Devon Halliday
Devon Halliday, Karin Gillespiewriter, editor, teacher, & former literary agent offering advice on publishing, craft, & the writing life
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How to Structure a Short Story
Way back in July, I hosted a little ask-me-anything extravaganza on this Substack. I got a lot of questions about writing short stories:
I would love to hear more about your process for crafting short stories, especially since you sound...
Force Reset of Life Priorities
I’ve been a little quiet lately. Here’s the situation: someone close to me got in a bad car accident two weeks ago. They will be okay—in the sense that okay is visible on the horizon, but it’ll be a long walk to get there.
I am lucky that...
The Good News Factory
Whenever I envy-scroll Instagram (which is the only way to scroll Instagram), my eye catches on a dozen posts by writers celebrating various accomplishments. Got a blurb from this high-profile writer. Got reviewed by this high-profile outle...
How to Give Feedback
A few months ago, I gave some bad feedback on a novel draft.
Actually, the feedback itself was pretty good. But my delivery was all wrong. The writer got prickly, defensive, dismissive. She took my letter apart point by point, arguing for...
Literary Fiction Has Lost the Plot
A month ago, I wrote a post called “Why You’re Not Writing.” I wrote it in part to figure out why I’m not writing.
Sure, I’ve been writing essays, substack posts, the usual scribbled diary entries—I’ve even tried my hand at a screenplay. B...
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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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