Devon Halliday
Devon Halliday, Karin Gillespiewriter, editor, teacher, & former literary agent offering advice on publishing, craft, & the writing life
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The Agent Spectrum, 7-13
Every time I write a draft of one of these posts, I pass it through a series of filters.
The first filter: Is anyone going to be mad at me? (To date, no one’s gotten very mad at me for anything I’ve written on here, but the fear is always...
The Agent Spectrum, 1-6
I spent most of this week trying to write a post about how to choose the right agent. I kept getting stuck in the following loop:
Most people don’t really get to choose their agent—they get one offer of representation, and they say yes to...
Why You're Not Writing
Before we get into the cheerful subject of writer’s block, some good news on my end—my debut novel was just longlisted yesterday for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. This is came at a good time for me psychologically, because I’ve...
Ask Me Literally Anything
One year ago, I created a Substack account and sent out my first newsletter. It was a sort of rallying cry for playing the volume game: write quickly, write a lot, submit everywhere, shake off the rejections, submit some more.
That newslet...
Jazz Up Your Dialogue With These Five Weird Tricks
We owe today’s missive to , who commented on one of my recent posts, requesting a post about how to write good dialogue.
Dialogue doesn’t crop up as often you’d expect in the Craft Advice corner of Substack. Maybe that’s because writers ar...
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Writer and former publishing professional, offering hard truths and hot takes about the writing business.
Karin Gillespie is the author of nine novels (Simon and Schuster, Henry Press and self-published) and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Converse College.
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