Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
Lit Life
Follow
A 92-Year-Old First-Time Author Hits It Out Of The Park
A 92-Year-Old First-Time Author Hits It Out Of The Park
How Gill Johnson found success as a late bloomer with a memoir of a magical summer in Venice in her 20s
Janice Harayda
Jan 24
Could You Make Money As A Translator?
Could You Make Money As A Translator?
If you speak a second language, it could put cash in your pocket, and here’s how much you could earn
Janice Harayda
Jan 12
What Nobody Tells You About California Fires
What Nobody Tells You About California Fires
Great writers reveal details others don’t and show how to write unforgettable stories about disasters
Janice Harayda
Jan 10
Why Your Book Won’t Win A Pulitzer No Matter How Good It Is
Why Your Book Won’t Win A Pulitzer No Matter How Good It Is
Even a Simon & Schuster editor thinks rival Penguin Random House will win for ‘James’
Janice Harayda
Jan 8
Why You (Still) Shouldn’t Try To Write ‘The Great American Novel’
Why You (Still) Shouldn’t Try To Write ‘The Great American Novel’
Pop culture may have grown ‘too fractured’ for a book to matter at the scale it did in the Hemingway era
Janice Harayda
Dec 17, 2024
How Much Loyalty Do You Owe Your Publisher?
How Much Loyalty Do You Owe Your Publisher?
A great British editor had a surprising response
Janice Harayda
Dec 7, 2024
My Holiday Party Dilemma
My Holiday Party Dilemma
Should I go to a ‘Couples Pajama Party’?
Janice Harayda
Dec 3, 2024
5 Authors I’m Grateful For
5 Authors I’m Grateful For
These writers will never be turkeys in my eyes
Janice Harayda
Nov 28, 2024
Were These History’s Worst Rejections Of Great Writers?
Were These History’s Worst Rejections Of Great Writers?
Why some editors thought Flaubert, Melville, James Baldwin, and Agatha Christie were turkeys
Janice Harayda
Nov 26, 2024
An Organ Donation Like No Other
An Organ Donation Like No Other
The heart-rending story of how a transplant saved a 9-year-old’s life has insights for any potential organ donor
Janice Harayda
Nov 22, 2024
About Lit Life
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams