s more like a “we’re in this together” column. There are no platitudes and no “secret formulas.” You’ll find only lived experience from inside the world of traditional publishing.

Here is what you can expect:

• Stories about querying, going on submission, and what happens after the deal

• The things nobody tells you about what it means to “make it” as a midlist author

• Small truths, big feelings, and the kind of details you only hear behind closed doors

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