Here’s your weekly dose of the Writer High Five, a curated list of items that the So You Want to Write? community is enjoying or pondering!

Publishing opportunities…

Hindsight – Nonfiction Prose & Poetry – General – Feb 3 for Volume V (but rolling subs)

Forest Avenue Press – Novel Submissions – February 9 (US residents only)

Raleigh Review – Prose & Poetry – General – March 31

KRNT – Prose & Poetry – General – April 30

What we’re reading…
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir – an original story about necromancers and space travel in a rich gothic style.

The beginning of the end for blurbs?
Publisher Sean Manning has decided to end the obligatory use of blurbs at Simon and Schuster’s flagship imprint, arguing that chasing down blurbs takes time away from authors, agents, and editors, and relies too heavily on who knows who rather than letting the author’s talent speak for itself.

Full-time writing…
Thinking about jumping into the writing life on a full-time basis? In this video, prolific author Jerry B. Jenkins shares some realities about the profession as well as his suggestions for how to get started in your career.

Quote of the week…
“Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.”
– Twyla Tharp (from The Creative Habit)