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Porto, Portugal
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Michelle Newblom retweeted
OH MY GOD THE PULITZER HAS CHANGED ITS REQUIREMENTS
it’s a good first step (let us define “long term home”) but ALLL HAIL @jzsalvipoet and @ingrid_rojas_c for their incredible advocacy and everyone who signed the letter and lent their support. 😭😭😭
pulitzer.org/news/pulitzer-p…
Michelle Newblom retweeted
Um, are there actually any real people still using HARO? I'm going through responses to a request I sent out last week, and most of them are from bots/fake personas set up to promote websites!
Michelle Newblom retweeted
This poem by Frieda Hughes about her mother, Sylvia Plath, kills me every time.
Michelle Newblom retweeted
When giving feedback, replace the "but" with "and here's how" to create momentum.
Here's an example:
"The structure for this article is very good *and here's how* we can improve it: X, Y, Z."
vs
"The structure for this article is very good *but* it needs some more work."
Michelle Newblom retweeted
Realizing that no one knows what they're doing — but they're going for it anyways — was a pivotal moment in my career
Michelle Newblom retweeted
The B2B checklist: 8 criteria for evaluating AI writing + editing software via @MNewblom @Get_Writer hubs.li/Q01nKWGv0
Michelle Newblom retweeted
If you want to make a living as a writer, you have to do more than write. I really appreciate how @dianagetssocial explains how writers can present themselves as pros.
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Michelle Newblom retweeted
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Michelle Newblom retweeted
OMG In the Penguin Random House/S&S antitrust trial it was revealed that out of 58,000 trade titles published per year, half of those titles sell fewer than one dozen books. LESS THAN ONE DOZEN.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This seems to be a misunderstanding of annual punishing statistics which show sales of all books regardless of year of publication. It's definitely not true that most newly published books manage less than a dozen sales.
countercraft.substack.com/p/no-most-book…
Michelle Newblom retweeted
🎉📣The Publishing Post turns two!🎉📣
Over the last two years the magazine has helped hundreds of hopefuls gain experience, with many now in publishing jobs, and has offered a huge and free archive of articles for those who want to learn!
Here's to the next two!🎉
Michelle Newblom retweeted
James Patterson says "you don't see many 52-year-old white males" getting writing contracts these days.
This was said in a USA Today interview.
USA Today publishes a bestseller list with 150 entries. The day he was quoted, the following white men are on the bestseller list:
Michelle Newblom retweeted
I officially started freelance writing in June 2021 (about to be one year now!)
There are so many things I wish I knew when I began—how to price my services, what to focus on, and what to avoid.
Distilled all of it into this post: freelancemagic.co/2022/03/31…
CC: @lizziedavey
Michelle Newblom retweeted
i think about this a lot when i’m at bookstores searching for a book by a female author that i KNOW is fantasy…
oftentimes i can’t find it in the fantasy section
it’s in the YA section
men by default are filed as adult, women have to earn it
Michelle Newblom retweeted
Pre-Roe, I was 8 yrs old. I came home from school to find my Mom lying in a puddle of blood. She was weak & asked me to call a neighbor. She was miscarrying, but the embryo would not abort. For 48 hours, she bled while doctors transfused blood, waiting. Abortions were illegal.
Michelle Newblom retweeted
‘Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.’
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
#WednesdayWisdom