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How Do You Successfully Self-Publish Your Book?

The Weird and Wonderful MURIEL'S WEDDING is a Perfect Movie

Are Sex Scenes Gratuitous?

What Do You Call a Word That Can Mean Two Opposite Things?

What I Learned From Getting Trapped in Some Mud as a Kid

What's the Difference Between Science and Magic?

Do Book Marketing Gimmicks Work?

Twenty Years Ago, Everyone Thought My Gay Teen Novel Would Flop. They Were Wrong.

The Secret of a Good Book Trailer

My name is Brent Hartinger. I write novels and screenplays.

It's Not You. It's Really, Really Hard to Get a Major Book or Movie Deal Right Now

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"Don't Leave the Mirkwood Trail!"

"Never Give Up Your Dreams" is Terrible Advice

Madonna vs. Cyndi Lauper: What Their Careers Taught Me About Art

What's More Important: LGBT Representation or Good Art?

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Are you Writing "Dessert" or "Broccoli"?

My Charlie Brown/Snoopy Theory of Artistic Success

2022 Was the Year That Substack Saved my Life

The Simple, Most Important Way Readers Can Support Authors

About the Ending of GRAND & HUMBLE....

Yes, BAREFOOT IN THE CITY OF BROKEN DREAMS is an Homage to SUNSET BOULEVARD

How Many Times was GEOGRAPHY CLUB Rejected Before it was Published?

Everything I Know I Learned From Dungeons & Dragons

They Turned My Book Into a Movie. Here's What I Learned

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