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You Don’t Need Permission to Publish Anymore: How the Industry Has Changed (And What That Means for You) 2025 author blog published-author publishing Jul 23, 2025

Walk into any bookstore in 2015, and you’d see books that made it through a very narrow funnel. Traditional publishing still ruled the day. Self-publishing was often treated like the wild west – risky, unpredictable, and not “serious.” And hybrid publishing? Most people hadn’t even heard of it.

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The Power of Poetry for Writers: How poetry has shaped my career as a writer, editor, and publisher 2025 blog poetry writing Jul 10, 2025

Not many of you know this, but when I was studying for my master’s degree in liberal arts at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, I completed 12 hours in creative writing and poetry. Those courses were some of the best hours I’ve ever spent, because poetry teaches you to listen. It teaches you t...

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