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The #1 Thing That Helped Me Finish Girl Gone Wild
Hi Bleeders!
I’ve been getting a lot of questions over the past couple months about the nitty-gritty details of how I wrote Girl Gone Wild, and my answer always boils down to the same thing: classes, workshops, deadlines, accountability, a...
Behind the Book: Lessons from 6 Weeks Into My Debut Launch
What "Girl Gone Wild" taught me about platform, PR, publishing, networking & more
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The Creator Economy Is Rewriting the Rules of Author Careers
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I’ve known as the publishing oracle for basically my entire writing life, so interviewing her for the podcast was definitely #goals. And she did not disappoint. I love how nuanced and no-bullshit her takes are.
The crux of o...
Turn One Idea Into Your Career Linchpin
Hi Bleeders!
It’s officially been a month since Girl Gone Wild came out—and wow, what a rollercoaster.
This book was the most preordered title at , landed positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, got love fr...
Make Art, Make Money
Hello Bleeders!
I’m very excited to announce that I have May book tour dates for Girl Gone Wild:
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St. Paul, MN — May 15 @ 6pm — Acorn Bookshop conversation w/ (Beard), moderated by
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New York City, NY — May 17 @ 3pm — Emily Pizza...
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\ud83d\udcd6 debut memoir Girl Gone Wild out now! ✍️ writer NYT, Amazon, Netflix, Cosmo, The Cut \ud83c\udf99️podcaster Private Parts Unknown, The Bleeders, Podcast Bestie
Publishing expert + author w/20+ years experience in marketing, branding and storytelling, on a mission to help writers learn how to help themselves. Weekly posts on Wednesdays + feedback opportunities for paid subscribers. www.courtneymaum.com
Sari Botton is the author of the memoir "And You May Find Yourself." She edited two bestselling anthologies: "Goodbye to All That" and "Never Can Say Goodbye." She publishes Oldster Magazine, Memoir Land, and Adventures in Journalism.
Emmy award winning advertising writer and Creative Director, currently writing a memoir about my life in advertising -- "DON'T BUY WHAT I'M SELLING" forthcoming from Little, Brown in 2026.
\ud83d\udc69\ud83d\udcbb writer of bestselling books & I run ✍️ Make Writing Your Job (with our writing job board) and \ud83d\udca1 Sutoscience (my creative experiments on Substack and beyond as a writer) \ud83c\udf31 I'm based in San Francisco and loving the parks and the fog
obsessed with ambition, the internet, e-commerce and myself.
I report on the publishing industry as part of a paid newsletter that's not on Substack because it launched years before Substack emerged (see janefriedman.com). More personal quandaries are written about here.
Brooke Warner is Publisher of She Writes Press and cohost of the Memoir Nation podcast. She's an author of six books, an industry expert and TEDx speaker, and, above all else, an author advocate.
BA in English/Creative Writing. Submissions Manager at Trio House Press. TBR collector.
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