Thank you to our Muse 2022 sponsor, the Author Accelerator!

One of the hardest parts of writing is getting out of your own head and adopting the perspective of your characters and your readers. Becoming a book coach helps you build this skill. 

In addition to learning about craft issues like Show Don’t Tell and How to Write a Query Letter, book coaches learn how to think big about the marketplace, how to consider the benefits of various narrative structures, and how to identify the mistakes writers often get wrong. 

“I have an MA in English… as well as an …

Thank you to our Muse 2022 sponsor, the Editorial Freelancers Association!

Are you an independent author or publisher? An editorial agency looking to hire more talent? A business or nonprofit that uses written words to communicate? The Editorial Freelancers Association is the nation’s largest and oldest professional association with approximately 3,000 freelance editorial specialists, including copyeditors, developmental editors, formatters and designers, indexers, project managers, proofreaders, researchers, translators, writers, and other publishing and communications professionals.

The EFA offers free resources to help writers understand the editorial process, including an Editorial Rates Chart and a Guide for New Authors, available on the-efa.org. …

Steve Almond taught his first class for Grub back in 1998 as one of the organization’s earliest instructors. In the years since, he has taught hundreds of classes, not just at Grub but at Emerson, Boston College, and, most recently, Wesleyan and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. He’s published twelve books, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His short stories have appeared in the Best American Short Stories, Best American Erotica, Best American Mysteries, and the Pushcart Prize; and his essays have appeared everywhere from the New York Times Magazine to Playboy. …

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The May 2022 edition of "Writing Life Essentials" is a monthly hand-curated list of contests, grants, scholarships, submissions calls, and awards. We try to prioritize opportunities that are at least one of the following: local, free to apply, and/or committed to celebrating and supporting writers from historically marginalized communities. We do the research, so you have more time for what matters: the writing. Or, prowling bookstores. That’s important, too.