Come join me at the FREE Gaithersburg Book Festival on Sat. May 16th! I’ll be teaching a 10am workshop on how to catch and keep reader (and agent and editor) attention. Plus author talks, children's village, food, books, and more www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org

Don’t miss this wonderful conversation with kidlit author Shanna Upchurch. Her debut picture book is The Honeybee Highway, and she has two middle grade novels coming out soon! Listen to The Long Road to Publishing at the link or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Latest episode of THE LONG ROAD TO PUBLISHING w/ Ruth Knafo Setton, author of ZIG ZAG GIRL, about her long road to publishing, her fascinating creative process, & how she fell in love with screenwriting. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

"What if a memory is a burden? What if a memory is ascribing you to an identity that you actually don't want to confront?" Whitney French, author of Syncopation: A Novel in Verse, talks w Amanda Fields & Tiffanie Drayton on This Mama Is Lit! @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

Latest episode of THE LONG ROAD TO PUBLISHING w/ Ruth Knafo Setton, author of ZIG ZAG GIRL, about her long road to publishing, her fascinating creative process, & how she fell in love with screenwriting. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Don’t miss this wonderful conversation with kidlit author Shanna Upchurch. Her debut picture book is The Honeybee Highway, and she has two middle grade novels coming out soon! Listen to The Long Road to Publishing at the link or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

We're so happy for Manuscript Academy alum Shanna Upchurch and The Honeybee Highway! Thank you for the shout out. 🥰

"You will feel insecure and jealous. How much power you give those feelings is entirely up to you." ~ Cheryl Strayed

Listen to the full episode with @shannaupchurch.bsky.social at the link below or wherever you get podcasts! @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

You asked, we added! With just a few Saturday spots left, we've added weekday times so you have a little more flexibility. Busy Saturday? Watch class replays, then meet the agent of your choice that week. 1:1 meetings first come, first served.📚 Learn more here: pitch-practice.manuscriptacademy.com

Listen to my full conversation with @shannaupchurch.bsky.social at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa... #writingcommunity #kidlit

I may literally be the best person to give advice on how to stay sane on the long road to publishing. Here are my 6 tips, and, bonus, many of them will set you up for success in the long run! Plus, #writing links and resources! #writingcommunity evalangston.substack.com/p/how-to-sta...

Once @shannaupchurch.bsky.social decided to pursue writing for children, she treated it professionally and did a lot of very smart things, which we discuss in the episode. Listen to The Long Road to Publishing at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Wonderful to see Casey Scieszka at @wonderlandbookss.bsky.social last night to celebrate her debut novel, THE FOUNTAIN! And don’t miss our conversation on The Long Road to Publishing— found wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Listen to the full episode at link below or wherever you get podcasts! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa... #writingcommunity

Darien Gee received her first agent offer back in 1997 and has been on the publishing roller coaster ever since. She’s made MANY pivots in her career: publishing in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with both the Big 5 and small indie presses. #writingcommunity shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

DC People! Don’t miss Amin Ahmad and Susan Coll at The Writers Center in Bethesda this Friday at 6:30pm! @thewriterscenter.bsky.social writer.org/event/amin-a...

"The patriarchy is not this sort of diffuse system, but is in fact orchestrated by and has always been orchestrated by specific men, specific powerful men who had platforms that trained us in the roles that they wanted us to assume." Listen to @laraehrlich.bsky.social on This Mama Is Lit!

"My father’s love was profoundly touched by his delusions, but it took years to fill in the gaps in my memory and understanding I needed to make my father a whole person." @jodiereadswrites.bsky.social interviews @natashawwrites.bsky.social, author of The Parts of Him I Kept, in our latest issue:

Listen to the full episode here! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Hey friends! I’m gonna run another query and first page workshop, as I plan for our summer of events. These help fund those endeavors. Details here! Help me help you! ☺️ www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2026/4/...

Starting today at noon, if you'd like to join us! with @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social and @shastagrant.bsky.social

My latest post about the pros of the slow pace of publishing, and why I should probably sit on emails for a day before hitting “send.” Plus TONS of writing and publishing links and resources for the #writingcommunity! evalangston.substack.com/p/maybe-its-...

Don’t miss this uplifting and informative episode with @wendytokunaga.bsky.social who never gave up on her writing and publishing dreams! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Casey Scieszka is owner of the Spruceton Inn where she runs an annual (free!) Artist Residency. Now on her third agent (who happens to be my agent as well!), she has published her debut novel, THE FOUNTAIN, which is pitched as Tuck Everlasting for adults. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life! @womenwriters.bsky.social #womenwriters #writinglife booksbywomen.org/how-starting...

How did Casey Scieszka go from this moment to finding a new (amazing!) agent and landing a book deal for het debut novel? Find out on the latest episode of The Long Road to Publishing. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

"How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life: booksbywomen.org/how-starting... via @evalangston.bsky.social #writing #writinglife #podcasts #publishing #writingcommunity

DC Writers, don't miss this! writer.org/event/amin-a...

How did Casey Scieszka go from this moment to finding a new (amazing!) agent and landing a book deal for het debut novel? Find out on the latest episode of The Long Road to Publishing. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Check it out!!

How Starting a Podcast Saved My Writing Life! @womenwriters.bsky.social #womenwriters #writinglife booksbywomen.org/how-starting...

Casey Scieszka is owner of the Spruceton Inn where she runs an annual (free!) Artist Residency. Now on her third agent (who happens to be my agent as well!), she has published her debut novel, THE FOUNTAIN, which is pitched as Tuck Everlasting for adults. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Don’t miss this uplifting and informative episode with @wendytokunaga.bsky.social who never gave up on her writing and publishing dreams! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

"There are things that will happen that are no good, but you can resolve them...A broken bone is one thing, but a school shooting is quite different." - @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social, author of the poetry collection, Perforated, w Amanda Fields & @evalangston.bsky.social on This Mama Is Lit!

Listen to my full conversation with @wendytokunaga.bsky.social on The Long Road to Publishing. Available wherever you get podcasts!

Here are the words for #WIPSnips for March 23rd through March 29th! As always, synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine, please include Alt Text on graphics, Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, and no unsolicited editing on posts. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

@wendytokunaga.bsky.social was one of the oldest students in her MFA program, and her latest novel, Brenda Barker’s Next Chapter (published by a small indie press) features a 64-year-old aspiring author as the protagonist. Don’t miss this inspiring episode! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

@wendytokunaga.bsky.social was one of the oldest students in her MFA program, and her latest novel, Brenda Barker’s Next Chapter (published by a small indie press) features a 64-year-old aspiring author as the protagonist. Don’t miss this inspiring episode! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

My husband’s storytelling skills could use some work— learn from his mistakes. But you’ll never guess what he found when we were at Disney World. PLUS tons of writing links and resources for the #writingcommunity! evalangston.substack.com/p/my-disney-...

***NEW EPISODE!*** Amanda Fields & @evalangston.bsky.social talk w @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social, author of Perforated, about impossible wishes & material fears in parenting & poetry. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

What can I say, I’ve always loved to talk! Now I get to chat with successful authors about their long publishing journeys on my podcast, The Long Road to Publishing. Listen to The Long Road to Publishing at the link in bio, or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

Loved this book and this interview!

Love this b/c I always take the book jacket off anyway-- I find them annoying when you're actually reading the book. Let's save some trees and some money!

@wendytokunaga.bsky.social was one of the oldest students in her MFA program, and her latest novel, Brenda Barker’s Next Chapter, features a 64-year-old aspiring author as the protagonist. Such an inspiring episode! Listen at link below or wherever you get podcasts! shows.acast.com/the-long-roa...

👻 You can read #ToniMorrison's Beloved as a supernatural ghost story or a psychological thriller — both make sense, and Morrison lets both coexist. Learn more by tuning into the latest episode in our Toni Morrison series! 🎧 Out now.: apple.co/slob #BookSky #BlakHistoryMonth

The March/April issue of Literary Mama is here!

Don’t miss my conversation with Marisa Walz!