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Steve A. Wiggins

Steve A. Wiggins

How Not to Build a Platform

Some got it. Some don’t. Writers are often quiet people and drawing attention to yourself, for introverts, can be vexing. If you don’t have…

Jun 3

How Not to Build a Platform

Jun 3

Steve A. Wiggins

Library Market

It’s a dilemma. Finding a publisher. There are plenty of websites that list publishers that accept submissions without an agent, but going…

May 20

Library Market

May 20

Steve A. Wiggins

New Words

William Shakespeare had the advantage of writing early. He’s often credited with having introduced about 1,700 words into English…

May 15

May 15

Steve A. Wiggins

How Not To Get Published

One thing I’ve noticed as a professional editor with a major university press is that nobody pays attention to a professional editor with…

Aug 3, 2019

How Not To Get Published

Aug 3, 2019

Steve A. Wiggins

Truly Headless

America is a headless nation. October is here and Sleepy Hollow is not. I confess to missing Tim Mison as we head into the uncertain and…

Oct 17, 2018

Truly Headless

Oct 17, 2018

Steve A. Wiggins

Silence

Silence is profound when you’ve lost a church-related job. Nobody knows what to say. The suspicion lingers that you’ve done something very…

Jul 6, 2018

Silence

Jul 6, 2018

Steve A. Wiggins

The Big Chill | Sects and Violence in the Ancient World on WordPress.com

It’s cold. It may not be Alaska, or even Wisconsin, but I can’t feel my fingers and the temperature hasn’t risen above freezing all day…

Feb 5, 2017

The Big Chill | Sects and Violence in the Ancient World on WordPress.com

Feb 5, 2017

Steve A. Wiggins

System Reboot | Sects and Violence in the Ancient World on WordPress.com

I think Steve Bannon has already taken over my computer. How else can I explain everything stopping in the middle of a word, fingers…

Feb 2, 2017

System Reboot | Sects and Violence in the Ancient World on WordPress.com

Feb 2, 2017

Steve A. Wiggins

Right to Remain Silent | Sects and Violence in the Ancient World on WordPress.com

My daughter has a set of nesting Russian dolls. “Matryoshka dolls,” as they are known, fit one inside the other so when you open one you…

Dec 16, 2016

Dec 16, 2016

Steve A. Wiggins

Somewhere out There | Sects and Violence in the Ancient World on WordPress.com

If last month’s election taught us anything it’s that nobody really knows anything. For many years now I’ve been saying that the sign of an…

Dec 8, 2016

Dec 8, 2016

Steve A. Wiggins

Steve A. Wiggins

Displaced professor, now an editor with some university press. Author of several books, five actually published. All views my own.

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