Where will writers like you be needed and appreciated most as society progresses? Isaac Asimov — bestseller, futurist, and soothsayer — points the way in this essay from the May 1986 issue of Writer’s Digest. By Isaac Asimov Writer’...
“What’s the Big Idea” previously appeared in the January 2019 issue of Writer’s Digest and includes 15 writing prompts + ideas for 15-minute brainstorming sessions. Every story starts as a concept: a microscopic kernel of a premis...
Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market 2020 editor Amy Jones announces the publication of the 32nd annual edition. The 32nd annual edition of Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market 2020 is now available! This was my ...
Hey lugs, OK, so I’ve made a considerable amount of changes in my plans since I made my entry journal post. I’ve condensed all of the story ideas I’ve been having these last several years (ages 23-30) into a single 20 chap...
When and how should writers negotiate better terms? We look at when it’s appropriate for writers to negotiate and how they should do it. After 20 years as an editor of the Writer’s Market Books, I feel very confident in telling writers ...
Nick Petrie, author of The Drifter, part of his Peter Ash series, shares his struggle with coming to terms with the writing process that works for him. I was in Keflavik airport, outside of Reykjavik, Iceland, waiting for a plane home aft...
Writers and readers can be hard to buy for. I know I am! My family has completely given up on giving books to me in favor of giving gift cards to bookstores. But if you’d like to get a little more creative for the writer in your life this...
Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market 2020 editor Amy Jones announces what’s included in the 39th annual edition. I visited my local bookstore over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised to find the 2020 edition of the Novel & Sho...
Writer’s Market editor Robert Lee Brewer announces the Writer’s Market 2020, including what’s included in the 99th annual edition of the most trusted guide to getting published. Yesterday, I received a copy of Writer’s Market 2020 i...
For the release of her newest Stephanie Plum book, Twisted Twenty-Six, here are 8 Janet Evanovich quotes for writers and about writing from her February 2007 WD interview. Bestselling author Janet Evanovich has been interviewed more than on...