Author Brandon Stosuy discusses the transformative power of tears in Sad Happens , a beautifully illustrated, celebratory anthology exploring sadness. Brandon Stosuy is the cofounder and Editor-in-Chief of The Creative Independent , published by Kickstarter...

There's a host of rights up for sale that you should be aware of when reviewing your publishing contract. Agent Judy Klein discusses some of the subsidiary rights in publishing contracts that can make you money, such as merchandising, electronics,...

There's a host of rights up for sale that you should be aware of when reviewing your publishing contract. Agent Judy Klein discusses some of the subsidiary rights in publishing contracts that can make you money, such as merchandising, electronics,...

Helen Fremont grew up in a culture of secrets; her parents, Holocaust survivors, had pretended to be Christians and never told their children about the truth they were hiding. Years later, those secrets are still ruling the family's life. Helen Fremont...

Many writers don't realize that their short work can be re-purposed into other pieces. Author Chrome Oxide has used the characters or plot points from his short stories as the foundation for full-length novels. His first novel started off as a short...

The initial push behind Wannabe Press was Russell Nohelty's frustration with traditional publishers. He struggled to get a publishing deal for his work, so he decided to learn how to publish for himself. He ran a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for...

While there has been an explosion of local writers and manuscripts emerging in the Singapore literary environment, there are not enough local publishers to support bringing all of the books to market. Marc Nair, poet and partner at The Creative Voice...

A lifelong fanatic of Star Wars, award-winning author Ken Liu never imagined he would be invited to contribute to the Star Wars universe, but that's exactly what happened. He received an email from Lucasfilm Publishing, inviting him to discuss a potential...

Inspired by the saying in Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five , the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library's yearly literary journal So It Goes released its fifth issue in 2017. The project was initially started when the foundation received some last minute...