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 | 227 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Fabulous Summer Satire!
Jesse Sutanto’s searing satirical mystery You Will Never Be Me is set in LA among the world of TikTok and Instagram influencers who are all desperate to be skinny, beautiful, and have millions of followers no matter what their online “niche...
Writers Need 🇱🇺🇨🇰
When I taught at a Michigan State University study abroad program in London, guest author Val McDermid surprised my students raising the subject of luck. She discussed writing, of course, but also recounted the lucky breaks she’d had in her...
Book Club Ambush
The publishing industry is always pushing something new as the Holy Grail of Promotion. Remember blog tours? Book trailers? And before that cultivating Goodreads? And before that, your own postcards and/or bookmarks?
Social media still see...
What is Art?
From The Guardian:
“Art shows you lives other than your own. Engaging with stuff that isn’t a mirror, or for which you may not be exactly the target demographic, is sort of the point.”—Catherine Hoard
Image by Peggy_Marco from Pixabay
Writers Are Not Machines
I was once at a party and someone asked me what I was working on. I said, “Nothing. I published my 25th book last Fall. I’m taking time off.” He looked at me like I was a slacker or something. But that’s not an unusual response.
I was a me...
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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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