The Writer 10.2019

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FEATURES

October 2019

Volu m e 132 Nu m be r 10

DEPARTMENTS

8 From the Front Lines

The doctor is out

Writing is not that kind

of therapy.

BY YI SHUN LAI

10 Freelance Success

Money matters

Why freelancers should

ask for more money.

Always.

BY PETE CROATTO

38 Literary Spotlight

Driftwood Press

BY MELISSA HART

40 Conference Insider

Gotham Writers

Conference

BY MELISSA HART

IN EVERY ISSUE

2 From the Editor

4 Take Note

42 Markets

47 Classified advertising

48 How I Write

12 How to fictionalize your

hometown

World-building is rarely simple.

Does drawing upon your child-

hood stomping grounds make it

any easier?

BY LAUREN PUCKETT

16 Anatomy of an

antagonist

How to craft the villain your

hero deserves.

BY JESSICA STILLING

20 But what if?
Pro tips for writing (and publish-
ing) speculative fiction.
BY JACK SMITH

26 Pick your punk

You’ve heard of cyberpunk and

steampunk. But what about

greenpunk, oceanpunk, or myth-

punk? Here’s the scoop on all the

different subgenres populating

the literary punk scene today.

BY HEIDI RUBY MILLER

30 Writing across margins

Can we tell the stories of margin-

alized communities if we aren’t

part of them?

BY EDEN SQUISH MACKENZIE

32 More eyes = more sales

Understanding and creating ads

for your book on Amazon and

Facebook.

BY KERRIE FLANAGAN

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