Table of Contents

• The Writing Life Plan: An Organizing Principle
• Sustaining a Writing Practice
  • Making Time, Spending Time
    • When To Write (Coming soon)
    • Deep Work and Doing Nothing (Coming Soon)
    • Action: Create Your Realistic Writing Schedule (Coming Soon)
  • Writing Spaces (Coming Soon)
  • Pen, Keyboard, Phone (Coming Soon)
  • Drafting, Revising, Editing (Coming Soon)
  • Software Tools (Coming Soon)
    • Time Management Tools (Coming Soon)
    • Word, Google Docs, and More (Coming Soon)
    • Zotero and Other Research Support (Coming Soon)
    • Scrivener (Coming Soon)
    • Adobe Suite (Coming Soon)
    • Scalar (Coming Soon)
  • Writing Residencies, Fellowships, Grants (Coming Soon)
    • Action: Draft a Residency or Fellowship Application (Coming Soon)
• The Public Writing Self
  • Making a Website and Leveraging SEO
    • Website Content
    • Design and Accessibility
    • Website Tools
  • Social Media
    • What Writers Need to Know About Social Media Platforms
    • Acting Wisely and Ethically on Social Media
• Publishing
  • How To Pitch an Article and Communicate with Editors (Coming Soon)
  • Blogging and Writing for Blogs (Coming Soon)
  • Indie Book Publishing and Small Presses (Coming Soon)
  • Book Contests (Coming Soon)
  • The Book Proposal (Coming Soon)
  • Do You Need an Agent?
    • Submitting Work Without an Agent (Coming Soon)
    • When To Seek an Agent (Coming Soon)
    • How To Find an Agent (Coming Soon)
    • The Agent Query Letter (Coming Soon)
    • The Big Five Publishers
    • How a Literary Agent Works and Why the Big Five Matter
  • Contracts and Payment (Coming Soon)
  • Book Advances and Royalties (Coming Soon)
  • Self-Publishing (Coming Soon)
  • Plays and Screenplays (Coming Soon)
• Literary Culture
  • Writing Groups (Coming Soon)
  • Book Clubs (Coming Soon)
  • Literary Events (Coming Soon)
    • Author Readings (Coming Soon)
    • Book Festivals (Coming Soon)
    • Writers' Conferences (Coming Soon)
    • Organizing Events (Coming Soon)
  • Book Reviews: Reading & Writing
  • Author Interviews
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Coming Soon)
    • Diversity and Equity in Publishing (Coming Soon)
    • Cultural Appropriation (Coming Soon)
• The Writer's CV/Resume 
  • Establishing Your Professional self: Resume Writing
  • Writing the Conventional Resume
  • The Graduate Student and Post-Graduate Resume
  • More Advanced, More Daring Resumes
  • Quality Checking Your Resume
  • The Cover Letter
  • Action: Create Your CV/Resume
• Career Arcs
  • The So-Called Day Job
  • The Gig Economy: Part-Time and Freelance Work (Coming Soon)
  • Content Writing for Money
    • Copywriting
    • Technical Writing
  • Editing for Money (Coming soon)
  • Grant Writing
  • Teaching
    • Teaching K-12
    • Teaching in Higher Ed
      • Adjunct Teaching
      • Two-Year College Teaching (Coming soon)
      • Four-Year College Teaching (Coming soon)
      • Academic Tenure
  • Money Matters (Coming soon)
    • Action: Create a Budget (Coming soon)