Oct 13, 2022
How to Build Your Author Newsletter
If you’re an author trying to promote your work, an email newsletter one of the most effective tools in your arsenal. Here’s a guide to get you started.
How Do You Publish a Book In Translation?
A roundtable discussion with Brenda Lozano, Kendall Storey, and Heather Cleary on why translation is essential to the literary landscape.
Oct 05, 2022
How Not to Lose Money as a Published Author
Writers are under increasing pressure to spend their own money while promoting their books, even if their book is published by a Big Four publishing house.
Aug 31, 2022
Writing a Cover Letter for a Job in the Publishing Industry
For Application Week, Catapult staffers share some of their old cover letters in hopes of providing insight into applying for positions in the writing world.
Aug 19, 2022
A Person of Color’s Guide to Navigating Writing Residencies
For our Application Week series, Hannah Bae writes about applying to and attending writing residencies as a person of color—along with tips from about ten other writers who identify as BIPOC.
Aug 17, 2022
How to Apply for Grants and Residencies
As part of our Application Week series, Jasmine Dreame Wagner writes about putting together your strongest proposal to get funding for your work-in-progress.
Aug 16, 2022
How Do Algorithms Help (and Hinder) Book Sales?
As a marketing professional, I mastered the art of writing for algorithms. As a novelist trying to sell my books, it’s more complicated.
Jul 28, 2022
How Libraries Can Help You Earn Out Your Book Advance
While the systems and processes for how libraries acquire books differ from library to library, writers should know and should care about how public libraries purchase books.
Jul 18, 2022
The Beautiful Ego Death of Having My Book Fact-Checked
Every nonfiction book should go through this vetting, and every author should have this experience.
Jul 06, 2022
In a Digital Age, Why Still Read Print Magazines?
How do we as readers benefit from having a team with different creative specialties—writing, designing, editing, photographing, illustrating—work together to bring the story to life?
Jun 28, 2022
Writing for Yourself Versus Writing for an Audience
Was I being selfish and foolish by spending seven years composing the book I wanted to read, without considering why someone other than me might care?
Jun 01, 2022
How Do You Design a Book Cover?
A roundtable discussion with the design department of Catapult books.
May 25, 2022
How Working with Libraries Can Help Sell Your Books
A librarian shares a step-by-step guide on how writers can grow their audience and promote their books by pitching a talk to their local library—and beyond.
May 04, 2022
These Essays That Started Out as Tweets Will Inspire You to Write—or Tweet, I Guess
“This article ended up being one of my favorite assignments ever—and all from a little bit of shameless public thirsting on Twitter.”
Apr 29, 2022
Promoting Your Book When the World Is On Fire
Promotion—especially self-promotion—doesn’t always feel easy. So how do we do it? For Social Media Week, literary agent Mina Hamedi helps us make room for celebration.
Apr 28, 2022
How BookTok Is Changing Publishing
For our Social Media Week series, Cecilia Beard explains how BookTok makes it possible for people outside the traditional delineation of the publishing industry to propel any book to success.
Apr 27, 2022
Publishing a Book Is Hard on Your Mental Health
A book’s pending publication, despite all the to-dos and excitement, can be a really hard time. Here are a few ways to navigate the prepublication blues.
Apr 11, 2022
Celebrating One Year of ‘Don’t Write Alone’
A letter from Stella Cabot Wilson, ‘Don’t Write Alone’ editor.
Apr 05, 2022
How Do You Edit a Literary Magazine?
A roundtable discussion with the editors of ‘Catapult’ and ‘Don’t Write Alone.’
Mar 31, 2022
