Publishers of all genres now expect, even require, writers to help market their work. When Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman of Verse Wisconsin posed the question, “How do you find an audience?” to the small-press panelists at the Wisconsin Book Festival, Charles Nevsimal of Centennial Press kicked off a round of answers specifically directed at [...]
The Wisconsin Book Festival kicked off yesterday, but tonight’s events begin the big weekend of readings, roundtables and other book-related offerings, starting with readings by Wisconsin authors Lorrie Moore and Michael Perry. Moore will read from her new novel, A Gate at the Stairs, her first novel in ten years; Perry reads from his latest [...]
Regular contributor Sarah Busse, together with co-editor Wendy Vardaman and advisory board members B. J. Best, Cathryn Cofell, Tom Erickson, David Graham and Angela Rydell, recently rolled out a print and online magazine, Verse Wisconsin.
Sarah and Wendy stepped in when Linda Aschenbrenner, a seemingly tireless supporter of Wisconsin poets, decided to retire and close up [...]
The clip above features a panel discussion with agents and editors about what motivates them and what they look for in books and authors. It’s an interesting discussion, the kind you hope to hear at any conference.
And it reminded me of a book I’ve had for a while, Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for [...]
Giving up. It sounds so pathetic.
But I’ve been mulling something I dismissed when I initially heard it.
I was lucky enough, thanks to a friend, to sit next to agent Sheree Bykofsky at lunch one day a few years ago at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s annual Spring Writers Festival. She went around the table asking each [...]
I’ve attended the Writers’ Institute, a three-day annual conference run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies, on several occasions, and found the information really useful. The speakers are informative, and the writers I took classes with were also sources of both information and inspiration. In the first part of this interview, conference [...]
I’ve attended the Writers’ Institute, a three-day annual conference run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies, on several occasions, and found the information really useful. The speakers are informative, and the writers I took classes with were also sources of both information and inspiration. In the first part of our interview, conference [...]
Well, I did it! I asked, and Writers’ Institute Director Christine DeSmet granted me an interview, which I will share with you starting Thursday. Look for a two-part interview outlining what’s new at Writer’s Institute this year, as well as what workshops will be most helpful to beginners, intermediate and advanced writers. This is a [...]