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Aug 07, 2024

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Aimee Liu’s MFA Lore by

Aimee Liu's MFA Lore

- Veteran author Aimee Liu's dual newsletter, with expert tips on creative writing, plus personal essays on Asian-American heritage. Purchase Aimee’s books here.

Aimee Liu's MFA Lore

When Legacy Lore and Research Collide

This morning I received an email that torpedoed one of my family’s central myths. My father and his siblings always told the rest of us that their grandfather was “the Viceroy of Canton.” Naturally, our extended family took that as gospel— even if we could never identify the specific viceroy whose dates in Guangzhou (Canton) lined up…

3 years ago · 8 likes · 3 comments · Aimee Liu

Authortunities by

Angela Yuriko Smith

- I publish a weekly calendar of author opportunities for busy writers. Submission calls, grants, workshops, open mics... all of it in calendar format and organized by emoji. Purchase Angela’s novel, Inujini, here.

Authortunities

Good Luck Nebula Finalists

TLDR 🦝…

a year ago · 7 likes · Angela Yuriko Smith

Book Publishing Brick by Brick by

Jeffrey Yamaguchi

- where I share book marketing strategies and publishing insights for authors and publishers.

Book Publishing Brick By Brick

The Never-Ending Pre-Order Asks

It used to be that August was a quiet, slower month for publishing, but other than December, I don’t think there’s a quiet month anymore, in terms of the number of books getting published. While August is definitely a month where perhaps there are fewer heavy hitter titles being put out — all the big summer books have already launched, and the highly an…

a year ago · 13 likes · 3 comments · Jeffrey Yamaguchi

Buhay Copywriter by

Regina Peralta

- Musings on 'buhay' (Filipino for 'life') as an advertising copywriter in the Philippines. Here's where I write about writing, share career tips and life hacks, and connect with kindred spirits like you! Contact Regina for copywriting services here.

Buhay Copywriter | Regina Peralta

From Mad Men to Buhay Ahensya: How the Series Stacks Up to Ad Agency Life in the Philippines Today

As a starry-eyed junior copywriter almost a decade ago, I was always jumping at the chance to absorb some new life learning or movie/series/book recommendation from my boss. So when he told me to go watch Mad Men, I immediately looked for a way to get my hands on all seven seasons…

a year ago · 2 likes · Regina Peralta

Editorial World by

Jem Sandhu

- Non-pitch, remote-only, editorial jobs- straight to your inbox every week!

Editorial World: Non-Pitch Remote Writing Jobs

Editorial World Remote Writing Jobs, Issue 19: Train AI chatbots; write for Playboy; and get paid to stalk Gavin Newsom

Around Substack…

a year ago

Everyday Fantastical with Suchitra Sukumar by

Suchitra Sukumar

- A newsletter with fortnightly dispatches on the process of becoming a writer. It might, occasionally, break code and tip over into essays & short-fiction that is India-inspired—some observational, some fictional, always fantastical. You can expect it to be free from white-gaze exoticness, shot through with magical realism and flecked with some writerly flourish.

Everyday Fantastical with Suchitra Sukumar

On not giving up

A couple of months ago, when I was moving from Draft 3 to Draft 4 of my novel, I thought it would be fun to write a post about successive drafts being more fun rather than less…

3 months ago · 16 likes · 8 comments · Suchitra Sukumar

Raf Drafts by

Rafia Amina Khader

- I write about coming to terms with being a writer, what it means to be a Muslim memoirist, and the writing process in general.

Raf Drafts

On "American Fiction" and Being a Non-white Writer

A friend of mine told me about this movie last year. We had made plans to watch it together in the theatre. For some reason or another, it never happened…

a year ago · 4 likes · 4 comments · Rafia Amina Khader

Reem’s Substack by

Reem Faruqi

- I'm a children's book author and I write lyrical stories that reflect my own experiences, Micromemoirs, Bits of verse!

Reem’s Substack

"Home"

Your eyes are brown and your passport used to be green, now blue, and you have just removed your belongings your baby from seat 26J and 26K and have walked off the plane and into the customs line. You have left the Land of the Pure and are now in the Land of the Free and the passport officer talks over your head to the other officers about where they wi…

5 months ago · 11 likes · 6 comments · Reem Faruqi

Standout Creative Business for Authors by

Kevin Chung

- My newsletter is for authors who want to sell their books and digital products without feeling like a marketing machine. I share practical, low-stress strategies for building an audience, launching successfully, and making a living from your writing—without sacrificing your creativity.