Essay Categories

Each essay submitted to the journal and that we publish will be “tagged” with at least one appropriate essay category. This helps our readers understand the nature of the essay content at a glance, and makes exploring essays easier by topic.

Definitions for our essay categories are below. If you feel your essay submission doesn’t quite fit any of these — don’t worry. We’ll find the right place for it, or make an entirely new category as themes emerge from all the submissions we receive.

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Author Perspective

Authors face perplexing expectations and reactions. They also think of their craft differently than we might expect or understand.

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Bookish Community

Commentary on bookish discourse, especially the morally complex, industry-shifting, and / or culturally relevant TikTok and Instagram bookish content and events.

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Publishing Insights

Tales from trad and indie alike, to lift the veil on what it means to be a published author.

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Reader Reflections

Likely the most common of them all, this space can range from theories on characters in a book or series, literary analysis, reflections in the aftermath of reading, and more.

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Technique Time

Instructive content that helps the average reader learn something new about literary analysis, the craft of writing, and more.