From the Desk of Erin Bowman | Substack

It's impossible to say because it varies wildly—between authors, but even just for one author across several years. Let's look at my lifetime income as a case study.

Jan 24

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A look at the earliest steps in my story development process

Mar 21

The types of emails will you receive from agents while querying and how to respond

Mar 7

March AMA Where did February go? How is it March already? I don’t know the answer to these questions, but I do know that it’s time for another AMA! Ask me…

Mar 4

Deciding who should tell your story and when those POVs should switch.

Feb 21

How to query agents (and stay organized while you do it)

Feb 7

February AMA Somehow, it’s that time of the month again. (Seriously, where did January go?) Ask me all your questions about writing, books, publishing, and m…

Feb 1

How to write your query — dos, don'ts, and a template worksheet to get the bones of your query on paper.

Jan 10

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