We are thrilled to announce the 2021–2022 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows! This second class of the WNBA Authentic Voices Fellowship has participated in a four-month-long program that introduced them to publishing. Fellows attended courses with industry professionals that focused on writing, editing, marketing, and publication. Fellows were paid a stipend and will have their work […]
2020–2021 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows
We are thrilled to announce our 2020–2021 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows! This inaugural class of fellows participated in a four-month-long program that introduced them to publishing. Fellows attended courses with industry professionals and were taught about writing, editing, marketing, and publication. Fellows were paid a stipend and had their work published in our inaugural edition […]
Shonda Buchanan Joins as a Writing Contest Judge
A Bit about Shonda Buchanan Shonda Buchanan is a calm force in the writing world. Raised as a Black woman “who grew up hearing cherished stories of her multi-racial heritage, while simultaneously suffering from everything she (and the rest of her family) didn’t know,” her work culls forth dynamic voices. The author of five books, […]
Ten Tips for Aspiring Self-Publishing Authors
Long-time editor and marketer, Melissa Kirk, calls on her experience to offer advice to those contemplating self-publishing their book.
Rejection: The Writer’s Constant Curse and Companion
The first of what will probably be a torrent of rejections arrived today, beginning with the inevitable, “Thank you for . . . .” Unlike some rejections I have gotten in the past and will surely receive this time, this one was curt, only two crisp sentences. It was cold, as if my query left […]
Paths to Publication: Small Presses and University Presses
It surprises me, and makes me a little sad, when I hear writers say they have given up on a book manuscript. Either they have an agent who has exhausted the traditional Big Five publishing houses (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster), or they were unable to secure an agent in […]
Power Behind the WNBA: Andrea Brown
The Bookwoman Blog welcomes Andrea Brown (WNBA-San Francisco) to our “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series. Read about Andrea and her career in publishing.