Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Archive
About
Ask Tina: Are Journal Writers “Real” Writers?
A lifelong journal keeper Asks Tina if her decades of writing “count” and whether she can ever call herself a real writer.
Mar 5
•
book inc
1
Is Your Idea Novel-Worthy? (THE WRITING YEAR)
In "Is Your Idea Novel-Worthy?" published on February 2 in "The Writing Year," book inc writer Olivia Kenney explores how to transform a fleeting story…
Feb 26
•
book inc
2
Endorsing My Hybrid Publishing Path
book inc program director Elizabeth Jannuzzi lets go of her need to explain hybrid publishing and simply celebrates that her memoir will be in…
Feb 19
•
book inc
and
Elizabeth Jannuzzi
14
12
2
See You in Baltimore: book inc Returns to AWP
Join us at AWP in Baltimore, where 12,000 writers connect, learn, and celebrate the literary community. Stop by Booth T532 to say hello.
Feb 12
•
book inc
3
2
1
Ask Tina: Following Your Writing Joy
Ask Tina helps a writer balance Substack consistency with literary essay goals by following joy instead of force.
Feb 5
•
book inc
6
1
Latest
Top
Discussions
End-of-the-Month Check-In
How are those writing goals going?
Jan 29
•
book inc
2
1
Kill Your Darlings? Save Them Instead
In her new column, Emma's Angle, book inc intern Emma Moriarity challenges the brutal "kill your darlings" advice.
Jan 22
•
book inc
5
3
Ugh! Would Make a Good Scene, Though
book inc Founder J. Greg Phelan’s crowded and harrowing train journey into Manhattan during the holiday peak becomes a lesson in turning life’s…
Jan 15
•
book inc
6
Ask Tina: How to Hook Your Reader from Page One
Ask Tina shares six techniques for crafting a first page that hooks readers and sets the tone for the entire book.
Jan 8
•
book inc
2
1
Setting Writing Goals for 2026
A Gentle Approach
Jan 1
•
book inc
6
1
Meet the 2026 Memoir Incubator Peer Artist Leaders
Meet Michele Cantos Garcia and Jennifer Chauhan, the 2026 Memoir Incubator Peer Artist Leaders, and apply now to write your memoir in a supportive…
Dec 18, 2025
•
book inc
and
Michele Cantos Garcia
3
1
Ask Tina: The Reading “Should” and How to Let It Go
Ask Tina reminds an overwhelmed writer that reading is valuable but not mandatory, and encourages them to release the guilt and find what works for…
Dec 11, 2025
•
book inc
3
1
Writing Emotion in Memoir
Emma Moriarty, book inc's intern and a creative nonfiction writer, shares how Joan Didion's approach to grief taught her to ground emotion in scene…
Dec 5, 2025
•
book inc
5
2
ADHD Kept Me From Reading. I Became a Writer Anyway
Courtney Zeni, a book inc writer with late-diagnosed ADHD, recounts her journey from the shame of being a “bad reader” to finishing her first novel with…
Nov 20, 2025
•
Courtney Zeni
3
2
See all
book inc Journal
book inc’s tips on process and craft for memoir and novel writers.
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 18
Jersey Collective
Jersey Collective
Writerly Things with Brooke Warner
Brooke Warner
Becoming Kathleen
Kathleen Pennington
Lit Mag News
Becky Tuch
Courtney Zeni
Courtney Zeni
book inc Journal
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
