This Debut Life

honest advice about making a career as an author today

Novelist and coach helping writers demystify the process and finally finish their novels.✨

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight.

Welcome to your new favorite writing community! Discuss & demystify publishing with candid interviews, fresh writing tips & industry intel from a NYT bestselling thriller author. (Public posts = book news, Ask a Bookseller & occasional satire). Join us!

News from the author of MY LAST INNOCENT YEAR

Thoughts on the craft of writing and publishing from a deeply analytical writer person

Permission to live your best life and advice on how to do it, from a bestselling author of sweary self-help. (Me!)

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

filling up our creative wells so we can draw from them

HYSTERICAL is a newsletter about the book Hysterical, which is about how a woman’s voice develops (or doesn’t) in a culture where men talk and women should really keep it down.