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Why Reviews Are for Readers

July 16, 2026 by Emma Cole

I know, it’s old discourse. But seriously, reviews are for readers. A tale as old as time, or at least as old as the first author seeing a review of their book and spiraling (either publicly or privately—hopefully privately): “reviews are for readers.” As an editor, I field a lot of emails and messages from …

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On what it means (to me) to participate.

June 8, 2026 by Emma Cole

Just got back from my second StokerCon. Someone said they felt like this year they actually participated, and I completely understand. I did similar things this year that I did last year: moderated a panel, took pitches, sat in on readings, met new people. But I did all of that last year mildly terrified the …

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Writing Tips that Aren’t About Writing.

November 7, 2025 by Emma Cole

Obviously, I spend a lot of my day reading. But yesterday I had the opportunity to do one of my favorite things as part of my job: talking to writers. I am a co-leader on one of our reading committees at work. We read a bunch of books that are submitted to the group and …

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