Writer's Digest - 1 Okt 2025
Isabel Cañas
Make Connections in Storytelling
8 Classy Ways to USE PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS
THE ANNUAL AGENT ROUNDUP
MODERN ROMANCE AUTHORS ON
25th Annual WD Short Short Story Awards Winner:
Writing as a COLLABORATION WITH READERS
Strategies for CRAFTING BRIDGE CHARACTERS
10 Reasons to GET AN AGENT MID-CAREER
The Art of Making Connections in Storytelling
Collaborating With Your Reader
2025 Annual Agent Roundup
The Mid-Career Query
Bridge Characters
25th Annual WD Short Short Story Awards Winner: Hanna Bahedry
Modern Romance Authors on Writing Social Justice Narratives
The Annual Agent Roundup
Strategies for Crafting Bridge Characters
10 Reasons to Get an Agent Mid-Career
Writing as a Collaboration With Readers
8 Classy Ways to Use Professional Contacts
WD Interview: Isabel Cañas
Isabel Cañas
A Beautiful and Everlasting Moment of Pleasure
INDIELAB: Finding the write-life balance in a hyper-connected world.
PLUS: Crafting an Interconnected World, One Short Story at a Time • Worth a Thousand Words • Classy Ways to Use Connections • Poetic Asides • Write It Out
PUBLISHING INSIGHTS: 18 Connections to Make in Publishing
LEVEL UP YOUR WRITING (LIFE): Making IRL Connections That Last
BUILDING BETTER WORLDS: Ethically Diverse Storytelling, Part 1
MEET THE AGENT: Danya Kukafka • Trellis Literary Management
FOR ALL AGES: Connecting Young Readers to History
UNSUNG PUNCTUATION: In Support of the Semicolon
WRITERS ON WRITING: A Squeeze of the Hand
INDIE AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Megan Linski
FRONTLIST/BACKLIST: Soul Connection
BREAKING IN: Debut Author Spotlight
AGENT ALCOVE: Querying as Courtship
ON NONFICTION: The Parent Trap
CARRYING JANE AUSTEN’S TORCH
DEAR SIMON: Realistic Goals
YOUR STORY: Soul-Shaped Hole #134
Before You Go
Editor’s Letter
Design Notes
Contributors
Designing the Cover of Only the Dead
Making Connections in Storytelling
CONTRIBUTORS
Carrying Jane Austen’s Torch
Crafting an Interconnected World, One Short Story at a Time
Worth a Thousand Words
Classy Ways to Use Connections
No matter what you write, a bit of poetic license can be a valuable asset to any writer’s arsenal.
Write It Out
Finding the Write-Life Balance in a Hyper-Connected World
Find Write-Life Balance
Megan Linski
In Support of the Semicolon
DEARSIMON
A Squeeze of the Hand
Danya Kukafka
(she/her)
ABOUT ME
QUERY PET PEEVES
SEEKING
MENTOR
CLIENTS
FAVORITE
DREAM PROJECT AND CLIENT
PITCH TIPS
WRITING TIP
Rica Allannic (she/her; Dear Rica)
Shabnam BanerjeeMcFarland (she/her)
Amanda Bernardi (she/her)
Jessica Berg (she/her)
Tommy Dean (he/him)
Georgia Bodnar (Hon: Ms.)
Jared Johnson (he/him/his)
Mara Hollander (she/her; Hon: Dr.)
David Dunn (he/him)
Jessica LariosZarate (She/Her/ Hers; Dear Jessica)
Cecilia “CeCe” Lyra (she/her)
Allegra Martschenko (they/them; Dear Allegra)
Clare Mao (she/her)
Mason Rowlee (he/him)
Eloy Bleifuss Prados (he/him; Hon: Mr.)
Whitney Ross (she/her)
Hailey Stephens (she/her/hers; Dear Hailey)
Henry Thayer
FURTHER GUIDANCE
THE 25TH ANNUAL SHORT SHORT STORY AWARD WINNERS
Isabel Cañas
Soul-Shaped Hole
Querying as Courtship
The Parent Trap
18 Connections to Make in Publishing
Making IRL Connections That Last
Ethically Diverse Storytelling, Part 1
Connecting Young Readers to History
Soul Connection
CUESTA COLLEGE CENTRAL COAST WRITERS’ CONFERENCE
32ND ANNUAL WINTER POETRY & PROSE GETAWAY,
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025
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