Standout Authors: A Standout Creative Business Publication
Kevin Chung, Jacque Aye, Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda, Becky Mollenkamp, Angela Yuriko Smith, Vicky Fang, Thien-Kim Lam, Mirtle Peña-Calderón, Sophia Chang, Steena Hernandez, Henry Eng, Author Gold, Hannah ColeI help authors get shit done so they can focus on writing. Host of Standout Authors Unbound and The Standout Creatives podcast.
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If you haven’t seen it yet, talked about her book launch with me and a panel of friends:
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What if your most winding career path was actually preparing you for your true calling?
didn’t follow a straight line to children’s book authorship.
She was a theater performer, designer, and tech professional. And finally came motherhood...
Still Aspiring Superstar: The Part Where It Gets Complicated with Sophia Chang Part 2
Standout Reinventions is where I document what starting over actually looks like from my move to Costa Rica, to the memoir I’m writing about it, and the conversations with creatives who’ve reinvented themselves too.
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Why Children's Book Illustrator Melquea Smith Ditched the Lone Wolf Creative Myth
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What if the secret to creative success isn’t your portfolio... but your people?
Melquea Smith is a children’s book illustrator and artist who creates clip art of black and brown kids.
Her journey from side-hustl...
How an Illness and Forced Rest Unlocked a Hidden Creative Gift with Maya Sarin
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What if your biggest breakdown became your creative breakthrough?
didn’t plan to become a poet.
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I help authors and other creators bring their ideas into the world in a way that actually works for their lives. Host of The Standout Creatives podcast.
Fashion, fiction, feelings™ - \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udf08 Published Author | Penning dark, strange, & magical tales about woeful women Read my sad girl diary \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffe [email protected]
Business strategist + author writing about entrepreneurship, reinvention, and everything in between.
Accountability coach for feminist founders. | Black Lives Matter | Transwomen are Women | Abortion is Healthcare | Host, Feminist Founders podcast | She/they
Two-time Bram Stoker Award winner, former HWA president, and publisher of Space & Time. I run Authortunities Press: books, resources, and opportunities for writers at authortunitiespress.com.
Author, illustrator, designer. LAYLA AND THE BOTS, FRIENDBOTS, INVENT-A-PET, BEST BUDDIES, AVA LIN, ONE MAD CAT (Candlewick '26) & more.
Thien-Kim Lam is a writer, sex educator, & coach for BIPOC writers. A recovering Type-Asian, she writes Vietnamese characters smashing stereotypes & finding happy endings. Her book Happy Endings is a Washington Post Romance Novel of the Year.
Mirtle Peña-Calderón is an editor & author who co-wrote The Book of Awesome Latinas. She founded Latinidad Collective/Los Cycle Breakers & writes more on her Substacks, Consider This A Note & The Bocadito.
Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow. Disabled dancer. I will make out with your dog. Honest trad publishing stories that'll make you scream in your sleep, plus how deadlifts save your writing life. FREE "Ready for Trad Publishing?" FLOWCHART + Ask Sophia!
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My father escaped China in 1967. I spent years rewriting his memoir, only to realize his story was far bigger than I understood. Now we're trying to get published. While we wait, I'm sharing artifacts, hard questions, and the story behind the story.
Hi, I'm Jen, founder of Author Gold. I help writers make informed publishing decisions, avoid costly mistakes, find readers, and build sustainable author careers through practical, research-based guidance.
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