The Midwest Writer's Workshop recently celebrated it's 50th year as an organization with a day of free panels and workshops for writers. Assistant Director Leah McNaughton Lederman says the organization's goal is to unite writers and provide a thriving...

Writing amazing content is only a step toward being published. Actually submitting your work to a journal, publisher, or agent tends to result in a myriad of roadblocks. Submitting query letters is difficult work that requires trial and error and knowledge...

In one of his last interviews, Kurt Vonnegut showed his humility when he stated that he "considered himself lucky to have found an audience”. Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library founder and CEO, Julia Whitehead, believes Vonnegut's humility was one of...

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...

In one of his last interviews, Kurt Vonnegut showed his humility when he stated that he "considered himself lucky to have found an audience”. Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library founder and CEO, Julia Whitehead, believes Vonnegut's humility was one of...

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...

According to Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, writer, producer, director, and career coach, writers have to switch gears when writing in different formats. For example, a way of approaching a short story is different than approaching a screenplay. Cutler...

Rusty Shelton has a varied client base, but the frustration he hears from all clients revolves around a lack of time for marketing and the expanse of social platforms to engage. Shelton, president and CEO of author publicity firm Shelton Interactive...

Offering helpful feedback to a fellow writer isn't always as easy as it seems. The manuscript is more than just a story to the author—it's their baby. So how do you effectively critique a book? Author of “No Red Pen,” Vicki Hudson, explains a few key...