Publishing Archives - WNBA-Books https://wnba-books.org/category/publishing/ Connecting, Educating, Advocating & Leading since 1917 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:20:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://wnba-books.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-WNBA_mark-32x32.jpg Publishing Archives - WNBA-Books https://wnba-books.org/category/publishing/ 32 32 2021–2022 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows https://wnba-books.org/2021-2022-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/ https://wnba-books.org/2021-2022-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 01:43:33 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=11934 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/2021-2022-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/feed/ 0 2020–2021 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows https://wnba-books.org/2020-2021-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/ https://wnba-books.org/2020-2021-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 01:59:00 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=11893 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/2020-2021-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/feed/ 0 Shonda Buchanan Joins as a Writing Contest Judge https://wnba-books.org/shonda-buchanan-joins-as-a-writing-contest-judge/ https://wnba-books.org/shonda-buchanan-joins-as-a-writing-contest-judge/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:30:37 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=9206 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, […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/shonda-buchanan-joins-as-a-writing-contest-judge/feed/ 0 Ten Tips for Aspiring Self-Publishing Authors https://wnba-books.org/ten-tips-for-aspiring-self-publishing-authors/ https://wnba-books.org/ten-tips-for-aspiring-self-publishing-authors/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:04:46 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=7897 Long-time editor and marketer, Melissa Kirk, calls on her experience to offer advice to those contemplating self-publishing their book.

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/ten-tips-for-aspiring-self-publishing-authors/feed/ 0 Rejection: The Writer’s Constant Curse and Companion https://wnba-books.org/rejection-the-writers-constant-curse-and-companion/ https://wnba-books.org/rejection-the-writers-constant-curse-and-companion/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:07:27 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=7871 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/rejection-the-writers-constant-curse-and-companion/feed/ 0 Paths to Publication: Small Presses and University Presses https://wnba-books.org/paths-to-publication-small-presses-and-university-presses/ https://wnba-books.org/paths-to-publication-small-presses-and-university-presses/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:46:31 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=7856 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/paths-to-publication-small-presses-and-university-presses/feed/ 1 Power Behind the WNBA: Andrea Brown https://wnba-books.org/wnba-power-interviews-andrea-brown/ https://wnba-books.org/wnba-power-interviews-andrea-brown/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:17:48 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=7256 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.

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