Get Your Book Published By Thinking Like a Gatekeeper

Once upon a time, I was a magazine editor with an inbox full of pitches from writers and publicists. Many of the senders probably submitted those queries and imagined me waiting for them to come in, reading through each one carefully to decide whether or not it had merit.

Here’s what was really on my mind each time a new pitch pinged through:

Literary AgentsTiffany HawkFebruary 9, 2018

Writing and Publishing a Book is Hard. Here's How to Get Your Mojo Back.

Rejection sucks. Writer’s block sucks. Burnout sucks. And yet, they’re all part of the job. Below are some super quick and simple exercises designed to make you feel creative, capable, and alive.

Productivity, Writing Your Book, Traditional publishing, Literary AgentsTiffany HawkApril 29, 2016Comment

Ask the Writing Coach: How Can I Handle Rejection Like a Pro?

Rejection is a cost of doing business. This is true not only for writers and other creatives but for anyone courageous enough to live wholeheartedly.

You can minimize it by

Literary Agents, Traditional publishing, Writing Your Book, Editing Your BookTiffany HawkMarch 21, 2016Comment

Six Simple Ways To Make Your Revision Easier

I spend a lot of time encouraging writers to reach into their hearts and get out of their heads (those inner critics are serious assholes). Only, there does come a time to unleash your intellect. That time is called revision.

These are my own tried and true techniques for revising without getting overwhelmed.

Writing Your Book, Editing Your BookTiffany HawkAugust 7, 2015Revision, CraftComment

How to get your book published against all odds? 1 Trite Sounding But Legit Secret

When being turned down by literary journals and literary agents and magazines and book publishers, my grad school friends and I would console ourselves by saying, “at least we’re not trying to make it as models.”

Tiffany HawkJuly 21, 2015Literary Agents, EditorsComment