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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: From Inspiration to Publication | |
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| Concepts of Craft: Imagination's Many Forms | |
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| Fiction vs. Nonfiction: Wherein Lies the Truth? | |
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| Paths and Pearls: A Poet Ponders Memoir and Lyric | |
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| On Essays, Literature's Most Misunderstood Form | |
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| The Lingerie Theory of Narration | |
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| Stuff: The Power of the Tangible | |
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| Push Hands: Balancing Resistance and Revision | |
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| The Trouble with Titles | |
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| Initial Contact: Getting Your Work off Your Desk and onto Someone Else's | |
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| Loose Bottoms: On Becoming Ready to Send Your Work Out | |
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| Submission Strategy and Protocol | |
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| Little and Literary | |
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| The Glossies | |
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| How to Read Rejection | |
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| How to Get a Grant | |
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| Building Your Team: How to Work Well with Publishing Professionals | |
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| How to Land an Agent: Strategies for the Search | |
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| Negotiate Your First Book Contract Without Losing Your Deal, Your Future, or Your Mind | |
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| Editor Etiquette | |
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| Midlist and Other Fictions | |
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| Publicity Primer | |
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| How to Win Friends and Influence Booksellers | |
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| How Lucky Can You Get ... and Other Things No One Tells You | |
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| Meeting Your Public (and Getting Them to Buy Your Book) | |
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| Publicity for Your Small Press Title | |
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| Techno Promo: Are You Ready for Digital Marketing? | |
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| Bookstore Appearances and Speaking Engagements | |
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| How to Give a Rousing Reading | |
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| Slam Your Way Across America | |
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| Jobs in the Field: Lots of Reward, Little Pay | |
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| So You Want to Start a Literary Magazine? | |
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| Editing Lit Mags Online | |
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| How to Start a Reading Series | |
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| Tales of a Literary Saloon Keeper | |
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| Balancing Act: Teaching Creative Writing | |
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| Why I Write | |
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| App.: Grants & Awards | |
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| App.: Conferences & Residencies | |
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| App.: Resources for Writers | |
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| App.: Notes on Contributors | |
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| App.: About Poets & Writers, Inc | |
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| Index | |