Sitemap - 2024 - Writerly Things with Brooke Warner

Out with the Outdated, the Errors, and the Broken Links

10 Cool Writing- and Book-Adjacent Things That Make Me Happy This Holiday Season

Threshold Moments

So You Want Your Scenes to Matter? (Memoir Primer Part II of II)

So You Want to Write Good Scenes? (Memoir Primer Part I of II)

Hold Your Competition Lightly

Writing Is a Mess

Why to Keep Writing

Personal Narrative as a Force for Cultural Progress

How to Show the Whole in Your Memoir

Writing While Needed By Others

We're Losing the Battle Against AI

The Anticlimax of Becoming an Author

Inspiration as Fuel for the Journey

Debut Fiction - Does Age Matter?

Visiting the Aftermath of a Fire

The Challenges of Writing Memoir

Be a Conversation Starter

Why to Write When You Don't Want to Write

On Flattery

The Liability of the Advance

Thank you for supporting my work

What These Four Memoirists Show Us about Memoir's Rising Star

Distribution for Dummies

Why You Can't Equate Your Substack Posts to a Book

Why Most Aspiring Authors Should Forego Querying Agents

Why Writers Push Pause, Hold Off, Procrastinate, and Otherwise Take Years to Finish Their Memoirs

Your Story Is More Important Than Your Category

The Book Is Not a Destination

The Definitive Difference Between Hybrid Publishing and Self-Publishing

What Does It Mean to Reconsider a Memoir?

Why I'm Publishing Agnostic

Bay Area Book Festival - A Tenth-Year Reflection

Yes, We’re Living Through a Backlash in Book Publishing

You Will Get Rejected

The Role of Body and Mind in Memoir

Without Authors, Publishers Got Nothing

People Buy Books, Publishing Is Thriving, and Substack Will Never Replace Books

The Real Content Creators

A Golden Age for Memoir

Distribution: The Most Misunderstood Topic in Book Publishing

On Impermanence: Life Lessons from Japan

An open letter to my Jewish authors

A Short Personal History of the Blogosphere

Hybrid Publishing Goes Mainstream

Structure, Deconstructed

It's Not Okay to Say Things Are Hard for White Writers Right Now, but It's Dishonest to Suggest Publishing Hasn't Changed Since 2001

Why We Love Clichés and Struggle to Avoid Them

Things That Make Authors Cry

"Niche" as Euphemism for Not-White, Not-Hetero, and "We Don't Know How to Sell It"

Overcoming Writerly Resistance – 3 Case Studies

“You” in Memoir, Five Ways

How Authors Can Be Better Partners to Bookstores

Pathways to Publishing: Unveiling a New Guide for 2024 and Beyond