book inc’s tips on process and craft for memoir and novel writers.
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Ask Tina: What Genre Is My Book, Anyway?
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Your column arrived at just the right time. My first book was recently accepted for publication—thanks in part to book inc and Project Write Now’s excellent classes—and I’m unsure how to describe its genre. At first, I told the...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
book inc is a writing collective dedicated to helping each other draft, revise, and publish memoirs and novels.
Kaecey McCormick is a writer and visual artist living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Elizabeth Jannuzzi is the author of SOBER MOM: A MEMOIR (July 2026) and is currently working on Memoir #2, as well as essays about loss, motherhood, and her recovery from alcoholism.
I'm Olivia, a writer with a goal to write three novels in 2026. Follow along for weekly updates on my progress. I’ll also share reflections on the process and what’s working when it comes to writing a novel quickly.
I am a family medicine physician and writer. By curating health information and sharing the stories of black women, I hope to close the gap in positive health outcomes—in other words, make black women weatherproof.
Jennifer Gallo Gaites is a writing instructor at Project Write Now and a Peer Artist Leader at book inc. She is working on a novel and writes essays about identity and motherhood.
I'm an artist-writer-teacher sharing my process. \ud83d\udc8c Check out my classes \ud83d\udc8c
Jamie is an active Project Write Now (in Red Bank, NJ) writer. In 2022, he was part of Novel Incubator process and created his first novel LEAF to be published by MBG in 2026.
Scientist/author with a childlike sense of wonder and dark sense of humor, writing about random things and making unlikely connections. Author of the speculative thriller LIMINAL, represented by Donovan Levine (Neighborhood Literary).
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