Once I Publish This Romance Novel, Please Don’t (Slow) Burn Me at the Stake
After being an avid romance reader for years, I’m finally writing a romance novel—and I am terrified of messing up.
After being an avid romance reader for years, I’m finally writing a romance novel—and I am terrified of messing up.
For our Romance Week series, novelist Sonya Lalli offers a writing exercise on how to strengthen the romantic subplots in your work.
Here’s a full list of submission and freelancing opportunities we’ve shared in 2023, updated twice a month. Bookmark this list to stay up to date on new postings!
Don’t miss this list of reading recommendations (crowdsourced from Twitter!) for our Romance Week series.
For our Romance Week series, Maya MacGregor reflects on literature’s unique ability to show readers that they are lovable and worthy of romance—even if the rest of the world is saying otherwise.
For our Romance Week series, Arriel Vinson interviews bestselling novelist Jasmine Guillory about the past, present, and future of the romance genre.
For our Romance Week series, Bryn Donovan breaks down the pros and cons of self publishing as a romance writer.
For our Romance Week series, novelist LaQuette shares essential lessons on building narrative tension by manipulating your characters’ goals, motivations, and conflicts.
For our Romance Week series, instructor and novelist Bryn Donovan shares an exercise that will help you explore internal conflict between your romance protagonists.
To get from a pile of ideas to one essay, I ask myself three questions: What is this essay about? What’s it really about? What is it really, really about?
Pick one aspect of your day to expand into a short-form comic.
In this interview, Jennifer Maritza McCauley discusses her debut story collection ‘When Trying to Return Home,’ the power of female kinship, and the allure of the short fiction format.
Though astrology has let me down, I continue to consult the stars. I’m trying to let go of expectations while giving space for hope.
Akanksha Singh interviews Matthew Salesses about his new novel “The Sense of Wonder,” decolonizing storytelling, and what K-dramas can teach us about plot.
My getaways made me realize how the hotel industry has missed an economic and ethical opportunity by not marketing discounted rooms to locals.
Jean March Ah-Sen interviews Liz Harmer about her new novel ‘Strange Loops,’ crises of faith, and the mysteries of existence.
A roundtable discussion with the production department of Catapult books.
This list of job opportunities for writers is updated at least twice a month. Bookmark this page to say up to date on new postings!
A roundtable discussion with Catapult’s current and past interns.
How can we write about language in a way that feels meaningful? Try out this prompt from instructor Jenna Tang to use language as a lens through which to tell stories.