We're so happy for Manuscript Academy alum Shanna Upchurch and The Honeybee Highway!

Thank you for the shout out. 🥰

"You will feel insecure and jealous. How much power you give those feelings is entirely up to you." ~ Cheryl Strayed

Listen to the full episode with @shannaupchurch.bsky.social at the link below or wherever you get podcasts!

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You asked, we added! With just a few Saturday spots left, we've added weekday times so you have a little more flexibility.

Busy Saturday? Watch class replays, then meet the agent of your choice that week. 1:1 meetings first come, first served.📚

Learn more here:
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Listen to my full conversation with @shannaupchurch.bsky.social at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!

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#writingcommunity #kidlit

Eva Langston (@evalangston) Thank YOU for the shout-out, @Diane Roth!!

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How to Stay Sane on the Long Road to Publishing (And how to set yourself up for success) Plus tons of writing links and resources!

I may literally be the best person to give advice on how to stay sane on the long road to publishing.

Here are my 6 tips, and, bonus, many of them will set you up for success in the long run!

Plus, #writing links and resources!

#writingcommunity

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Once @shannaupchurch.bsky.social decided to pursue writing for children, she treated it professionally and did a lot of very smart things, which we discuss in the episode.

Listen to The Long Road to Publishing at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Wonderful to see Casey Scieszka at @wonderlandbookss.bsky.social last night to celebrate her debut novel, THE FOUNTAIN!

And don’t miss our conversation on The Long Road to Publishing— found wherever you get your podcasts!

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#writingcommunity

Darien Gee received her first agent offer back in 1997 and has been on the publishing roller coaster ever since. She’s made MANY pivots in her career: publishing in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with both the Big 5 and small indie presses.

#writingcommunity

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DC People! Don’t miss Amin Ahmad and Susan Coll at The Writers Center in Bethesda this Friday at 6:30pm! @thewriterscenter.bsky.social

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Lara Ehrlich: Rage Against the Patriarchy Amanda and Sam chat with Lara Ehrlich, author of Bind Me Tighter Still, about domesticity and wildness in motherhood, the fierce love for our children, and feeling like we’re always falling short.

"The patriarchy is not this sort of diffuse system, but is in fact orchestrated by and has always been orchestrated by specific men, specific powerful men who had platforms that trained us in the roles that they wanted us to assume."

Listen to @laraehrlich.bsky.social on This Mama Is Lit!

Learning to Love: A Conversation with Natasha Williams Natasha Williams was 21 when her father drove the family car off a demolished pier into the frigid New York Harbor with her baby sister in the back seat. 39 years later, Williams probes this harrowing...

"My father’s love was profoundly touched by his delusions, but it took years to fill in the gaps in my memory and understanding I needed to make my father a whole person."

@jodiereadswrites.bsky.social interviews @natashawwrites.bsky.social, author of The Parts of Him I Kept, in our latest issue:

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Summer Query Workshop: Let's Work on those Query Letters and First Pages! — ERIC SMITH Well, my workshops at the beginning of the year sold out pretty quick, and were a total blast. And as summer gets closer, I thought I’d do another. Especially with the Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl l...

Hey friends! I’m gonna run another query and first page workshop, as I plan for our summer of events.

These help fund those endeavors.

Details here! Help me help you! ☺️ www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2026/4/...

Starting today at noon, if you'd like to join us! with @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social and @shastagrant.bsky.social

Maybe it's actually a good thing that publishing takes so long? The pros of trad pub's slow timeline plus TONS of writing links and resources

My latest post about the pros of the slow pace of publishing, and why I should probably sit on emails for a day before hitting “send.”

Plus TONS of writing and publishing links and resources for the #writingcommunity!

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Don’t miss this uplifting and informative episode with @wendytokunaga.bsky.social who never gave up on her writing and publishing dreams!

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Casey Scieszka is owner of the Spruceton Inn where she runs an annual (free!) Artist Residency.

Now on her third agent (who happens to be my agent as well!), she has published her debut novel, THE FOUNTAIN, which is pitched as Tuck Everlasting for adults.

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How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life - Women Writers, Women's Books By Eva Langston A few years after my MFA graduation, a few of my former classmates got book deals. I was excited for them (of course I was!), but I was also filled with fear and shame. I felt like I w...

How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life!

@womenwriters.bsky.social #womenwriters #writinglife

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How did Casey Scieszka go from this moment to finding a new (amazing!) agent and landing a book deal for het debut novel?

Find out on the latest episode of The Long Road to Publishing. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life - Women Writers, Women's Books By Eva Langston A few years after my MFA graduation, a few of my former classmates got book deals. I was excited for them (of course I was!), but I was also filled with fear and shame. I felt like I w...

"How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life: booksbywomen.org/how-starting...
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The Honest Truth about the Publishing Industry: One Survivor’s Perspective - The Writer's Center The Writer’s Center welcomes novelist and former instructor Amin Ahmad for a frank discussion of writing with an eye on the market, writing in genre, how agents work and different pathways to publicat...

DC Writers, don't miss this!
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How did Casey Scieszka go from this moment to finding a new (amazing!) agent and landing a book deal for het debut novel?

Find out on the latest episode of The Long Road to Publishing. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life - Women Writers, Women's Books By Eva Langston A few years after my MFA graduation, a few of my former classmates got book deals. I was excited for them (of course I was!), but I was also filled with fear and shame. I felt like I w...

How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life!

@womenwriters.bsky.social #womenwriters #writinglife

booksbywomen.org/how-starting...

Casey Scieszka is owner of the Spruceton Inn where she runs an annual (free!) Artist Residency.

Now on her third agent (who happens to be my agent as well!), she has published her debut novel, THE FOUNTAIN, which is pitched as Tuck Everlasting for adults.

shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Don’t miss this uplifting and informative episode with @wendytokunaga.bsky.social who never gave up on her writing and publishing dreams!

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Chloe Yelena Miller: Public and Private Grief Amanda and Eva chat with Chloe Yelena Miller, author of Perforated, about impossible wishes and material fears in parenting and poetry.

"There are things that will happen that are no good, but you can resolve them...A broken bone is one thing, but a school shooting is quite different."

- @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social, author of the poetry collection, Perforated, w Amanda Fields & @evalangston.bsky.social on This Mama Is Lit!