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What Ron Friedman’s Superteams Teaches Writers About Letting an Idea Evolve

For those of you who identify as Crusaders, Everywhereists, Ideators, or Data Collectors, you may already know where this story is going. For everyone else,…
What Today’s Agents and Editors Want From Authors

In May, we hosted Lucinda Literary’s 2026 Writers Symposium in New York City, bringing together a small group of writers, agents, and editors for a…
What Publishers Look for in a Book Deal Today

Lucinda Halpern notes that understanding what publishers look for in a book deal is often the missing piece for authors trying to navigate today’s publishing…
Manuscript Momentum: What Lucinda Halpern Learned Working with Writers in Florence

Lucinda Halpern has just returned from Italy after one of the most meaningful weeks she has spent with writers in recent years. In Florence, she…
Meet the Faculty Guiding Authors to Publication

For many writers approaching the publishing process, one question tends to surface again and again: How do you know when you’re ready? According to my…