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There's No Substitute For Reading: A Roundtable With Four Literary Magazine Editors
Kiara Barrow of The Drift, Lisa Borst of n+1, Meghan O'Rourke of The Yale Review and Anastasia Berg of The Point on how they work and what they look to…
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Tough Categories: Five Top Book Editors on Publishing Memoir and Essay Collections
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“Do I Have To Disclose I Used AI In My Query Letter?”
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Merchants of Culture: A Conversation With S&S Editor Yahdon Israel
Oct 2, 2025
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“Do I Have To Disclose I Used AI In My Query Letter?”
And other things about which I’m vehement.
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On being friends with your agent
With some professional advice for my fellow goofballs.
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Happy Pub Day To Me! (Plus Some Advice On What To Do When Your Own Pub Day Rolls Around)
On what to expect on your big day, what to do with that knowledge & some updates on the future of "Delivery & Acceptance"
Jan 20
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Wish Fulfillment Every Day: A Conversation with Rachel Kahan, Executive Editor at William Morrow
An editor should be the type of person who’s very aware of what people are talking about and what’s going on in the world.
Jan 15
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Come Meet Me IRL!
+ some semi-related thoughts on the relationship between Substack and book sales with 1.5 case studies
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How To Setup a Really Simple Preorder Campaign for Your Book (and How to Get Fancy, Too)
Nobody wants to talk about preorders, so I am talking about preorders.
Dec 18, 2025
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Fiercely Independent: A Roundtable Chat With Three Indie Booksellers
"Bookstore events often operate at a loss" & other things I learned talking to some booksellers
Dec 4, 2025
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