RaphaelWrites
Lev RaphaelFree weekly reports--with occasional extras--on the writing life, publishing, and books from a widely-published, award-winning veteran of publishing who's also been a print, radio, & online book reviewer as well as a professor of creative writing.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 209 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Writers: Does AI Threaten You?
Apparently a majority of UK authors believe they’ll ultimately be replaced by AI:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/20/more-than-half-of-uk-novelists-believe-ai-will-replace-their-work
The Guardian links this alarming figure to...
I'm Shrinking!
I heard a lot about growing older from my mother. She would complain about her ulcer, her arthritis, losing her hair, headaches—you name it.
I listened, but didn’t listen. You know, the way we do when we’re young and none of that seems lik...
Fifty Shades of Cringe
Back when the novel Fifty Shades of Grey seemed to be ubiquitous, I overheard two quite elderly women in a doctor’s office discussing it. One asked if the other had read the book. The answer was “Of course! Everybody’s reading it.”
I wasn’...
Sunday Scam Alert
Over the many years of my career, I’ve gotten legitimate queries from anthology editors and acquisition editors. They knew my work and either offered me a place in an anthology or wondered if I had a book that might fit their current line....
What My MFA Taught Me--Unintentionally!
Bad reviews are something we all have to live with as published authors.
That’s why a graduate creative writing program can actually be excellent preparation for your public life as an author where you’ll face reviewers who not only dismis...
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Author of 27 books from memoir to mystery + 100s of essays, short stories, book reviews, blogs. Lev taught creative writing at Michigan State University and Regents College in London and has been invited to teach at Leipzig University.
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