#WriterThreads
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Missing…. Office Dog & Office Cat
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Happy Pride!
Happy Pride Month! At Current Words Publishing, we believe stories matter because people matter. We are proud allies of the LGBTQIA+ community and proud members of the Safe Space Alliance and Stand In Pride. We believe everyone deserves to be seen, respected, supported, and free to tell their story in their own voice. Publishing has…
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Congratulations to 2026 People’s Telly Award Winner Dan Cohen!
We are delighted to congratulate author, speaker, and podcast host Dan Cohen on receiving a 2026 People’s Telly Award for an episode of his podcast, Awakenings In Real Life. Dan has dedicated much of his work to exploring the extraordinary experiences that can emerge during some of life’s most challenging moments. Through both his writing and…
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Am I the Only One Rick Riordan Is Writing to?
CURRENT WORDS PUBLISHING VENDOR VETTING CHECKLIST FOR AUTHORS ARE YOU AT RISK OF BEING TRICKED BY SPAM? Does everything in the emails sound like a dream come true, such as “We think your book would make a great movie”? Do you have someone helping you decide whether these offers are legitimate? Do you prefer to stay…
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Poetry and Mentorship from Old Scratch Press
Did you know that we also run Old Scratch Press (OSP)? OSP is a group that loves writing and reading short form writing like poetry, flash fiction, and flash memoir. The group formed from the writers who had been published in Instant Noodles Lit Mag. Several times each month writers in the group post articles…
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Do Authors Need a Website? Yes, and Here’s Why It Matters
“Do I need an author website?” Yes, you do. And we build them. You don’t need a big author website, and you don’t need an expensive one. For about $68 a year, you can have a clean, professional home on WordPress, one you actually own. No gatekeepers, no middlemen, no wondering where your content went. If…
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Alexander Brito on Writing, Coaching and His Debut Novel Creatures of Habit
On April 25, 2016, Yovanni Guerra wakes to an ordinary morning: a sleeping wife, a six-year-old son, and the quiet comfort of family life in Miami. A devoted husband, father, and elementary school teacher, Yovanni has built a life defined by love, loyalty, and hard-earned stability. But beneath the surface lies a past he has…
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Get to Know World Anvil
World Anvil is an online worldbuilding platform where writers, game masters, and creators organize everything about their fictional universes in one place, from maps and timelines to characters, cultures, and lore. For fantasy readers, it’s like stepping behind the curtain of a novel: you can explore the deeper history of a world, uncover hidden details about…
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Author Interview: Jason Knightman on A Thread of Waking Light and the World of Talvanis
by David Yurkovich Current Words Publishing is proud to introduce Jason Knightman, author of A Thread of Waking Light, the first book in a planned nine-volume epic fantasy series set in the richly imagined world of Talvanis. Part worldbuilding tour de force, part intimate character study, A Thread of Waking Light is a story steeped…
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When Amazon Puts Your Book On Sale: What Authors Need to Know
Every now and then, authors publishing on KDP get a small but meaningful surprise. Their book appears on Amazon below the retail price (i.e., Amazon lowers the list price). A deal badge appears. Readers start noticing it more than they had before. And the first instinct is usually to ask what it means. Is it…
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Pass the Mic
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We Missed You!
Over 30 people joined us at last weekend’s mixer, and three lucky attendees walked away with signed books or custom art. The room was buzzing with conversation, laughter, and new connections, and we truly wished you could have been there. It was an evening full of energy, creativity, and good company. I love meeting people…
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For a Limited Time: One of Our Boldest Books for 99¢
There are books you read. And then there are books that read you. Hibernaculum by Anthony Doyle is the latter. Set in a near-future world where human hibernation has become a solution to climate strain, illness, and the quiet exhaustion of modern life, Hibernaculum asks a deceptively simple question: what happens when we step out of our lives… and then try…
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This Week’s Hot Take
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Lonely Writers
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Ready for Romance?
Lulu and Tanner are. Meet your matchmaker, Theodora Williams. I met Theodora in summer 2024, when she posted to the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) looking for help. Turns out Theodora had written four, that’s right, 4, romance novels, and wanted, not to be published by someone else, but help self-publishing, creating her own romance publishing…
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15 Years to MLK; 17 Years to Acceptance
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Popping the Cork on Champagne, or champagne?
Did you know there is a difference between Champagne and champagne? Well, honestly, there never was in my house growing up. My parents called Asti Spumante, Lancer’s Rose, and cold duck, “Champagne,” because they thought they all were the same. (And I can still remember the oohs and aahs over pink champagne! It was pink!)…
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A New Year “Hello!” from a Very Real Publishing Team
Hi Everyone~Before the year wraps up, we wanted to say hello, and introduce ourselves properly. Yes, that is our dog, Oliver. Yes, that is our Christmas tree behind him. And yes, we are very real people who genuinely care about writers and books. We know the internet can feel crowded with promises, shortcuts, and programs…
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Dan Cohen’s Father’s Dementia Made Dan Into an Author, and One of Our Partners
When did you become a writer? For myself, I had been a writing since elementary school. I began as a playwright. I would write one-act comedy skits I would coerce my friends into performing with me. Fortunately for me, the teachers at Leedom Elementary School were very encouraging, and they always managed to find a…