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The New Chicago’s Here! The New Chicago’s Here!

Arrant Pedantry

”) Inside, you’ll find new guidance on inclusive language, electronic publishing, self-publishing, editing fiction, AI, new media, and more. He has served as principal reviser of the last three editions of the Manual , including the newly published 18th. His responses are below.

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Greeting Card Writing Jobs: 7 Companies That Pay Freelancers

Make a Living Writing

One of the best things about greeting card writing jobs is that most companies don’t care whether you’ve just been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize or your mom’s refrigerator is the only place your writing has ever been published. This is an updated version of a story that was previously published.

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Is It a Book? 5 Ways to Test Your Nonfiction Book Idea

Jane Friedman

Writing and publishing a nonfiction book is a big investment—of time, energy, and often money. What kind of publishing path is right for your book? When new authors come to us, they often have an idea in their minds about what getting their dream publishing deal will look like: an agent, a big advance, and a book tour.

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The Platform Authors Need Now (That Isn’t Social Media)

Jane Friedman

For years now, we’ve been told by agents and publishers, “Nice writing, but you need more platform to sell this book,” or “I’m not sure where this fits in the marketplace—what’s your platform?” Some authors worry about publishing “too much” of their story. You hear “platform” and think selling and shilling and sacrificing privacy.

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How to Write a Nonfiction Book Chapter Without Tears

Jane Friedman

Photo by Akhilesh Sharma on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from the recently published Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters by Josh Bernoff ( @jbernoff ). Write the question and the objective, and you’re almost ready to write without pain. All you need is a fat outline.

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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

Yet some brands are working with top comics creators and publishers such as Marvel Comics. OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. Buddy, you can come back now. We work with them to get them up to speed pretty quickly.

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5 Ways to Make a Writing Retreat “Pay Off”

Jane Friedman

The delicious word “treat” is even embedded in the concept, connoting something special or perhaps even forbidden. I had wanted to get into prose poetry and brought three books with me on the subject…and touched none of them. Photo by ConvertKit on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer and book coach Amy Goldmacher. Ah, a writing retreat.

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