List: Creative Writing & Publishing | Curated by Aimee Liu

Feb 8, 2025
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Creative Writing & PublishingCraft tips & insights from veteran authors and MFA pros
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The Writing Cooperative
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Aimee Liu
Notes On a Big-Deal Book DealCurrent intel from the Big 5 publishing trenches
Feb 8
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Feb 8
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Books Are Our Superpower
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Aimee Liu
‘Snapshots’ of Essay, Image, and Book BusinessA conversation with Dinah Lenney about her new ekphrastic anthology ‘Snapshots’
Feb 6
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Feb 6
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Screenwriting & Storytelling
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Aimee Liu
Slice-of-life Writing Is Bull***tHow Robert McKee taught me to salvage my first novel
Jan 8
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Jan 8
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Books Are Our Superpower
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Aimee Liu
Honor the Music of Everything With ‘Third Ear’!A conversation about deep listening with Elizabeth Rosner
Dec 25, 2024
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Dec 25, 2024
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The Writing Cooperative
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Aimee Liu
Can Your Readers Picture What’s On the Page?How to prevent your prose from going dark
Nov 17, 2024
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Nov 17, 2024
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Books Are Our Superpower
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Aimee Liu
Why Is Irony Like a Roller Coaster?Percival Everett will show you how this literary superpower works
Oct 28, 2024
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Oct 28, 2024
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The Writing Cooperative
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Aimee Liu
One Publisher’s Secret Formula for Identifying Potential BestsellersThe 3 M’s that will sell your book
Oct 19, 2024
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Oct 19, 2024
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The Writing Cooperative
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Aimee Liu
Is Your Memoir a Fish?This structure could save your story
Sep 26, 2024
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Sep 26, 2024
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The Medium Blog
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The Medium Newsletter
Public speaking tip: Believe you know something worth sharingIssue #162: on using doors in video games, what MFA annotations can teach writers, and radical attention
Sep 12, 2024
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Sep 12, 2024
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The Writing Cooperative
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Aimee Liu
Memoir As Road TripMake sure your readers join you —  and stay for the whole ride
Aug 20, 2024
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Aug 20, 2024
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Asian American Book Club
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Aimee Liu
This Annotation Will Teach You to Read Like a Writer!Decoding E.J. Koh’s memoir ‘The Magical Language of Others’
Aug 13, 2024
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Aug 13, 2024
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Aimee Liu
Genesis of a NovelFinding my ‘Glorious Boy’ in the Andaman Islands’ colonial past
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
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The Writing Cooperative
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Aimee Liu
My Last Proposal Led to a Six-Figure Book DealHere are the book proposal basics that helped clinch the sale
Jul 6, 2024
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Jul 6, 2024
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Screenwriting & Storytelling
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Aimee Liu
Storytellers, Was the Debate the “Negation of the Negation” of President Biden’s Narrative?Campaigns have much to teach — and learn —  about plot and character
Jun 29, 2024
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Jun 29, 2024
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Screenwriting & Storytelling
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Aimee Liu
Every Tale is a Tale of Two StoriesHow Maegan Houang embedded the macro story of China’s history with the U.S. inside her micro film about the first Chinese woman in America
Jun 25, 2024
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Jun 25, 2024
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Human Parts
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Aimee Liu
Family Photos Can Change You
May 28, 2021
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May 28, 2021
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Aimee Liu
Opening & Closing as a WriterTwo schools of thought, or two halves of a whole?
Jun 10, 2024
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Jun 10, 2024
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ZORA
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Aimee Liu
Crossing Cultures in Marriage & LifeAn interview with memoirist Susan Blumberg-Kason about the ‘Good Chinese Wife’
May 22, 2024
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May 22, 2024
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Books Are Our Superpower
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Aimee Liu
Bernardine in Old ShanghaiAn interview with biographer Susan Blumberg-Kason about ‘Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon’
May 11, 2024
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May 11, 2024
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Aimee Liu
Expose Your Characters With Revelatory DialogueTalk on the page must be concentrated, layered, and stealthy
May 12, 2024
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May 12, 2024
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