#OwnVoices and the Conditionality of Representation
Emma Shacochis // Blog Director When we discuss diversity in publishing, as important as it is to look at the internal operations of publishing houses, we also have to look…
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NaNoWriMo and Writer’s Block: The New Enemies to Lovers
Leanna Florez // Blog Writer Writer’s block is the most feared enemy of any writer. NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, offers us a chance to break out of the…
History & Popularity of the Found Family Trope
Meg Rady // Blog Writer The found family trope is perhaps one of the most popular tropes in modern media. Chances are you’ve consumed at least one piece of media…
Ali Hazelwood Faces Backlash for Writing Process: Should Authors Rely on Tropes?
Ana Garcia-Cubas Assemat // Blog Writer In an interview with Goodreads, neuroscientist and romance author Ali Hazelwood confessed that she struggled to write her second book, which followed the debut…
The Six-Minute Memoir: Getting Lost in the Details
Rebecca Zaharia // Blog Writer As a writer, I always approach memoirs with some amount of trepidation. I’ve been a serial journaler for as long as I can remember, to…
The Saga of Sensitivity Readers
Emma Shacochis // Blog Director Not every author who includes diverse characters in their stories is going to be doing so from an #OwnVoices perspective, but they still may hope…