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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Give Yourself a Lit Star Makeover | |
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| Write | |
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| Dream | |
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| Objectify Yourself | |
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| How I Became a Novelist: An Interview with Marc Acito | |
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| See Yourself as an Artist and an Entrepreneur | |
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| Don't Tell Me You're Too Old | |
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| Embrace Your Genius | |
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| Get Your Heart Smashed, but Just Once or Twice | |
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| How to Stay Flash-proof: An Interview with Julia Alvarez | |
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| Keep Your Mouth Shut | |
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| Choose a Good Vice | |
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| Be Just as Crazy as You Are | |
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| You Have to Be Strong: An Imagined Interview with Haruki Murakami | |
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| Fight for Your Time | |
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| Only Change Your Name If You Have To | |
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| Develop a Superhero Alter Ego | |
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| Watch Out for Stalkers and Wannabes | |
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| Demolish Arrogance | |
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| Ask Magnificent Meteor | |
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| Master Your Craft | |
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| Discover Your Lineage | |
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| Practice | |
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| Stories Are Like Feral Kittens: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin | |
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| Rush It | |
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| Listen | |
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| Study Words | |
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| Don't Say Plethora | |
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| Confessions of an Outcast Writer: An Interview with Floyd Salas | |
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| Take the Book's Dare | |
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| Embody Character | |
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| Become an Architect | |
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| Get Cinematic | |
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| The Tell-All Memoir: An Interview with Michelle Tea | |
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| Lather, Rinse, Repeat | |
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| Relax the Rules | |
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| Get the Hell Back to Writing: An Interview with Dave Barry | |
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| Ask Magnificent Meteor | |
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| Publish Before You're Ready | |
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| Make a Fool of Yourself | |
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| Write for Strangers | |
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| Start Small | |
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| Ayun Sez Publish Now!: An Interview with Ayun Halliday | |
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| Be an Anthology Slut | |
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| Make a Zine | |
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| It Is What It Is: An Interview with Moe Bowstern | |
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| Ten Excellent Reasons to Self-Publish | |
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| Make Your Own Books | |
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| Volunteer Power and Dirty Gasoline: An Interview with Jim Munroe | |
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| Print on Demand | |
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| All Media at My Command: An Interview with Susie Bright | |
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| Blog This | |
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| Ask Magnificent Meteor | |
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| Play with the Big Dogs | |
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| Be Nice to Interns | |
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| How to Piss Off an Editor | |
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| Meet Your Deadlines | |
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| Size Matters | |
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| The Possibility of Disaster: An Interview with Dave Eggers | |
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| Don't Submit Blindly to Published Authors | |
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| Revel in Rejection | |
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| When Destiny Calls: An Interview with Bertice Berry | |
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| Write a Proposal | |
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| Get an Agent | |
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| Do Your Homework: An Interview with Cosmic Editor | |
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| Some Perils of Success | |
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| Ask Magnificent Meteor | |
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| Become a Brazen Self-Promoter | |
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| Learn to Talk | |
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| Grab the Mic | |
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| "I Still Shake Onstage": An Interview with Daphne Gottlieb | |
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| Alert the Press | |
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| When Journalists Are Not Your Friends | |
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| The Queen of Self-Promotion: An Interview with Margaret Cho | |
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| Take to the Radio Waves | |
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| Get Your Book Banned | |
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| Champion Other Lit Stars | |
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| Treat the World as Your Own Personal Clubhouse: An Interview with Erika Lopez | |
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| Organize an Outrageous Headlong Cross-country Tour | |
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| Stand Out on the Corner in a Gorilla Mask and a Pink Tutu | |
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| Don't Insult the Folks Who Show Up | |
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| Send Thank-You Notes | |
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| Remember Why You Came Here | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |