ABSTRACT

In Creative Writing Scholars on the Publishing Trade: Practice, Praxis, Print, Sam Meekings and Marshall Moore, along with prominent scholar-practitioners, undertake a critical examination of the intersection of creative writing scholarship and the publishing industry.

Recent years have seen dramatic shifts within the publishing industry as well as rapid evolution and development in academic creative writing programs. This book addresses all of these core areas and transformations, such as the pros and cons of self-publishing versus traditional publishing, issues of diversity and representation within the publishing industry, digital transformations, and possible career pathways for writing students.

It is crucial for creative writing pedagogy to deal with the issues raised by the sudden changes within the industry and this book will be of interest to creative writing students and practitioners as well as publishing students and professionals.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|12 pages

Publishing processes for a digital age

Crowdsourcing and patronage in online self-publishing

chapter 2|14 pages

Emerging writers/established publishers

A ten-year study of the Hachette Manuscript Development Program

chapter 4|11 pages

The (selfish) power of book reviews

Reading, citizenship, and platform

chapter 5|9 pages

Revisiting the challenge

Rethinking Creative Writing ten years on

chapter 6|16 pages

Science fiction's women problem

chapter 7|14 pages

Beyond the double life of writers

Creative writing as portfolio practice

chapter 8|13 pages

Toward success

A taxonomy for the creative writing classroom

chapter 9|16 pages

Mid-list novella publishing in the twenty-first century

The Wisdom Tree experiment

chapter 11|12 pages

Refreshing the curriculum